New Membership Benefit
Ohio Chapter MEMBERS ONLY
A NEW membership benefit is available only to members who join or renew their membership in the Ohio Chapter of Palatines to America for 2023-2025. Send a digital summary of your German Genealogy research to ckfsmail@gmail.com. A review of your research will be made, and you will receive a FREE listing of areas where you may have missed opportunities to find additional information on your family in Germany and North America. We are not offering to do your research but will be giving you hints on where you might find new information yourself. If you have just renewed or are a new member, please send proof of membership. I do not receive new members and renewals in real time.
Ohio PALAM Board
with Kathyrn Schober
The Ohio River is shown in the header of this website. Early settlers used it to populate the Northwest Territory. The river served as a way to transport their families and possessions, as well as a way to transport crops. Settlements along the banks included Marietta, Steubenville, and Cincinnati.
Ohio PalAm German Community Forum Series –
Free on ZOOM
May 17, 2025, 10 a.m. to Noon EDT ZOOM Only
Question and Answer Session – send your questions (anything related to German genealogical research) to ckfsmail@gmail.com with the subject line Ohio Palam GFS
This forum will be facilitated by Carol Swinehart, who is eager to help anyone with their genealogy research.
She has a Master in Education (MEd) and has researched her family since 1977 in Baden-Wuertember, Schleswig Holstein, Hannover, Nieder Sachsen, Hesse, Bavaria, and North Rhine-Westphalia. She has both Lutheran and Catholic ancestors.
This session is free. Hope to see you online. To register, Email ckfsmail@gmail.com with the Subject Ohio PALAM GFS We get so many emails; please be sure to use that specific title so that you can be sure to get registered and receive your ZOOM link. Send your questions when you register so we know what you are most interested in. Also, when you sign in, put your German families of interest in the chat.
IGGP Conference will be held in Columbus, Ohio, June 12-15, 2025. Palatines to America German Genealogy Society (PALAM) will be having its 50-year anniversary celebration during the conference. Because many Ohio Chapter members are involved with this endeavor, a Spring Seminar for the Ohio Chapter will not be held. Hope to see all of you at the IGGP event.
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About Oh Palam
The Palatines To America German Genealogical Society was founded in 1975 with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The PALAM National Library Collection is now housed in the Columbus Metropolitan Library on 96 S Grant Ave. in Columbus, Ohio 43215. To contact the Ohio Chapter, click the link here to our contact form (preferred method) or write to PO Box 302, Worthington, OH 43085.
Ohio Chapter Officers & Committee Members CLICK HERE.
Read the history of the Ohio Chapter PalAm CLICK HERE
Check out our National Organization CLICK HERE
Join Palatines to America Ohio Chapter
- Learn from experienced researchers at our free workshops.
Walldorf, B-W - Participate in the German Community Forum Series (Free)
- Attend German research seminars in the Spring and Fall (Special Rates for all PALAM members)
- 2023-2025 Review of Digital Summary of your German Research (Free for all Ohio members only)
- Read our quarterly newsletter – Palatine Heritage
- Buy Ohio Chapter German genealogy publications and merchandise.
- Access our Members Only Section
our Mission = Advance Knowledge
- To further interest and study German-speaking immigration in Ohio.
- Encourage members to further their research of their family’s history in Ohio, the US, and German-speaking areas.
- Promote information about the life, times, and social life of German-speaking emigrants and their descendants.
The Palatines to America’s collection of genealogy books is housed in the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Please check with the library to confirm these times.
Hours: Mon-Thur: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Fri: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sat: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sun: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
