In-person and Virtual Event

Speaker: Günter Ofner – President of Familia Austria

Topic: The History of the Habsburg Empire

Many German emigrants came from the Habsburg, rather than the German Empire and its precursor states.  Since the Habsburg Empire had political, administrative, linguistic, and religious structures that differed greatly from those in the German Empire, researching the former Habsburg Empire is very different.

Map of the historical territories of the Habsburgian Empire.

The focus of this group is Germans who emigrated to various parts of the United States from the 1700’s through the 1900’s.

The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard  Meisner. You can send them email at ggg@dallasgenealogy.org. Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

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