Explorers, Indians, Refugees, and Settlers-The Road to Germanna 1650-1714

Dennis Loba references primary sources to paint a picture of the history before Germanna and the forces that influenced Lt. Governor Spotswood to explore and settle the Germanna peninsula and its surrounding area.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Dennis Loba is known to Germanna Foundation mainly for his portrayals of Alexander Spotswood and the Rev. John Thompson. He is a history graduate of Virginia Military Institute and a former Army Officer who served on active duty, as well as in the Virginia National Guard. He has been an avid student of history his entire life and specializes in the 18th century Material Culture. He is a “regular” at many historical sites including Carlyle House, Mt. Harmon Plantation, Fort Frederick, Williamsburg, and numerous others. He credits his wife Donna, in dealing with his continual historical “crusades” as there is usually a pile of books he is reading, surrounding his favorite chair in their living room!
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The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via the historic 1714 Fort Germanna and its German colonists and their descendants.
It conducts archaeological exploration and conservation, genealogical research and publishing, and historic preservation and interpretation.
The Foundation owns and maintains several historic sites and properties, such as Salubria Manor, that were part of or closely connected to the Germanna colonies, the town of Germanna, and the other early colonial Virginia settlements and towns in the Piedmont area of Virginia.
OUR STEWARDSHIP
• Fort Germanna Visitor Center, Museum & Genealogy Library
• Hitt Archaeology Center
• Germanna Memorial Garden
• 170-acre Siegen Forest Hiking and Nature Trails along Rapidan River
• 1714/1717 Fort Germanna archaeology site
• Virginia Lt Gov Alexander Spotswood's 1720 Mansion 'Enchanted Castle' archaeology site
• Historic 1757 Salubria -- Georgian-style manor house
• 1800 Peter Hitt Farm and cemetery
• Publishing "The Germanna Record" genealogy/history books
• Maintaining a genealogy database with over 120,000 records of descendants of the Germanna colonists
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I am a dependent of Michael Holt of 1717

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appreciate your research in the video, found out Franz ludwig michel is my 9th great-grandfather on my dad's side. my last name is Michaels, great grandfather added the "s" to last name Michael, i've connected michael directly to michel.