Description: German Genealogy is NOT like American, African, or Asian. There are numerous reasons why:

•    o Records are NOT in English; they are in German, Latin, Polish, Hebrew, Russian       (Cyrillic), etc.
•    o Information/data is almost always very scattered.
•    o There is extensive record loss due to war(s), ethnic cleansings, etc.
•    o German record keeping is neither as cohesive or similar to that in North America.
•    o Adding to the challenges above, handwriting & print type faces are often illegible
        to North Americans.

In this presentation, you will receive clues on how to navigate these "waters". A newly revised version of his presentation may be downloaded/viewed Here.

BIO: Mark Rabideau, a member of the National Genealogical Society, the A.F. G.S. and the C.C.G.S. Speaker's Bureau has more than 20 years of Genealogy and Historical Research experience (including blogging, public speaking, client research), and is extremely active in providing hard to obtain genealogical source information to researchers all over the world. Semi–retired, he remains involved in the technology field. In addition to his involvement with PEP, Inc., Mark, along with his wife Becky, Mark is co-founder and owner of eirenicon, L.L.C., a small consulting firm providing world class business development and management consulting support. He is also the author of hundreds of genealogy articles and created and maintains internet-based genealogy environments for the Castle Rock and Columbine Genealogical Societies. Mark also created and maintains one of the internet's largest individually owned and managed repositories of West Prussia, East Prussia and Pomerania with maps, histories, source documents. Please go to his website www.many-roads.com for more areas of expertise and many other genealogical resources.