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• Beginning Genealogy Drop-in Class

  • Start
    28 Jan 2024
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  • End
    29 Dec 2024
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  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center

  Are you just beginning your family history journey? Come and stop by the Minnesota Genealogy Center for a presentation on researching your family history, some time for questions and answers, and a tour of the library. These events are open to everyone. Membership in the Minnesota Genealogical Society is not required.
  

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• Nellie was a Rebel: Using Unusual Sources to Find Her Child’s Father (case study)

  • When
    7 Aug 2024
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    7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Webinar Platform

  Presented by Mary Risseeuw, sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society.
  

  Audience Level – All
  

  Description:
  A case study in how to utilize unusual, and little used sources, to unlock the stories of your ancestors. This webinar examines the use of County Board Proceedings as a greatly underutilized source that provides leads to fascinating details about your ancestor’s lives. Examples show how a 5 cent discarded book provided clues that helped solve a mystery and provided more context to a family tragedy. Serendipity can happen to anyone!
  

  About the Speaker:
  Mary Risseeuw has researched 19th & 20th century Dutch immigration for over 30 years. She has lectured throughout the U.S. and the Netherlands on the subject. Some of her publications include:

  • A Phoenix Sesquicentennial Tribute: 1847–1997
  • I end with my pen, but not with my heart: Dutch immigrant letters, memoirs and travel journals (editor/compiler 2008)
  • Diverse Destinies: Dutch Colonies in Wisconsin and the East (editor/contributor 2012)
  • Dutch Reformed Education: Immigrant Legacies in North America (contributor 2020)

  She has a B.S. from UW-Madison and M.A. & M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University. Mary’s previous MGS webinar is available in the members-only area of the MGS website: 4 October 2023 — Society Briefs, Village News or the other “Gossip Columns”
  

  Cost:
  Free
  

  Registration:
  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_00cPWafkTlGaLg7qF4ZVWQ

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• Exploring the Library of Congress Digital Collections

  • When
    4 Sep 2024
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    7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Webinar

  Presented by Karen A. Fortin, sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society.
  

  Audience Level – All
  

  Description:
  The Library of Congress website includes more than 500 digitized collections of manuscripts, maps, prints, audio recordings, and much more. This webinar presentation will introduce you to the wide range of resources available in these collections and show you how they can help you in your own family history research.
  

  About the Speaker:
  Karen A. Fortin has degrees in History, in Library and Information Science, and a passion for research. She worked in a public library in Florida for 30 years before switching to genealogical lecturing in 2016. She is a member of various genealogical societies and loves to help people explore their family history so that they can better understand their ancestors and the world in which they lived.
  

  Karen’s previous MGS webinar is available in the members-only area of the MGS website: 7 December 2022 — “Using Historical Literature to Explore Your Ancestor’s Lives”
  

  Cost:
  Free
  

  Registration:
  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W4dblMczSaC6iOcUMWyExQ

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• 2024 North Star Genealogy Conference - Morning Workshop

  • When
    24 Oct 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center
  • Spaces left
    16

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  October 24th
  Pre-Conference Morning Event
  Minnesota Genealogy Center
  

  North Star Pre-Conference special workshop from Patricia Coleman and Lois Abromitis Mackin: "Fundamentals of DNA for Genealogists."

  Thursday, October 24th at 9:00am in the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

  This is a limited enrollment workshop.

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• 2024 North Star Genealogy Conference - Afternoon Workshop

  • When
    24 Oct 2024
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    12:50 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Eagan Community Center
  • Spaces left
    0

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  October 24th
  Pre-Conference Afternoon Event
  Minnesota Genealogical Center
  

  North Star Pre-Conference special workshop from Patricia Coleman, Lois Abromitis Mackin, and Blaine Bettinger: "Advanced Topics in Genetic Genealogy."

  Thursday, October 24th at 12:50pm in the Eagan Community Center.

  This is a limited enrollment workshop.

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• 2024 North Star Genealogy Conference - Conference Ad/Donation

  • Start
    25 Oct 2024
  • End
    26 Oct 2024
  • Location
    Eagan Community Center

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  October 25th - 26th
  Conference Ad / Donation
  Eagan Community Center

  If you would like to place a conference ad in the conference printed program but are not attending the conference as a vendor you can place an ad here. We expect an attendance of 130.

  You can also donate funds to the conference to help us in our efforts to put on this event.
  

  
  

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