SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

August 16, 2025
“Beckmann Family Breakthrough: Fall of the German Wall”
Presented by: Greg Beckmann
Greg will be speaking on German genealogical research and recent discoveries he has made. He will share the various tools he used in making those discoveries, including books, websites, newspapers and German genealogists.
About the speaker: Greg Beckmann is married, the father of 4 and lives in Placentia. He has degrees in Liberal Arts, Government, Education and Law and possesses a teaching credential in social science and is licensed to practice law. He is now retired after practicing law and teaching social science over a 31 year period. He has dual US-Italian citizenship and spends 3 times a year at his home in Italy. He speaks German and Italian as well as English. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Phoenix Club and Order of the Sons & Daughters of Italy.
This month we will be offering our speaker’s presentation In-Person ONLY!
NO recording will be made of this presentation!!
Meeting Place:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
27976 Marguerite Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.



