Want to learn more about your Volga-German ancestry? Join us on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Whiskey Creek meeting room at 3203 Vine, Hays, for the annual American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Kansas Round-Up of Chapters.

Presenters this year include:

• Dr. Eric J. Schmaltz, associate professor at Northwest Oklahoma State University: “Coming Full Circle: South America’s Germans from Russia and other 21st Century Reflections on Our Global Diaspora.”

• Yulia Tsymbal, translator and special projects coordinator for AHSGR: “From Kazakhstan to Lincoln: How Germans from Russia Helped Me to Feel at Home in America.”

• Frank Jacobs, NE Kansas Chapter: “Dust in the Wind: Chasing Genealogy by History and DNA – Several Case Studies.”

• Karen Schutte, author of “Seed of the Volga.”

Registration begins at 8 a.m., and tickets are $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Lunch and banquet tickets are $25 per person. Registration deadline is Oct. 8.

For more information about the event, contact Kevin Rupp at (785) 656-0329 or click HERE. This year’s event is hosted by the Wichita Golden Wheat Chapter.