Some of you may be interested in the tour that is mentioned below. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neill & Fran Luebke" <[email protected]> To: "Walworth Co. Genealogical Society" <[email protected]>; "Petty, Antje" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: Historical/genealogical tour to Germany > Knowing that a number of early emigrants came from Germany, I thought > you members might be interested in this tour. As a matter of fact, my > ancestors came from this region of Germany and settled in the Walworth > and Jefferson area. > > The Friends of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at > UW-Madison are sponsoring their first historical/genealogical tour to > Germany in September. This tour will focus on the western regions of > Germany where many of Wisconsin's early emigrants came from. The tour > includes the Rhein-Pfalz, Cologne, Bonn and ends in Bremerhaven. It > will be conducted by English-speaking German historians whose > specialty is emigration to the United States. > > Dr. Helmut Schmahl of the University of Mainz will conduct the first > half of the tour. He is well-known to many historical societies, was > a keynote speaker at the National Genealogical Society's national > convention last year in Milwaukee, and is much sought after throughout > the U.S. as a speaker. His PhD dissertation was on German immigration > to Wisconsin and he is considered a world expert on the topic. > > We have the full detailed itinerary on the website of the Institute > and would appreciate it if you might consider putting a link to the > page. I invite you to view it and see if you think your members > researching their German roots would be interested in joining the > tour. The web link is: > > http://csumc.wisc.edu/mki/News/MainNews.htm#tour > > We are about to send out a brochure on the tour and would be happy to > send it to your members on a "single use only" basis. If you would > prefer to receive some brochures to distribute or include a notice in > your newsletter, we would be most appreciative. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Fran Luebke, President > Friends of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies >