Frost, who lives in oregon, is a member of the board of trustees of the germanna foundation. The database is a project of germanna foundation trustee and genealogist cathi clore frost. To accommodate the professional development needs of employees impacted by the virtual campuses, germanna has opened five new courses that will run between april 6 may th in a. The student advantage program gives students access to office 365 pro plus microsoft office 365 on up to five devices. The memorial foundation of the germanna colonies has issued thirteen records which record events surrounding the establishment of the original settlers. Their story, along with that of the second germanna colony, is a fascinating study in early american history. Enter your email above and your username below to have your password reset a temporary password will be sent to you. Germanna foundation library genealogy familysearch wiki. To access the database, you must be a paid member of the germanna foundation become a memberrenew your dues securely online.
Following membership verification, you will receive an email. This is a group dna project for all descendants of the germanna colonies of virginia and their associated families, the name germanna was selected by governor alexander spotswood, reflected both the german immigrants who sailed across the atlantic to virginia and the british queen, anne, who was in power at the time of the first settlement at germanna in 1714. Check out germanna foundation s events, learn more, or contact this organizer. John hoffman, 1714 germanna colonist, and his descendants. Salubria the memorial foundation of the germanna colonies in virginia inc. Ftdna is the oldest and largest dna database company and germanna is. The memorial foundation of the germanna colonies in virginia, inc.
The educational foundation supports the colleges programs and initiatives within the policies of the state board for community colleges and the bylaws of the germanna educational foundation. They offer educational programs about the colonys history, and genealogical assistance for the many descendants. Several of the second or 1717 colony families were from this region of germany. Online registration sell event tickets event management software. Individuals, businesses, and industries can help germanna. Cathi clore frost presented a program to 30 members of the.
The germanna foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the colonial virginia frontier via the historic 1714 fort germanna and its german colonists and their descendants. Beginning in 1714, several german immigrants arrived in what was then king william county virginia to an area in current culpeper, fauquier, madison and rappahannock counties in virginia. The germanna association is composed of descendants who advise the foundation. The germanna foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization telling americas story of liberty through the frontier experience of her settlers and descendants using archaeological, historical, and genealogical research and interpretation. In order to receive mail from the site administrator regarding your account, please make sure that you are not blocking mail from this domain. It is a subscriptionbased cloud service that is free to students. Eric larsen, director of archaeology for the germanna foundation, discusses the old mill complex and race within siegen forest and shows you the different areas where this mill once. Since 1956 germanna foundation has published 21 monographs, acquired the property of fort germanna and governor spotswoods enchanted castle, built and opened the fort germanna visitors center in. Hollywood actor neil patrick harris revealed to be germanna. Germanna community college is the topranked twoyear institution in virginia according to a survey by wallethub. The information systems technology ist curriculum has been designed to prepare students for employment in the information and computer technology.
The first group of settlers called the first germanna. This is a group dna project for all descendants of the germanna colonies of. Tim sutphin, the executive director of the germanna foundation, gives an update on the foundation on thursday, april 16, 2020. The foundation s germanna record, with 20 volumes published since 1956, is a significant. It conducts archaeological exploration and conservation, genealogical research and publishing, and historic preservation and interpretation. John hoffman, 1714 germanna colonist, and his descendants b. The old mill complex in germannas siegen forest youtube. Archaeology program would compel us to hire more staff archaeologists and acquiring. Welcome to the germanna foundation database of descendants. The germanna foundation tells americas story of liberty through the frontier experience of her settlers and descendants. The germanna foundation has a new datarich genealogy website database of germanna descendants at. This is germanna s most comprehensive database for scholarly articles in the humanities.
Before speaking to the jgs, she attended and lectured at the foundation. The germanna foundation tells americas story of liberty through the frontier experience of her settlers and descendants using archaeological, historical, and genealogical research and interpretation. Aylor jeff aylors germanna and boone county, kentucky. The germanna foundation tells americas story of liberty through the frontier experience of the original fort germanna settlers in virginia and their descendants using. An award winning genealogical resource with searchable databases, free web. A project of germanna foundation trustee and genealogist cathi clore frost. To be granted access, please register for a new user account. Encompassing courses in english, speech, spanish, communication design, and other disciplines, this meta major has a twofold purpose. Memorial foundation of the germanna colonies in virginia inc. To access the database, you must be a paid member of the germanna foundation.
Germanna is also recognized as an aspen prize top 150 u. Meanwhile, the germanna foundation will continue work on its descendants database and at the archaeology site to find fort germanna and the enchanted castle. Germanna is part of the virginia community college system. Peter hitt and elizabeth otterbach descendants, germantown, virginia. These newsletters are available on dvd from the germanna foundation. This opens a popup window to share the url for this database. The germanna foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization telling americas story of liberty through the frontier experience of her settlers and descendants using archaeological, historical, and. Microsoft student advantage program germanna community.
This is a group dna project for all descendants of the germanna colonies of virginia and their associated families, the name germanna was selected by governor alexander spotswood, reflected. You would enjoy researching the madison county land tax lists, which originate at the close of the american. The information systems technology ist program has been designed to prepare students for employment in the information and computer technology fields. The database is aproject of germanna foundation trustee and genealogist cathi clore frost.
Memorial foundation of the germanna colonies in virginia. Online community college germanna community college. Germanna foundation is using eventbrite to organize upcoming events. Germanna foundation acquires fort, castle see more travel the germanna colony. New genealogy database of germanna descendants germanna. Database access is a germanna foundation membership benefit. Today the foundation maintains a genealogical reference library, historical archive, exhibits and a database. These quantitative program results are selfreported by the. This site powered by the next generation of genealogy sitebuilding, v.