Friday & Saturday, Sept. 14 & 15, the 40th Annual Conference will be held at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas.  The theme is “Galveston – Port of Entry for Germans in the 1800’s.”  For more information, see:

www.germantexans.org/events/annual-conference,

or call 512-467-4569, where over-the-phone registration is offered, if calling Weds./Thurs. from 10 am to 4 pm.

or write to:  office@germantexans.org

What catches one’s attention here is that “Museum visits and tours of points of interest will be available for attendees.”  The announcement sent carried the full program and speaker bios.  So, if any of your people came through Galveston, and your reasonably close, you might want to consider driving or flying in for this….