PA chapter Fall meeting

The Pennsylvania Chapter’s Fall Webinar and Annual Membership Meeting is happening on Saturday, September 13, 2025, beginning at 1:00 pm EDT. Join us via Zoom for two interesting presentations, then stay connected for our Annual Membership Meeting.

Migration Patterns of Germans Within America
and
Hitting Pay Dirt: Tunneling into Pennsylvania’s Land Records

Our first session on Migration Patterns explores how topography and history channeled Germans into certain areas, how chain migration drew allied families together, and what tools you can use to follow their footsteps. In our second session on Pennsylvania’s Land Records, we will learn how people bought, traded, and earned land in Pennsylvania through several means, leaving a plethora of land records.

Sharon Cook MacInnes is a professional genealogist, lecturer, teacher, and writer. As a recently past member of the Board of Directors of the National Genealogical Society, she co-authored the NGS course “Advanced Skills in Genealogy.” She is the author of several books, and posts many free PA resources on her website, https://ancestortracks.com/.

Our Annual Membership Meeting will convene at approximately 3:15 pm, following a brief break at the conclusion of the presentations. Please join us for this important look back at the past year and overview of upcoming activities, as well as the election of officers for the next year. Agenda and background material will come out closer to the meeting date.

Register Here to join us for this event. If you have questions about the presentations or the annual meeting, please email us at info@pennpalam.org.