The Pa. German Society was originally a lineage organization. I think you had to have a German immigrant ancestor in the US before something like 1800 or so. It might have also been a male only group??? In the 1970's they realized that their membership was elderly and younger people weren't joining. They opened membership to anyone. I was a member for a few years but had to drop it when my husband's health got bad. Just so people don't mix these up. These are different organizations: The Pennsylvania German Society is interested in Pa. Dutch. No web site right now. The German Society of Pennsylvania is interested in German and is an active organization in Philadelphia. http://www.germansociety.org/ Recently, I asked the Penna Dutch Life list if anyone knew where the Pa. German Soc. was now. It moved a while ago. The answer I got was: > The Pennsylvania German Society > P. O. Box 244 > Kutztown, PA 19530-0244 > Phone: 610.894.9551 > Fax: 610.894.9808 > Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Marge Green