All genealogy roads lead to FamilySearch a nd Ancestry. But sometimes it pays to take a less well traveled road when researching your German ancestors. We&rsquo\;ll discuss some of the powerf ul resources available for German researchers beyond the &ldquo\;standards \,&rdquo\;&mdash\;such as the online Meyers Gazetteer\, Archion\, Matricul a\, Compgen.de&mdash\;reviewing each resource and how to navigate them eve n if you don&rsquo\;t speak German. Presented by Carolyn Schott.
\n< br />Carolyn Schott is the author of &ldquo\;Visiting Your Ancestral Town\ ,&rdquo\; a result of her passion for genealogy and for travel. After nume rous visits to ancestral villages in Germany\, Ukraine\, Poland\, Moldova\ , and Hungary\, she wanted to share with others how to get the most out of a trip to explore one&rsquo\;s family roots.
\nBy day\, she is a gr ant and proposal writer for a large\, international nonprofit organization . Her writing and editing projects include grant writing\, technical docum entation\, travel essays\, web page content\, and historical articles. Her professional background includes experience in nonprofit\, healthcare\, t elecommunications\, and public utility organizations.
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