
Pennsylvania’s German Waves with James M. Beidler
Monday, March 9, 2026, EDT at 7:30 pm EDT

Applying genealogical basics to the peculiarity of searching for the rich records relating to America’s first large ethnic minority population – especially highlighting church registers and immigration documents – as well as the Second Wave Germans who joined them in Pennsylvania.
Bio
James M. Beidler, a Pennsylvania German expert, has authored four books, writes the weekly column/blog “Roots & Branches,” and is a German Life magazine columnist. “Roots & Branches” blogger and German Life columnist.