I recently received a personal invitation from Dan Urban of the CGSI inviting our membership to a program including Professor Diethelm Prowe. I hope that some GBHS members and GBHS mailing-listers will be able to attend. The details of the program are attached below. Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International Quarterly Program at the Minnesota Genealogical Society Saturday, February 11th, 2012 The Lands They Left: A Look at the Societies Which Bohemian, Moravian, Slovak and German Emigrants Left in the 19th Century. Have you wondered why your ancestors chose to leave their homelands for an uncertain future in a new land? The Habsburg lands, from which the Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, and Germans emigrated, mainly in the second half of the 19th century, were going through major economic, demographic, social, and cultural transformations. Traditional feudal social patterns were still widespread in the countryside, while population growth and early industrialization put new economic pressures on both countryside and rapidly growing towns. At the same time the Habsburg state, which had been rapidly modernizing under the enlightened monarchs of the later 18th century, was eager to industrialize but found it difficult to cope with the consequences of urbanization and education. This program will look at the conditions and changes in our ancestor's homelands which influenced their decisions to emigrate. We want to look at the remarkable cultural and political changes that led to the national awakening and look at the ways in which both new opportunities and pressures favored the spurt of migration, above all to the United States. 12:30 Registration 1 :00 Announcements and Welco e 1:15 Program 2:15 Break for Refreshments, networking and Browsin 2:45 Reconvene Program Presenter: Dr. Diethelm Prowe is the Laird e rofe sor of History, emeritus, at Carleton College, Northfield, MN where he taught modern European history for 42 years. From 2001 to 2011 he served as editor of German Studies Review, which publishes articles on history, literature, politics, and interdisciplinary topics relating to the German speaking areas of Europe. While at Carleton he regularly taught a course on the history of Eastern-Central Europe, and in the fall of 2000 he directed the ACM (Associated Colleges of the Midwest) Central European Studies Program in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Since then he has spent three shorter periods doing archival research on the interaction of Czechs and Germans in Moravia in the 19th century, primarily in Olomouc and Brno. A native of Germany, he immigrated to the United States with his family at age 16 and has kept in touch with centra Europe since then, with a first visit to Czechoslovakia and then-communist East Eastern Europe in 1971 . Location: Minnesota Genealogical Society First Floor Auditorium 1185 Concord Street N. St. Paul, Minnesota 55075 Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Would it be remotely possible to record this program and make it available to we old folks that cannot travel anymore? On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Robert Paulson <rpaulgb@comcast.net> wrote: > I recently received  a personal invitation from Dan Urban of the CGSI inviting >  our membership to  a program including Professor Diethelm Prowe. >  I hope that some GBHS members and  GBHS mailing-listers will be able to attend. > The details of the program are attached below. > > Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International > Quarterly Program at the Minnesota Genealogical Society > Saturday, February 11th, 2012 > The Lands They Left: A Look at the Societies Which Bohemian, Moravian, Slovak and German Emigrants Left in the 19th Century. > > Have you wondered why your ancestors chose to leave their homelands for an uncertain future in a new land? The Habsburg lands, from which the Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, and Germans emigrated, mainly in the second half of the 19th century, were going through major economic, demographic, social, and cultural transformations. Traditional feudal social patterns were still widespread in the countryside, while population growth and early industrialization put new economic pressures on both countryside and rapidly growing towns. At the same time the Habsburg state, which had been rapidly modernizing under the enlightened monarchs of the later 18th century, was eager to industrialize but found it difficult to cope with the consequences of urbanization and education. > This program will look at the conditions and changes in our ancestor's homelands which influenced their decisions to emigrate. We want to look at the remarkable cultural and political changes that led to the national awakening and look at the ways in which both new opportunities and pressures favored the spurt of migration, above all to the United States. > > 12:30 Registration > 1 :00 Announcements and Welco e > 1:15 Program > 2:15 Break for Refreshments, networking and Browsin > 2:45 Reconvene  Program > > Presenter: Dr. Diethelm Prowe