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Your German Heritage Is Calling You

German Genealogy, German Heritage Talk, GermanNationUSA

Your German Heritage Is Calling You

Real time German Genealogy is paying tribute to your ancestors legacy today!

Our flagship website GermanNationUSA, in combination with the efforts of our growing GermanHeritageUSA network of websites and social platforms, is bringing an awareness of German Heritage history & family legacy to America all starting with your individual family German-Surname.

Introducing German Surnames Legacy Quest!

German Surnames Legacy Quest
I’d  like to invite you to join myself and thousands of other Americans with  some German ancestry to celebrate your individual German Heritage through your own unique family SURNAME of German origin.  If you have some Irish, English, or Italian in you too… that’s okay.

Just what exactly defines a true definition of a German-American?

Is  it a German native coming to America eventually gaining citizenship… or an American (no matter what the percentage) with true German ancestry  bloodlines?

Definition:

German-American – an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German.

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner)  are Americans of German ancestry. Americans of German ancestry form the  largest self-reported ancestry group in the United States outnumbering the Irish and English with just over 60 million people, or 17% of the
U.S. population.

We usually identify German-Americans, or people  of German ancestry typically from their last name, or surname. Often as  someone with a German Surname is introduced to someone else for the very first time, they typically listen intently to the pronounciation of
your surname and usually will respond with, “Oh, that’s a German last name, right?”

Your German Surname (or last name) is part of your family legacy – and we want your family name to be recognized and immortalized as well within a most innovative virtual archive that we are creating online as a sort of tribute to all German Surnames.

The  idea we’re proposing is to create is a virtual roadway comprised of thousands of cobblestone bricks & blocks that will ultimately lead to a massive virtual German Castle online. These cobblestone bricks & blocks will feature unique family German Surnames inscribed on them such as your own.

We have affectionately named this project our German Surnames Legacy Quest.

I’m sure that you have heard of a website that you can register and purchase a virtual star in our galaxy (with your name on it) from a star chart that has billions of choices to choose from.

It’s the same principal that we’re doing with German Surnames.

The  technology these days is such where you can easily do that now and basically refer to it at any time online to show your family and friends  your family German Surname Legacy Brick from your home pc, laptop or mobile device from anywhere in the world.

For us to create this virtual German CASTLE online, we need to hire the right team of graphic artist, software programmers and have the proper website infrastructure to handle the various programs and traffic demands to make it all happen seamlessly.

To properly fund this project we have created a crowdfunding page that explains things in greater detail plus shows you ways that you can help us spread the word to other people you may know of German Heritage. See our now active running campaign here:

http://www.indiegogo.com/German-Surnames

How exactly will this all work?

In  our German Surnames Legacy Quest project, we will inscribe your German Surname on a virtual online cobblestone brick or block that will immortalize your German Heritage family surname for the ages. At the same time it’ll also pay tribute to your own family surname legacy too.

This  virtual cobblestone roadway and Castle will only be the start of even greater things to come regarding our German Heritage related creation capabilities.

As  you think about your family line of ancestors, you have to remember that as German emmigrants to America… they helped shape this great country with only their name, personal sacrifices and hard work to create and pave a better future for their children and grandchildren for family generations to come.

Now it’s time to pay homage and tribute to their foresight and return the favor by honoring your family German Surname with a small contribution. You can even purchase a brick for their name too, in their honor.

The contribution starts as low as one dollar. It’s just a buck to get your family surname on the proverbial map.  Initially your name will be placed on a set-up listing on our flagship website at:

http://www.GermanNationUSA.com

The financial contributions recieved from our campaign will afford us financial flexibility to greatly accelerate our efforts to hire top notch designers and programmers to design, upgrade and enhance not only our German Surnames legacy page, but all of our other German Heritage related websites and social media platforms too.

All our sites will be networked together to promote our German Surnames Legacy Quest funding campaign. Again  all names collected in our database will be on a simple listing untill our staff of programmers get our virtual Castle operational and ready to  implement.

Got a German related business, organization, society  or club like a restaurant, bakery, school German club, festival event, meet-up group? Now you can also contribute on a much larger scale with a  “promotions block” and utilize that extra space as a marketing “pixel” tool to advertise or market yourself on.

