Dakota Times

The Dakota County Historical Society will host a virtual genealogy presentation called “German Geography & the Meyer's Gazetteer" by Dr. Fritz Juengling, Ph.D. on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. Admission to the program is $10 per person or $5 for members of the Dakota County Historical Society. To register, please visit the Dakota County Historical Society website.

The presentation will be held via Zoom and registration is required to receive the meeting invite link. 

Juengling will present on German geography and the Meyer's Gazetteer, which is now indexed online and fully searchable. This presentation will explore the history of the project, how to search for places, special search features, how to use the maps, find surrounding parishes and civil registry office, strategies for searching and more. 

Juengling received his bachelor's degree in German studies and secondary education at Western Oregon University, his master's and doctorate in German philology with minors in English and linguistics at the University of Minnesota. He is an accredited genealogist for Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark and Sweden through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists and certified by Verband deutschsprachiger Berufsgenealogen. Juengling is a German, Dutch, Scandinavian research consultant at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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