Casper, Wyoming Jul 28 - Aug 3, 2008

2008 Convention Web Site

Celebrating our Common Heritage!

Casper, Wyoming will provide the backdrop for the 2008 AHSGR convention - building on the successful meeting we had there eight years ago, but this one will be extra special!

AHSGR will be joining forces with the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS) to stage the first-ever joint convention of the two societies from July 28th through August 3rd, 2008. The event will take place at the Parkway Plaza Hotel & Convention Center in Casper and program plans are already well underway for this historic gathering.

The Convention Planning Committee, co-chaired by Patti Sellenrick for AHSGR and Al Feist for GRHS, has already met three times - twice in Casper and once in Bismarck, North Dakota, which is headquarters for GRHS. Convention committees are comprised and co-chaired by members from both organizations, and this blending is already creating considerable excitement and anticipation.

"Celebrating Our Common Heritage" will serve as a theme for the convention, and further details will be posted on both the AHSGR and GRHS web sites and in future newsletters.

A "sneak preview" of the 2008 convention in Casper will be unveiled during the 2007 convention in Hays, including an abundance of information about Casper and the surrounding area.

Mark your calendars now and plan to attend the joint AHSGR / GRHS 2008 Convention July 28th - August 3rd in Casper, Wyoming, where we'll be "Celebrating our Common Heritage"!

Our yearly Convention is a great place to meet fellow German-Russians, research your family roots and to learn more about your ancestors. Computer work stations for the Saving Our Ancestral Records (SOAR) computer based records, some village records, and the AHSGR Surname file containing over 477,400 names, plus paper records including village maps and descendant charts based on records from Russia are only a few of the tools available to convention researchers. Conventions are also a great place to volunteer. You meet so many new and interesting people and make a lot of new friends.

Hays, KS 2007 Convention Web Site

2007 Convention BOD Annual Reports