| Family Events |
| 1....Dresden Family Reunion - May 2002 |  |
TO SEE MORE CLICK ON LINE ABOVE. This meeting brought together over 100 Keyserlingk family members in Dresden from May 24 to
May 26th 2002.
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on the link above to go to the detailed page. You will find interesting sub-sections
like Photo Gallery... Presentations... Information centre,... and Calendar of Events etc in the detailed page.
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on - List of Participants link to get the page with names of persons who
attended. Bettina and Alfred who live in Dresden organized the meeting
superbly.
| | 2.... Keyserling Seminar, September,18-21, 2003 in Tartu, Estonia | | TO SEE MORE CLICK ON LINE ABOVE. The Estonian Goethe Association, the Estonian Science Academy and and the Institute for German Languge and Litterature at the Goethe University of Frankfurt organized a symposium in Tartu, Estonia around the works of 3 Keyserlings born in Estonia. These were Hermann (philosopher), Eduard (writer) and Alexander ( entomologist, see the article on him in "Stories" section of the website). To see the detailled program as well as an article from the Frankurter Allgemeine on the seminar, click the button above on the left: "INFORMATION CENTER". I have now posted over 150 pictures I took during the trip in Estonia and Latvia. You can see them by going to the links shown below, It was a very interesting event for the 7 Keyserlingks who attended and we all learnt a lot about the family. See the list below of Ks who attended. It also gave my wife Brigitte , my brother Bob and me a chance to visit the Baltics. How often can you attend a whole seminar about your own ancestors?
Sander
I have written a more detailled travelogue of this trip which you can read by clicking on the blue Information centre button above and opening the document "Baltic travels September 2003".
You can see an article written by one of the speakers at:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031204/asp/opinion/story_2639037.asp# | | 3....Baltic Heraldry Expostion , Rundale, Latvia, 2003 | | A major Baltic heraldry exposition was held from May to November 2003 in the castle of Rundale in southern Latvia. The castle formerly belonged to the Biron family and was known as Ruhental. The castle and its beautiful gardens have been almost completely restored to their original splendor. The exposition had some 1500 objects on display from various museums as well as from private collections in Germany. There were a number of items related to Keyerlingks including the orginal document granting the Keyserlingks the title of Count. My wife Brigitte, my brother Bob and I visted the exposition in October . You can see some pictures I took of the expostion at the website: www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=heyfy4z.3nkt0233&x=1&y=-4gnufk. I have also posted the opening speech given by Dieter von Samson-Himmelstejerna and an article about the exposition written by Monika von Hirschheydt which appeared in the "Nachrichtenblatt der Balitischen Ritterschaft" of September 2003. You can see these documents by clicking on the title of this item and then on the "Information Center". | | Family Reunion, August 2004, Labelle, Quebec, Canada | | This was the first Keyserlingk family reunion ever held in North America. Almost 100 members attended the 3 day meeting which brought together many cousins from Europe, Africa and North America. A report on the event can be seen in the News section of the website, written by Alfred Keyserlingk of Dresden. Some 160 pictures have been burned on to a CD by Alex Keyserlingk who can supply a copy. His email is: AlexK@hyperactive.ca.
Sander |
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