German working group of genealogical associations
| German Working Group on Genealogical Associations (DAGV) |
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| purpose | Family research and heraldry |
| Chair: | Dirk Weissleder |
| Establishment date: | 1949 |
| Seat : | Stuttgart |
| Website: | www.dagv.org |
The German Working Group of the Genealogical Associations eV ( DAGV ) is the umbrella organization of the genealogical and heraldic associations in Germany .
history
The association was on 28./29. Founded May 1949 as an umbrella organization for the German genealogical associations and is the successor to the working group of German family and coat of arms associations , which was founded on November 29, 1924.
The motto is:
“ D etegimus a ntiquorum g enerum v estigia.
We explore the traces of the old genders. "
The association, based in Stuttgart , has 67 member associations with over 22,000 individual members. Its purpose is to promote the common tasks of its members in the field of family research and heraldry .
One result of the advocacy of genealogists by DAGV is releasing the civil register of the registry offices in the archives , where they are free explorable because of 2009 came into force change of civil status law.
The DAGV annually organizes the German Genealogy Day for all members .
Publications
- Literature from and about the German Working Group on Genealogical Associations in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publication of the DAGV News
- Publication of the German Local Family Books up to Volume 41
- Publication of the series Current Topics on Genealogy (1/1957 - 17/2000)
- Publication of the series of literary reports on genealogy and its neighboring areas (1/1951 - 22/1972)
- Publication of the new series of the family history bibliography. Volume 1: 1945-1960; for the period after 1960: genealogical literature database ( http://famlit.genealogy.net/ )
- Researcher contacts (FOKO) on the Internet ( http://foko.genealogy.net/ ) and on CD-ROM (last edition 2002/2003)
Web links
- Official website
- Genealogy days
- Astrid Sewing on December 28, 2014: Genealogy is the hit. In: lz.de. Retrieved December 5, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ^ DAGV - Board of Directors
- ↑ First umbrella organization of genealogical associations founded 90 years ago PDF file: Retrieved on November 29, 2014.
- ^ The DAGV