Coming up at Allen County Public Library

If just researching there isn't enough of a draw, three upcoming multiple-day programs may just entice you to Fort Wayne:

22-23 May, Climbing Your DNA (PDF) with Roberta Estes

18-20 June, 2009 National Palatines to America Conference

29-31 October, International Black Genealogy Summit: Reconnecting Lost Links

Not just Palatines

I hope some readers are as ignorant as I was: the organization Palatines to America isn't limited to migrants from one part of Germany, it covers all German-speaking migrants. The group's full name is Palatines to America German Genealogy Society and it's headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, where it will hold its national conference June 19-21. (Thanks, Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.)

If I could get there, I'd just love to hear Swiss expert Maralyn Wellauer talk on "Sources and Strategies for Successful Pre-19th century Swiss Genealogical Research."