Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society

Promoting the Heritage of our German Ancestors

The Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society was founded to stimulate and facilitate research of Germanic ancestors who settled in the mid-Atlantic region during the past four hundred years. While we meet in the mid-Atlantic region our goal is to help all researchers.

Promoting the Heritage of our German Ancestors

Coming Events

MAGS Fall Conference
  • featuring Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
  • October 24, 2026
Event details

MAGS Membership Includes

  • Full-day genealogical conferences held twice a year in spring and fall in the central  mid-Atlantic region.
  • Half-day workshops several times a year offering hands-on experience with records under the guidance of genealogical experts.
  • National and local speakers on a variety of German and genealogical topics.
  • Topics that will help you with genealogical research and methodology.
  • A chance to meet with others with the same research interests.
  • Interactive Facebook group to connect with other researchers.
  • MAGS members researching Germanic roots have invaluable resources available through our website.
  • Unique searchable databases not available elsewhere.
  • Announcements about other genealogy events.
  • Der Kurier, our award winning journal dating back to September 1982.
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What's New?

Check this list often to see what has been added to our website.

1 Dec 2025The September issue of Der Kurier has been published on the website. You can see a synopsis of the articles on the Der Kurier tab.
8 Nov 2025A new issue of the IGGP Partner Zeitung has been published. See the International German Genealogical Partnership section.
2 Aug 2025Recent meeting minutes, financial and membership reports are now on the Members page under the Documents tab.
6 Dec 2024New video introductions to the various collections found in the MAGS database have been added to our site. See the section entitled MAGS Learning Videos.

International German Genealogical Partnership

MAGS was one of the original partners in this organization. Their goal is to assist in the creation and strengthening of connections between organizations that support German genealogy research. We continue to support their mission. MAGS president, Ken Heger, serves on the IGGP board.

Uniting German Genealogy Researchers Worldwide

You can find more about IGGP here

MAGS Learning Videos

MAGS has created several videos that introduce you to our society and what we have to offer. Choose to watch any of these by clicking on the links below.