Our initial goal is to attract a collective minimum of 100,000 people of German Heritage to register and contribute to our effort, however we also realize that there is such great interest of German Heritage across America, the potential here that we can realistically exceed that number our campaign  turns viral within our social platforms like facebook, google plus, twitter, youtube, pinterest and more.

Keep in mind that we really  have a substantial marketing base of 60 million people of German Heritage within the USA to promote to. That  number does not include tributes to family ancestors, German ex-patriots across the world or actual German natives that would like their German Surnames represented as well to perhaps connect with long
lost cousins that made their way across the pond.

It’s our intention to one day network all German related businesses, groups, organizations and special events (like Oktoberfest) within the USA together.

We  feel this exposure will bring about the German Heritage awareness, experience and  history of how our German ancestors helped shape America and inspired the countless family traditions for millions of present day Americans.

Your German Heritage Is Calling You!

~ Prost!  (cheers)

Brian Hingst

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Bavarian Fest welcomes people from Germany

German Festivals USA, German Heritage Talk

 

GermanHeritageUSA – Frankenmuth, MI comes alive this weekend with Bavarian Fest

Bavarian Fest welcomes people from Germany

“On Friday evening, June 8, Germans and hosts will attend German-American festivities in the Somme Garten at the Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival in Heritage Park featuring a Maibaum (Maypole) raising, music and dancing. On Saturday, June 9, …”

http://www.wnem.com/story/18730878/bavarian-fest-welcomes-people-from-germany

Great family time to get in touch with your German Heritage at the 54th annual Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth, Michigan.

For more German Heritage USA information, visit:
www.GermanNationUSA.com

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The Pride of German Heritage in the USA

German Heritage Talk, GermanNationUSA

German Heritage in the USAWhen you grow up in the heartland of America with some little known German Heritage in your bloodline, you can’t but one day but notice a certain connection to the all the German immigrants that once migrated to the United States to start a new life, help build a great country and preserve some of their homeland traditions, values and cultural heritage.

What a life changing risk/reward opportunity proposition that must have been for the millions of German emigrants to make. The sacrifices to endure this change had to be monumental. The discovery of your German Heritage probably started with your own surname as a child as you inquired to your parents of its meaning and origin.

Shortly after came the association of German Heritage food dishes, as family recipes were handed down through the generations to continue the sentimental connection prompting more questions regarding your genealogical “roots” history. The family dinner table was always considered the centerpiece and cornerstone of family history and heritage because the dialog that taken place there over the years.

Did you know that to this day, science and common sense agrees that the quickest association to your brain is literally through your stomach?

When you find pleasure eating good food, then that will surely turn into a strong favorable emotion. If there are other attachments to your dining experience like ambiance, heritage and traditional history, then there is no turning back. The emotion is locked in for life.

Don’t know much about your German Heritage yet?

No worries because we created a website that may help you out on your discovery journey to get you up to speed. It’s called GermanNationUSA and is designed to become the official site of German Heritage related tourism and commerce within the USA.

The ever populating GermanNationUSA website is still quite young as we continue to update and upgrade it at every chance, putting emphasis on German Restaurants and food related businesses across America.

We are creating a huge data base so you can hopefully locate a German Restaurant in your immediate area, or if you are anytime away from home so you can experience a bit of Germany, in a eating kind of way.

Of course within GermanNationUSA you will discover how German Heritage is thriving all across America with news headline updates, dedicated sections on German food, German restaurants, German recipes, German festivals & events (like Oktoberfest), German cars, German clubs, societies and organizations, German gifts, German costumes, German genealogy, German music, German dance and notable German themed destinations within the USA.

Got a little German in you?

Why not start exploring your German Heritage today within GermanNationUSA and then with a visit to a local German Restaurant near you and start connecting your stomach to your brain – and get in touch with your German Heritage.

 

~ Prost!  (cheers)

Brian Hingst

For more German Heritage information within the USA… visit www.GermanNationUSA.com

Also “like” us on facebook at:
www.facebook.com/GermanHeritageUSA

 

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Backyard Biergartens – Got It Made in the Shade

German Heritage Talk, GermanNationUSA

What exactly is a Biergarten anyhow?

The generic term of “beer garden” (Biergarten) is identified as an open-air establishment where beer is served. The old traditional characteristics of a beer garden in Germany for instance includes good trees (with no sun patio umbrellas), some sturdy picnic table style wooden benches (not plastic garden tables or chairs), and a gravel bed or cobblestone.

