The Germans from Russia Heritage Society will hold its 40th annual convention July 21-25 in Bismarck. The convention, held at the Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center, is open to the public and includes meals, entertainment, and socializing.
Activities include tours of the local area, full access to GRHS's bookstore and library, and workshops on history, genealogy and culture of the Germans from Russia. Among the topics are reports on the oral history and letter archive projects, ideas for cooking, computers, and genealogy books, and presentations about the Hutterites, Bessarabian and Black Sea Germans.
The keynote speaker will be Al Neuharth, native of Eureka, S.D., and founder of USA Today.
The Germans from Russia are an active national organization of the descendants of one of the largest ethnic groups to settle in the upper Midwest.
For more information, go online to http://grhs2010-convention.blogspot.com/ to see updates; for more information and to register, visit the website at http://www.grhs.org . Those who don't use the Internet may call GRHS headquarters at 701-223-6167 to have the needed forms mailed. For other questions, contact Cynthia Miller, GRHS Marketing and PR Committee, at cynmiller@live.com or 612-386-1436.
