Using Ortsfamilienbücher
to Research Your German Ancestors

A session in the Pennsylvania Chapter Third Tuesday Zoom programs
Tuesday March 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST
Free and open to all PalAm members. 

Ortsfamilienbücher contain genealogical information about families within a specific town, village or parish, sometimes going back to the beginning of written records. Learn about the Emerson History and Genealogy Center’s large collection of these books and how to use them. The Library is home to almost 20,000 of these books.

Robin McDonough is the Outreach and Programming Coordinator for the Emerson History & Genealogy Center at the St. Louis County Library. She is a former high school history teacher and has been researching genealogy for 25 years. Robin enjoys teaching others how to discover their family history.

Register here to join us for this program. If you have a question that you want to ask, feel free to email us in advance at info@pennpalam.org or pennsylvaniapalatines@gmail.com.