Genealogy Jottings

Last weekend the local Palatines to America group hosted another good seminar. From the well-known genealogist Lloyd Bockstruck we learned of Germans in the Revolutionary War and their subsequent migrations. I came home with a stack of helpful maps, and some good ideas for research in late 18th-century records.

Of course, many people attend this seminar for the German meals. I missed out on the dinner this year, but the lunch was really good. You cannot beat these seminars for the fellowship with other genealogists, and the lunch is a great place to talk with others about our common interest.

Next week I will have the opportunity to follow up on some of the research ideas when I attend our local German society meeting at Denver Public Library. I often stay afterwards to use the library. Bounty land records, anyone?