Palatines to America will be holding its annual meeting in Fishkill the weekend of June 17th-19th to commemorate the Palatine tricentennial. There will be a tour of Palatine sites on the 17th, including the Livingston home Clermont. Brochures will be available shortly. Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Attorney, historian, genealogist, grandmother 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: James Harder <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: Debra Winchell <DLDove22@verizon.net>; nycolumb@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 2:15:13 AM Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown Debbie, I messed up the date; this was in the paper Monday. The events commemorate the 1710 Palatine arrival. I'm not local so I don't know what other info is available as yet. Sounds a bit sketchy. ----- Original Message ---- From: Debra Winchell <DLDove22@verizon.net> To: nycolumb@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 12:21:22 AM Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown I take it this took place last year? Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: <nycolumb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:06 AM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown > Kingston Freeman, Feb 25: > > GERMANTOWN — The town will celebrate the 300th anniversary of the arrival > of settlers from the Palatine region of southwest Germany over the first > two weekends of October. > > The 300th Anniversary Committee is co-chaired by Nadine Rumke, a Palatine > descendant, and Jeremy Smith, a Germantown Town Board member. The > committee is enlisting the talents, skills and enthusiasm of Germantown > residents to create what is expected to be the largest event the town has > ever held. Noted historians and world-class genealogists have been invited > to town to participate. > > Events will include Palatine history seminars, discussion groups, an > ecumenical church service, and the debut of a new concert work by composer > and conductor Harold Farberman, who makes his home in Germantown. Many > other professional and amateur musicians from the town will also perform, > including the Germantown Choir, led by Donna Diehl, singing early 18th > century music. > > A sculpture, the Germantown Analemma, an astrological sundial, is being > created by local artists and Palatine descendants Dea Archbold and Kurt > Holsapple. > > The first weekend of the event will focus on town history and genealogy. > Germantown’s senior citizens are sharing their memories and the stories > they heard from their parents, to create an oral history of the town. > History and genealogy experts are coming from around the country to > discuss their Palatine findings. Doris Wheeler, a local Palatine > descendant who specializes in tracing family roots through DNA testing, > will also participate. > > Germantown Central School District students will present an original play > about the Palatines and an ecumenical service will be held at the historic > Christ Lutheran Church, home of a 1755 Nuremberg Bible used by the > Palatines. > > The second weekend of the celebration will bring back the Germantown > Oktoberfest, renamed the Palatine Oktoberfest. It will start with a wagon > parade through town, followed by food, fun and festivities at Palatine > Park. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There will also be some programs at the Fishkill event. I've been honored to present one on reading the old German handwriting. These are programs being considered, not firmed up yet. Kleindeutschland: Little Germany in New York City (Joseph Lieby) What's Elvis Got to Do with It? The Legacy of the Palantines (Dr. Phillip Otterness) 300 Years of German Immigration (Leslie Huber) The Story Behind the Book: The Research and Writing of Becoming German (Dr. Phillip Otterness) Understanding and Using Archival Collections in the 21st Century: Focus on Palatine Sources (Meldon Wolfgang) Reading the Old German Script (Elsie Saar) Locating Towns in Germany (Richard Haberstroh) A Pictorial History of the Palatines (Dr. Phillip Otterness) The Palatine DNA Group (Doris Wheeler) Some Tips on Becoming a "Digital Ahnenforscher" (Meldon Wolfgang) German Vital Records (Richard Haberstroh) Other events are also being planned. Elsie (Scharpf) Saar Genealogy research American: Parks, Avann, Bulson, Soden, Menkens German: Wienecke, Storz, Scharpf, Saar, Stelzer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> To: <nycolumb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:27 AM Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown > Palatines to America will be holding its annual meeting in Fishkill > the weekend of June 17th-19th to commemorate the Palatine > tricentennial. There will be a tour of Palatine sites on the 17th, > including the Livingston home Clermont. Brochures will be available > shortly. > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Attorney, historian, genealogist, grandmother > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > > (201) 567-9440 office > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: James Harder <jaharder88@yahoo.com> > To: Debra Winchell <DLDove22@verizon.net>; nycolumb@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 2:15:13 AM > Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown > > Debbie, > I messed up the date; this was in the paper Monday. The events > commemorate the 1710 Palatine arrival. I'm not local so I don't > know what other info is available as yet. Sounds a bit sketchy. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Debra Winchell <DLDove22@verizon.net> > To: nycolumb@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 12:21:22 AM > Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown > > I take it this took place last year? > > Debbie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> > To: <nycolumb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:06 AM > Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown > > >> Kingston Freeman, Feb 25: >> >> GERMANTOWN — The town will celebrate the 300th anniversary of the >> arrival >> of settlers from the Palatine region of southwest Germany over the >> first >> two weekends of October. >> >> The 300th Anniversary Committee is co-chaired by Nadine Rumke, a >> Palatine >> descendant, and Jeremy Smith, a Germantown Town Board member. The >> committee is enlisting the talents, skills and enthusiasm of >> Germantown >> residents to create what is expected to be the largest event the >> town has >> ever held. Noted historians and world-class genealogists have been >> invited >> to town to participate. >> >> Events will include Palatine history seminars, discussion groups, >> an >> ecumenical church service, and the debut of a new concert work by >> composer >> and conductor Harold Farberman, who makes his home in Germantown. >> Many >> other professional and amateur musicians from the town will also >> perform, >> including the Germantown Choir, led by Donna Diehl, singing early >> 18th >> century music. >> >> A sculpture, the Germantown Analemma, an astrological sundial, is >> being >> created by local artists and Palatine descendants Dea Archbold and >> Kurt >> Holsapple. >> >> The first weekend of the event will focus on town history and >> genealogy. >> Germantown’s senior citizens are sharing their memories and the >> stories >> they heard from their parents, to create an oral history of the >> town. >> History and genealogy experts are coming from around the country to >> discuss their Palatine findings. Doris Wheeler, a local Palatine >> descendant who specializes in tracing family roots through DNA >> testing, >> will also participate. >> >> Germantown Central School District students will present an >> original play >> about the Palatines and an ecumenical service will be held at the >> historic >> Christ Lutheran Church, home of a 1755 Nuremberg Bible used by the >> Palatines. >> >> The second weekend of the celebration will bring back the >> Germantown >> Oktoberfest, renamed the Palatine Oktoberfest. It will start with a >> wagon >> parade through town, followed by food, fun and festivities at >> Palatine >> Park. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message