Since
its
founding
in
1968,
the
American
Historical
Society
of
Germans
from
Russia
has
developed
a
strong
genealogy
program.
Its
purpose
is
to
help
individual
members
with
their
own
family
research
and
to
make
information
we
have
available
to
all
members.
Identification
with
an
ethnic
heritage
can
best
be
accomplished
by
the
study
of
one's
family
history.
There
is
an
old
saying,
"You
can't
tell
where
you're
going
until
you
know
where
you've
been."
Although
it
is
now
possible
to
obtain
some
information
from
the
former
Soviet
Union,
one
of
the
best
means
available
for
learning
more
about
one's
family
is
to
share
information
with
others
and
receive
what
others
are
willing
to
share.
For
this
reason
we
urge
all
members
to
complete
the
following
genealogy
forms.
After
AHSGR
receives
a
minimum
of
one
each
of
the
Membership
Data
Form
(Form
G-1),
and
the
Ancestral
Chart
(Form
G-2)
or
the
Family
Group
Chart
(Form
G-3)
from
a
member,
that
member
is
eligible
to
be
listed
in
our
Surname
Exchange
of
our
genealogical
publication
CLUES.
Forms
are
listed
at
the
bottom
of
this
page,
and
instructions
for
each
form
appear
at
the
top
of
that
form.
The
information
you
provide
on
these
forms
will
be
entered
into
our
genealogy
database,
now
holding
more
than
460,000
entries.
If
you
use
genealogy
software,
we
encourage
you
to
submit
a
GEDCOM
file
of
your
information,
as
this
saves
a
great
deal
of
financial
and
human
resources
in
data
entry.
If
you
do
not
have
your
family
data
on
a
computer
we
encourage
you
to
complete
and
submit
(with
the
information
you
have
available
or
are
willing
to
share)
an
Ancestral
Chart
with
your
name
in
the
first
position
and
at
least
one
Family
Group
chart.
After
we
have
received
your
genealogical
forms
by
mail,
we
will
be
happy
to
help
you
with
your
research
problems
through
the
various
resources
located
at
headquarters.
For
a
list
of
available
resources,
please
refer
to
the
Research
Request
Page.
This
page
also
indicates
charges
for
research
services.
The
Surname
Exchange
is
published
annually
in
the
fall
issue
of
Clues..
The
deadline
for
submission
of
genealogy
forms
for
inclusion
in
each
year's
Surname
Exchange
is
June.
For
more
information
on
AHSGR's
genealogy
collection,
please
refer
to
the
Family
Sheets.
These
3
genealogy
forms
are
available
in
Adobe®
Acrobat®
Reader®
format!
This
is
done
so
each
form
will
print
cleanly
on
a
single
page,
on
nearly
every
printer.
You
may
print
as
many
copies
as
you
need.
If
you
cannot
view
these
files
you may
need
to
download
and
install
the
free
Adobe®
Acrobat®
Reader®.
Send
your
membership
check
and
these
3
forms
to:
AHSGR
631
D
Street
Lincoln,
NE
68502-1199
You
can
also
purchase
or
renew
your
membership
in
the
Store.
If
for
some
reason
you
cannot
access
the
forms
in
Adobe
Acrobat
Reader
they
are
still
available
in
regular
format.
It
is
difficult
to
get
the
forms
to
print
correctly
on
every
printer.
If
your
printer
is
set
on
too
large
of
a
font
or
typeface,
you
may
lose
some
lines
at
the
right
hand
margin.
So,
it
is
important
that
the
typeface
be
set
to
FIXED
(where
each
letter
is
the
same
width
-
courier
or
monospace)
and
a
font
size
small
enough
(size
8
or
10)
to
ensure
that
all
the
form
will
fit
on
a
standard
8.5
x
11
inch
page.
To
set
your
printing
typeface
and
size,
there
is
normally
a
setting
in
your
web
browser
that
specifies
this.
HTML
Format:
(Print
web
page
or
copy/paste
into
a
Word
document
or
into
the
body
of
an
email.)
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