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Please check the schedule for meeting dates and speakers
The German Genealogy Group meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month from September through June. Orientation begins at 7:00PM. Meetings begin at 7:30 PM. Building doors open at 6:30.Hicksville VFW Hall - Post 3211
320 S. Broadway (Route 107)
Hicksville, NY 11801
There are no meetings during July and August
Jan. 3, 2013
"Show & Tell"
Presenter: YOU!
Do you have a special item of interest to share? Bring along one of your family treasures and share the story that goes with it.
February 7, 2013
"Speaking Truth to Power: The White Rose
Student Anti-Nazi Resistance - and Heroes in the Fight for Human Rights
Today"(A Dramatic, Multimedia Lecture
Program)
Presenter: Jud Newborn, PhD
Dr. Newborn is a Journalist/Author, Lecturer, Historian, Cultural Anthropologist. He specializes in anti-Semitism, extremist movements & today's global fight for freedom and our shared humanity. A pioneer in the creation of Holocaust Museums, Dr. Newborn helped build NY's Museum of Jewish Heritage, serving as Founding Historian & Curator from 1986 to 2000.
A Fulbright Fellow, he was educated at NYU, Cambridge University & the University of Chicago, where he was awarded his Ph.D. with Distinction. Dr. Newborn serves today as Special Projects Curator for LI's renowned Cinema Arts Centre.
Book signing for SOPIE SCOLL AND THE WHITE ROSE co-authored by Jud Newborn will be available at the meeting for $12.00.
March 7, 2013
"Are you really my mother?"
Presenter: Karen Smith
After discovering at age 44 she was adopted, Karen had nothing but dead ends to pursue her search for her biological mother. Until, she attended her first GGG meeting and found the pathway to a wonderful reunion.
April 4, 2013
"Read all About it! Finding Spicy Stories of New
York Ancestors in Newspapers Online"
Presenter - Terry Koch-Bostic
Terry is a professional genealogist specializing in New York City, Long Island, Irish and German-American research. Terry currently serves on the National Genealogical Society Board of Directors. She is a Chapter Representative for the Association of Professional Genealogists NY Metro Chapter APG+NY) and she serves as an advisor to NYG&B, on their Education Committee, helping to shape the direction on new Programs. Terry uses her extensive business background in marketing, advertising, market research and strategic planning to aid genealogical organizations and to actively participate in issues affecting the access and preservation of genealogical and historic records
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