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International Association of Germans from Lithuania

The IAGL, a not-for-profit corporation, was created first and foremeost as a genealogical resource for those researching their ancestors in this region. Their online searchable database is free to the public and contains tens of thousand of transcribed records. It continues to grow.

International German Genealogy Partnership

A group of partner societies interested in German genealogy. The IGGP facilitates German genealogy research globally as the internationally recognized federation of German genealogy organizations. IGGP was formerly known as German-American Genealogical Partnership (GAGP).

Irish Palatine Association

Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, Ireland. Preserving the history and genealogy of the Irish Palatines for future generations. Surnames include TESKEY, SWITZER, RUTTLE, DOUPE, LODWICK, SHIER, PIPER, BOVENIZER, FIZZELL, DULMAGE.

Johannes SCHWALM Historical Association

Society dedicated to Hessians staying in the US after the Revolutionary War.

Kindertransport Association

Organization of child holocaust survivors who were sent, without their parents, out of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain.

Palatines to America

Columbus, Ohio. Dedicated to the study of ancestors from all German-speaking lands, not just the Palatinate.

Sacramento German Genealogy Society

Sacramento, California. Founded in 1983, SGGS's purpose is to provide education resources for those researching their German ancestry and to illuminate the culture and history of ancestors who lived in German-speaking areas of Europe.

Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe

Devoted to the study of those people with German ancestry (generally of the Lutheran, Baptist, or Catholic faiths) who lived in present-day Poland (including those lands known previously as West and East Prussia, Posen, Silesia, and Pomerania), and also those people who lived in the western part of present-day Ukraine, in the old pre-World War II province of Volhynia (generally from the city of Kiev on the east to the present-day Polish border on the west, and from the city of Zhitomir on the south to the city of Kowel on the north).

Sons of Hermann

Dallas, Texas. Fraternal benefits society originally for German immigrants.

Southwest Florida Germanic Genealogy Society, Inc.

Our goal is to provide fellowship, education and support in our research about the history and genealogy in regions where the German language and culture was or is prevalent.

Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association

Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association centered around Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, focusing on mostly Swiss Mennonite descendants.

The German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society

Destrehan, Louisiana.

The Order of the Sons of Hermann in the State of Texas

Fraternal benefits society originally for German immigrants.

Trenton Donauschwaben Association

Yardville, New Jersey.