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Exciting moments with Hape Kerkeling – a special book release and movie premiere!

created by Andrea Bentschneider

On October 1st, I had the distinct honor of attending the premiere of the new documentary film, “Total Normal”, about the life of the incredible German entertainer, author and comedian, Hape Kerkeling. At this special event, which took place at the Hapag-Lloyd headquarters as part of the Filmfest Hamburg film festival, I had the pleasure of meeting Hape Kerkeling and receiving an autographed copy of his newly released book “Gebt mir etwas Zeit – Meine Chronik der Ereignisse” (Give me some time –...

10/03/2024

Andrea Bentschneider at “The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon”

created by Heike Leiacker

On 13/14/15 April 2023, Legacy Family Tree Webinars and MyHeritage will host „The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon“ for the fourth time. Again, there will be (more than) 24 hours of live webinars on very different genealogical topics to discover. As the only speaker from Germany, Andrea Bentschneider will be participating again this year.

03/23/2023

Andrea Bentschneider in the newspapers of FUNKE Mediengruppe

created by Heike Leiacker

We are very happy about the nice article titled "NS-Zeit: Was hat Opa zwischen 1933 und 1945 gemacht?" (Nazi era: What did grandpa do between 1933 and 1945?), which has been published online on the websites of the German FUNKE Mediengruppe (FUNKE media group) newspapers yesterday, 16 Feb 2023, and today, 17 Feb 2023, also in the print edition of e.g. the Hamburger Abendblatt (in the main section under politics) on page 4.

02/17/2023

Andrea Bentschneider in the German newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung

created by Heike Leiacker

Since yesterday evening, on 09 February 2023, an interesting article with tips on how to get started with genealogical research by Christopher Chirvi was published in the digital edition of the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, among others. For this article Andrea Bentschneider was interviewed. Today, on 10 February 2023, it was also published in the print editions of the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung and in the newspapers of the Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag, among others.

02/10/2023

Andrea Bentschneider at Genealogica 2023

created by Heike Leiacker

It's that time again: The German genealogy festival Genealogica will take place from 10 to 18 February 2023! We are looking forward to the third year of this fine event. And of course Andrea Bentschneider will be there again as a speaker.

02/09/2023

Beyond History comes of age

created by Heike Leiacker

Hip, hip, hooray! It is Beyond History’s birthday soon - and not just any birthday! Almost 18 years ago, Andrea Bentschneider founded Beyond History on 01 July 2004, turning genealogy, a hobby up until then, into her profession. This means, now we come of age, so to speak!

06/24/2022

Andrea Bentschneider at Genealogica 2022

created by Heike Leiacker

The German genealogy festival Genealogica is going into its second year and of course we and especially our boss Andrea Bentschneider and we will be there again! Again completely virtual, Genealogica will take place from 01 to 03 April 2022 (the event site can still be visited until 15 April 2022 at 09:00). Again Andrea Bentschneider will be present as a speaker and Beyond History and the Association of German-speaking Professional Genealogists will again be represented with booths.

03/16/2022

Andrea Bentschneider at THE Genealogy Show: Spring Event

created by Heike Leiacker

We are very excited that Andrea Bentschneider will be a speaker at this year’s THE Genealogy Show: Spring Event! As in 2021 it will be a virtual event taking place from Friday, 01 April to Sunday, 03 April 2022. And there will be two further events later this year (July and December).

03/15/2022

Andrea Bentschneider at RootsTech 2022

created by Heike Leiacker

RootsTech is the world’s largest family history conference. As in 2021, the conference will in 2022 again be completely virtual and free of charge. And Andrea Bentschneider will be one of the speakers this year - with several sessions.

02/08/2022

Andrea Bentschneider at Web.de, Gmx.net and 1und1

How are our relatives called - beyond the direct relatives and straight line back? A German article by Antonia Fuchs published on the websites Web.de, Gmx.net and 1und1.de explores this question. And Andrea Bentschneider was interviewed for the article and talked a little about the relevance our family has for us.

01/05/2022

Andrea Bentschneider answers your questions live on Facebook again

About 11 months ago, Andrea Bentschneider answered questions about genealogy and family research for MyHeritage Germany live on Facebook. Of course, that is far too long ago. We are therefore pleased that there will be another Q & A session on Wednesday, 02 June 2021, at 07:00 p.m. German time. The online event will take place in German as part of MyHeritage's Facebook Live Series.

05/31/2021

Andrea Bentschneider at the second “The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon” hosted by Legacy Family Tree Webinars and MyHeritage

created by Heike Leiacker

On 08/09/10 April 2021, Legacy Family Tree Webinars and MyHeritage will host „The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon“ for the second time. Again, there will be (more than) 24 hours of live webinars on very different genealogical topics to discover. As the only speaker from Germany and one of the few from Europe, Andrea Bentschneider will be participating again this year.

03/31/2021

Current archive openings in Germany

created by Heike Leiacker

You may already have learned that some archives in Germany have recently reopened. We were very pleased about this and have already arranged as many appointments as possible and in some cases also already visited the archives.

03/30/2021