About William
William Remus is an Emeritus (retired) Professor of Information Technology Management at the University of Hawaii. Emeritus was a term used by the Roman
Army for retired Roman warriors.
It was popular in the 1500’s to Latinize German family names so Rem (that is Saxon for spearman) became Remus.
His family left the Dresden area about 1700 for Poland, 1750 for West Prussia, 1860 for Volhynia, 1892 for Canada, 1924 for Michigan and Bill finally made it to Hawaii in 1976.
He still continues to do research. In recent years, Bill has become interested in the history of the Germans in Eastern Europe (modern Poland and Russia). He regularly gives presentations of this topic and is past president of the Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE). His articles appear in the SGGEE Journal.
About his presentation: German migrations
Bill will talk about how all those Germans ended up in Volhynia. It took many generations to do so. There were many small steps to moving that far. Handouts.
