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 2025-2026. Send a digital summary of your German Genealogy research to ckfsmail@gmail.com. A review of your research will be conducted, and you will receive a complimentary listing of areas where you may have overlooked opportunities to find additional information on your family in Germany and North America. We are not offering to do your research, but we will provide you with 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 means to transport their families, possessions, and crops. Settlements along the banks included Marietta, Steubenville, and Cincinnati.
German Community Forum Series (Free on ZOOM)
Saturday, January 31, 2026, New features in RootsMagic to help you record your family history AND bring your questions? We will try to help with your Brick Walls.
German Community Forum Series, Ohio Palam – Jan 31, 2026 at 10 am to around or before 12 noon – Find out how to use RootsMagic’s wonderful new features and how they will help you with recording your family research, AND bring your research questions so we can help you break through your 2025-2026 brick walls. Our facilitator this month is Carol Swinehart, who holds a Master of Education and has been researching German roots in Hesse, Westphalia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and Niedersachsen since 1975.
Registration:
To join this event on Zoom, please Email ckfsmail@gmail.com with “GFS” in the subject line. We receive a high volume of emails, so we might miss yours if it doesn’t include “GFS” in the subject line.
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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.
