Trade Secrets: Discovering Family History in German Guild Documents

Originally presented as a lecture to the SA Genealogy and Heraldry Society Germanic Special Interest Group, this is a fascinating presentation of the story, documents and research process in searching for Germans outside of the normal church and civil registers.

About the Speaker

Lois Zweck has a doctorate in German Studies from the University of Adelaide. She is a volunteer transcriber, translator and researcher at Lutheran Archives. She has conducted research that spans many areas, from genealogy and family history through to the histories of Germans in Australia and literary studies.