Past Events
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Nov 9German-American Resources for Genealogists
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Vernon County Museum, 410 S. Center Street, Viroqua Co-sponsor(s): Vernon County Genealogical Society
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Nov 2Mapping German Dialects: Georg Wenker’s Sprachatlas and its Successors
Speaker(s): Juerg Fleischer Location: UW Madison Memorial LIBRARY, room 126; 728 State Street Co-sponsor(s): Center for German and European Studies at UW–Madison Description: German dialect mapping began with Georg Wenker (1852–1911). Working as a librarian at the University of Marburg between 1879 and 1888, Wenker sent written questionnaires to all schoolmasters in the German Empire, …
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Oct 26How Gemixt Are the Pickles? Germanic Dialect Humor in America
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: UW–Madison, Memorial Union, check “Today in the Union” for room number on day of event Description: As far back as the colonial era, humor centered on regional and ethnic diversity in America has drawn on stereotypes about language differences. In the presentation we will explore some of the ways that …
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Oct 19Who Are the Amish?
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Argyle Public Library, 300 E. Milwaukee Street, Argyle, WI Co-sponsor(s): Argyle Public Library
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Oct 10Germans in Wisconsin
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Kilbourn Public Library, 620 Elm Street, Wisconsin Dells Co-sponsor(s): Dells County Historical Society
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Sep 30Deciphering Old German Script Workshop
Speaker(s): Mark Louden; Antje Petty Location: Marquette University, Milwaukee Raynor Memorial Libraries Conference Center, Beaumier Room 1355 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee Co-sponsor(s): Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Marquette University Description: Are you a historian trying to decipher old German handwritten documents? A genealogist researching your German-speaking ancestors? In this workshop, Mark Louden will …
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Sep 21German-American Resources for Genealogists
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: T. B. Scott Free Library, 106 1st St, Merrill, WI Co-sponsor(s): North Pines Genealogy Group in Merrill
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Jul 28MKI at German Fest Milwaukee
Location: Henry Maier Festival Park, 200 North Harbor Drive, Milwaukee, WI Start: Friday, July 28, 2017 @ 3:00 pm End: Sunday, July 30, 2017 @ 9:00 pm Co-sponsor(s): Friends of MKI, Milwaukee German Fest Description: Visit the Max Kade Institute table in the Culture Pavilion at German Fest Milwaukee! http://germanfest.com/culture/
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Jul 17The Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch Language
Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Martindale Mennonite Fellowship Center 352 Martindale Rd Ephrata, PA 17522 Co-sponsor(s): Martindale Mennonite Fellowship Center Description: For further details click here: http://lancasterroots.org/event/the-story-of-the-pennsylvania-dutch-language/
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Apr 13German-American History and Resources for Genealogists
Viroqua Museum, 410 South Center Street, Viroqua, Wisconsin
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Viroqua Museum, 410 South Center Street, Viroqua, Wisconsin Co-sponsor(s): Viroqua Genealogical Society