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• CO Chapter Fall 2025 Seminar

  • When
    15 Nov 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Highlands Ranch Senior Center

  CO chapter 2025 Fall Seminar

  The Colorado Chapter of Palatines to America is pleased to announce that Alex Tolksdorf has accepted our invitation to be the speaker at our Fall Seminar on 15th November 2025. Visit www.copalam.us for more details.

  Alex’s Topics:
  1. Maximizing Research Success in the Aroslen Archives
  2. Eastern European Genealogy for Beginners
  3. Tracing your Dutch Roots
  4. How to Get your Family Engaged in your Research

  The seminar will be a hybrid event.
  A recording will be made available for 30 days to those who register.
  In-person attendees who register by 27th October 2025 will be eligible for lunch with Alex,
  There will be lots of door prizes for both in-person and virtual attendees.

  About Alex:
  Alexander Tolksdorf is a genealogist and speaker, specializing in German, Dutch, and Eastern European research. He began his personal journey in high school, inspired by a trip to Ellis Island and through a correspondence with his great uncle in Germany, who also was an active family historian. All four of his grandparents immigrated to the United States in the 1950s following the Second World War; as such, the majority of his research experience and focus is in European sources. Paternally, his family is German, primarily from the Prussian provinces of Westphalia, Posen, and East Prussia. Maternally, his family roots are Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Lithuanian. Thus far, Alex has uncovered and actively researches family lines in Ukraine, Germany, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, and Russia.
  Through this work, he has become very comfortable with research in these counties; including overcoming the language barriers, lack of online record access, and lost or missing records. He relies on civil, church, and a plethora of other records for his research, and finds that all provide illumination and the tools to break down brick walls. Alex believes that standard records only tell part of the story, with the many additional forms of documentation providing color and texture to a family history.
  Alex enjoys his work as a financial analyst at the Ford Motor Company, and is a former President of the Ford Genealogy Club. He is also active in the Ukrainian-American community of Metro Detroit, serving as a former treasurer of the Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Windsor, the treasurer and circulation manager of the Detroitski Novyny, the local community newspaper, the chairperson of the Supervisory Committee of the Ukrainian Self-reliance Michigan Federal Credit Union, and a board member of the Ukrainian American Archives and Museum. During his spare time when he is not researching, Alex enjoys walking and exercising with his wife, Katelyn, and their dog, as well as working on his car, a 2014 Ford Mustang GT. Alex is an Accredited Genealogist (AG®), credentialed by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen℠) for the Germany – East region.

  Register electronically using PayPal at https://www.copalam.us/ on the seminar registration link.
  Register by mail by completing the form available at https://www.copalam.us and mail it with your check payable to COPalAm
  Colorado Palatines
  P.O. Box 51186
  Colorado Springs, CO 80949

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• PA Chapter Third Tuesday for November 2025

  • When
    18 Nov 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM

  PA chapter Third Tuesday Zoom PROgram

  The Pennsylvania Chapter’s series of Third Tuesday Zoom programs continues. Presented at 7:00 PM ET, they are free and open to all. Join us for our November program:

  Lost in Pennsylvania -
  Try the Published Pennsylvania Archives
  Tuesday, November 18, 2025

  

  The Pennsylvania Archives is a set of 138 published volumes in ten series that can be overwhelming to the genealogist who first sees them. However, searching in these volumes can help you locate information about what an ancestor was doing at a given time, and where s/he was doing it. If an ancestor surfaces in Western Pennsylvania or Ohio, information in these volumes may help you to learn where s/he was before that time. Most information in the published Pennsylvania Archives covers from the colonial period through about 1850. Along with state documents, reports and papers, this series included things like land records, church records, and military records. This talk will discuss how to access the Pennsylvania Archives and give you a plan of attack to work through them to get the most information soonest, illustrated with examples of the kind of information you might find.

  Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, MLS, has a Master’s Degree in library science and a graduate certificate in archives. She started doing genealogical research in 1979, specializing in Pennsylvania research. She belongs to several genealogical societies. Her training as a librarian helps in developing talks about research for genealogists, and articles she has written have appeared in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, and the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, among others.

  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.

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• Using Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy

  • When
    7 Feb 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    IN Chapter Collaborative Learning Session ZOOM only

  using artificial intelligence in genealogy

  Indiana Chapter Collaborative Learning Session
  Saturday, February 7 2026 ― 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  Zoom Virtual Only
  Free to ALL

  Join us on Zoom as we explore how AI can enhance genealogical research. From searching on websites to using smartphone features, AI already helps genealogists work more efficiently. This CLS will help you understand and use these tools.

  10 am - 11 am General introduction to AI and Genealogical Uses
  

  AI Basics and Practical Applications - Patty Wiseman will explain AI fundamentals and demonstrate how chatbots like ChatGPT can assist genealogists. You'll learn practical ways to use these tools for genealogical tasks.

  11 am - 12 pm Putting it All Together: Research Planning and Projects

  Integrating AI into Your Research Process - Andrea Ackermann will show how AI can work as a research assistant throughout your genealogical research plan. Learn specific techniques for using AI to increase your plan’s efficiency and effectiveness.

  Both presentations will include time for questions and sharing experiences. Whether you're new to AI or have been using these tools extensively, participants can join the discussion and learn from each other.

  To register: E-mail indianapalam@gmail.com with "CLS" in the subject line and your name in the message. Please include any useful AI resources you've found useful - we'll share them with all participants.
  Download flyer  for more details.

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