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• Beginning Genealogy and Library Tour (Saturday)

  • Start
    8 Feb 2025
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  • End
    13 Dec 2025
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center, Mississippi Room

  Come learn how to do your Family History with our Librarian Jeanne Bielke-Rodenbiker. After the class, have a tour of the William J Hoffman library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center. Open to the public. Just come ready to start your favorite hobby!

  About the speaker:
  Jeanne is the library manager of the Minnesota Genealogy. She used to run the History Fair at Hennepin County Library and was the Genealogy Librarian.
  

  Sponsored by: Minnesota Genealogical Society

  Experience level: All      

  Cost: Free

  Registration: Not required

  These free sessions are offered twice monthly: (1) on the second Saturday and again (2) on the last Sunday. In case of inclement weather: Please consult the Library page (or link for weather closures in the footer of each page on our website) to confirm we're open.
  

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• Beginning Genealogy and Library Tour (Sunday)

  • Start
    23 Feb 2025
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  • End
    28 Dec 2025
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center, Mississippi Room

  Come learn how to do your Family History with our Librarian Jeanne Bielke-Rodenbiker. After the class, have a tour of the William J Hoffman library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center. Open to the public. Just come ready to start your favorite hobby!

  About the speaker:
  Jeanne is the library manager of the Minnesota Genealogy. She used to run the History Fair at Hennepin County Library and was the Genealogy Librarian.
  

  Sponsored by: Minnesota Genealogical Society

  Experience level: All      

  Cost: Free

  Registration: Not required

  These free sessions are offered twice monthly: (1) on the second Saturday and again (2) on the last Sunday.

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• Upper Midwest Genealogy Institute 2025

  • Start
    8 Aug 2025
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    9:30 AM
  • End
    9 Aug 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center
  • Spaces left
    29

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  Upper Midwest Genealogy Institute
  8-9 August 2025

  Your registration fee includes all instruction and course syllabus material, as well as a Friday evening pizza fest and special Friday evening lecture.

  There is a separate charge for Friday and/or Saturday box lunches. You are welcome to bring your own lunch or to grab lunch at any of several nearby casual lunch establishments. 

  Institute Tuition
  MGS members: $210
  Non-members: $245

  Box Lunch: $15 per lunch (soft drink included)

  We will contact you in in July to ask or your lunch selections. However, if you wish to reserve a lunch, please select Friday and/or Saturday lunch when you register.
  

  Friday lunch selection:

  • Tuna salad on croissant
  • Smoked turkey wrap (smoked turkey, swiss, cream cheese, lettuce, tomato)
  • Club on hoagie (ham, turkey, bacon, pepper jack)
  • Ham and Swiss on Harvester Bread
    
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free

  Saturday lunch selection:

  • Smoked turkey and cheddar croissant
  • Chicken Caesar spinach wrap (fajita chicken strips, cream cheese, lettuce, tomato)
  • Roast beef and colby jack on hoagie bun
  • Ham and Swiss on Harvester bread
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free

  Questions or special requests can be sent to course coordinator Jay Fonkert at jfonkert@aol.com. 
  

  
  

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