The exciting news is officially public. The Minnesota Genealogical Society library and offices are moving later this fall, at the end of October. Plan your research visit accordingly as there will be some down time. The new location is 1385 Mendota Heights Road. It’s across the Minnesota River from the MSP international airport, but I […]
UPDATE: The registration limit has been reached. Watch the MGS website for more great webinars. If you join MGS, you will be able to view all past webinars. One more reason why genealogical society membership is important. Join me on Wednesday, April 6, for a FREE webinar sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society. My […]
Thank you to those of you who were able to join me for tonight’s Minnesota Genealogical Society webinar on Midwestern and Plains State Level Censuses. In the next couple of days, it will be archived on the MGS website along with the handout. Not a member of MGS? Join for just $35 a year and […]
The Minnesota Genealogical Society is now hosting webinars and accepting proposals for the 2015 educational year. According to the press release: “The Minnesota Genealogical Society invites proposals for our 2015 genealogy webinars. The webinars are via our GoToWebinars.com account on the 1st Wednesday of February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, and December. […]
MGS is the Minnesota Genealogical Society and the event and class offerings continue to expand. This “spring” has a crowded calendar. This is fantastic for everyone who desires to progress further in their family history research. MGS has been offering special events and classes since the mid-1980s. I remember teaching the first classes at the […]
Join us Saturday, October 26 at Minneapolis Central Library from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for the 4th annual Hennepin County Library Family History Fair. Nationally known Minnesota genealogist, Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA, starts off the day with a keynote address, Check it Out! Public Library “Musts” for Genealogists. Paula’s talk is followed by […]
The world is full of genealogy news in the last several days. Who Do You Think You Are?” has been renewed for a second season on TLC! See the news release on Variety! FamilySearch and Ancestry.com recently announced a joint agreement to begin a 5-year effort to digitize and index more than 1 billion records […]
If you live in Minnesota or Wisconsin, why not consider riding to the Federation of Genealogical Societies August 21-24 Conference in Fort Wayne with a bus filled with eager genealogists? The conference theme is “Journey through Generations” and you have the opportunity to travel with others who understand that phrase! Check the website of the […]
The Minnesota Genealogical Society and the St. Cloud Area Genealogists are hosting the St. Cloud Genealogy Conference on Saturday, June 22, 2013. It’s an all-day event and the cost is only $35 which includes lunch and snacks. The program features two plenary sessions and two rounds of breakout sessions, with topics including researching at the […]
If you like to save money, don’t forget to register for the discounted rate for the upcoming Nordic Genealogy Conference no later than Sunday, April 14th. The conference will be held in the Fine Arts Building at Inver Hills Community College, located in Inver Grove Heights [suburb of St. Paul] on Friday, April 26th and Saturday, […]