The largest known traditional beer garden in the world is the Hirschgarten, located in Munich, Germany which actually seats around 8,000 people.

Of course in the United States, there are Biergartens that are springing up all over the place such as in German themed restaurants, cafes and bars and some in addition to… neighborhood backyards in almost every region of North America.

After all what you really only need to start a Biergarten environment in your own backyard is only a shade tree, patio, table and a few flowers right?

Pretty much.

The purpose of a biergarten in your backyard is not just another place to drink a cold one, although that can surely be a tangible objective. The main idea is to just start simple.

What you are really creating is a relaxation zone living space outdoors. It is a place where one can become tranquil, comfortable and cozy. It should become a designated area for fellowship and goodwill where family, friends and neighbors can gather and feel welcomed, at ease and accepted with warm friendliness and joviality.

The Germans have a one word description for this type of coziness feeling unlike anything in the English language… it’s called “Gemüetlichkeit” pronounced as ge•müt′lich•keit or sounds like  ga-moot-lick-kite. Very cool word.

Creating a Backyard Biergarten is not really that difficult to start and it can be as simple as you want it to be. In fact most homeowners start small with just a little area to work with initially and then they add something too it continually each year.

Here are a few tips to give you some ideas to think about to get you started…

  • If you don’t have a shade tree to start with in your backyard or patio area, plant one or purchase a patio umbrella to accompany your patio table large or small.
  • Install a flower bed nearby and if it’s a shady area, consider utilizing flowers that do well in partial to no shade areas like multi-colorful impatients or vinca minor and assorted lilies like a daylily or even water lily. Irises are always a given as they always add a nice touch within a home biergarten area. In partial shady areas to sunlit areas, it’s nice to incorporate a variety of daisies (including gerber daisies) that are available in different colors. Wave running petunia’s are a colorful choice and never forget to add in bright red geraniums. These look great in flower containers all by themselves. Additional flowers to consider for your biergarten include some daffodils, begonias or a variety of hosta plants in there too.
  • A regular patio table will due, however a long bench picnic style table enabled with a patio “German beer” umbrella would certainly set the themed ambiance from the start.
  • Add the little people within your biergarten. Garden Gnomes are wonderful conversation pieces. Many people give them names for fun.
  • Outdoor solar lighting around your Biergarden can be really cool and hanging patio lights and torches would create a great dusk time environment.
  • Do you have a spot for a nearby fish pond or fountain? The sound of running water is a great relaxer at the end of every day.
  • You have to have a grill set-up nearby too cook the brats. Maybe consider a cooler or tub full of ice to have nearby as well to keep the beverages cold.
  • German and/or Bavarian flags are nice accessories to display.
  • Don’t forget to add a custom made Bird House or two. A German “Cuckoo Clock” designed Bird Haus may be just the thing for added ambiance to your biergarten not to mention a beneficial living & dining resource for our feather friends.
  • Outdoor décor signs are a must to accentuate your new found outdoor oasis. You can now purchase several of these German themed outdoor signs or decor plaques online from select craftsmen within the USA as they are busily creating and getting them on their respective websites to market. I know for a fact that the demand is high because of its German heritage related. As a fun alternative to purchase these signs, it’s also quite fun to actually create, build and paint your own sign(s) with family and friends.Most certainly you would want to create colorful signs that would read like:

    • Biergarten
    • Willkommen
    • Gemütlichkeit Gardens
    • Gnome Sweet Home
    • Oktoberfest
    • Free Bier Tomorrow
    • Got A Little German In You?
    • Prost

A well thought out Backyard Biergarten can become a real conversation piece as it showcases your proud German Heritage to family members, neighbors and all visitors.

By creating your own Backyard Biergarten, you have the freedom to accentuate it in a variety of ways really any way you wish as you time and budget allows.. You are only limited by your imagination… and of course the outdoor living space to put it.

Just remember, once you get your backyard Biergarten all fixed up just the way you want it – you will have it made in the shade.

~ Prost!  (cheers)

Brian Hingst

For more German Heritage information within the USA… visit www.GermanNationUSA.com

Also “like” us on facebook at:
www.facebook.com/GermanHeritageUSA

 

 

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