is the Laird e rofe sor of History, emeritus, at Carleton College, Northfield, MN > where he taught modern European history for 42 years. From 2001 to 2011 he served as editor of German Studies Review, which publishes articles on history, literature, politics, and interdisciplinary topics relating to the German speaking areas of Europe. While at Carleton he regularly taught a course on the history of Eastern-Central Europe, and in the fall of 2000 he directed the ACM (Associated Colleges of the Midwest) Central European Studies Program in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Since then he has spent three shorter periods doing archival research on the interaction of Czechs and Germans in Moravia in the 19th century, primarily in Olomouc and Brno. A native of Germany, he immigrated to the United States with his family at age 16 and has kept in touch with centra Europe since then, with a first visit to Czechoslovakia and then-communist East Eastern Europe in 1971 . > Location: Minnesota Genealogical Society > First Floor Auditorium > 1185 Concord Street N. > St. Paul, Minnesota 55075 > Saturday, February 11th, 2012 > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- hwhitemc "Live simply; Care deeply; Love generously;" and most importantly, "Speak kindly."  ...by Sam @ MTPR

Bob, I would so love to be there, but we are at our NC home until early March. Do you suppose he would be willing to share his paper with those of us who cannot attend? Thanks. Jack Jack B Schaffer, PhD, ABPP Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone, powered by CREDO Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Paulson <rpaulgb@comcast.net> Sender: german-bohemian-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:24:08 To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: german-bohemian@rootsweb.com Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Invitation from the CGSI I recently received a personal invitation from Dan Urban of the CGSI inviting our membership to a program including Professor Diethelm Prowe. I hope that some GBHS members and GBHS mailing-listers will be able to attend. The details of the program are attached below. Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International Quarterly Program at the Minnesota Genealogical Society Saturday, February 11th, 2012 The Lands They Left: A Look at the Societies Which Bohemian, Moravian, Slovak and German Emigrants Left in the 19th Century. Have you wondered why your ancestors chose to leave their homelands for an uncertain future in a new land? The Habsburg lands, from which the Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, and Germans emigrated, mainly in the second half of the 19th century, were going through major economic, demographic, social, and cultural transformations. Traditional feudal social patterns were still widespread in the countryside, while population growth and early industrialization put new economic pressures on both countryside and rapidly growing towns. At the same time the Habsburg state, which had been rapidly modernizing under the enlightened monarchs of the later 18th century, was eager to industrialize but found it difficult to cope with the consequences of urbanization and education. This program will look at the conditions and changes in our ancestor's homelands which influenced their decisions to emigrate. We want to look at the remarkable cultural and political changes that led to the national awakening and look at the ways in which both new opportunities and pressures favored the spurt of migration, above all to the United States. 12:30 Registration 1 :00 Announcements and Welco e 1:15 Program 2:15 Break for Refreshments, networking and Browsin 2:45 Reconvene Program Presenter: Dr. Diethelm Prowe is the Laird e rofe sor of History, emeritus, at Carleton College, Northfield, MN where he taught modern European history for 42 years. From 2001 to 2011 he served as editor of German Studies Review, which publishes articles on history, literature, politics, and interdisciplinary topics relating to the German speaking areas of Europe. While at Carleton he regularly taught a course on the history of Eastern-Central Europe, and in the fall of 2000 he directed the ACM (Associated Colleges of the Midwest) Central European Studies Program in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Since then he has spent three shorter periods doing archival research on the interaction of Czechs and Germans in Moravia in the 19th century, primarily in Olomouc and Brno. A native of Germany, he immigrated to the United States with his family at age 16 and has kept in touch with centra Europe since then, with a first visit to Czechoslovakia and then-communist East Eastern Europe in 1971 . Location: Minnesota Genealogical Society First Floor Auditorium 1185 Concord Street N. St. Paul, Minnesota 55075 Saturday, February 11th, 2012 German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bob, I've been looking all over the CGSI site, and I don't see a listing of the cost for the program.  It's their quarterly meeting, but is it open to non-CGSI members?