Heritage Hunters

Finding an Immigrant’s Place of Origin

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:47:00 +0000

Title: Finding an Immigrant’s Place of Origin
Location: TBD
Link out: Click here
Description: What are the best strategies and sources to uncover this most important key to extending a lineage back to the birthplace in the mother country?
Start Date: 2010-11-20
Start Time: 10:00
End Date: 2010-11=20
End Time: 11:20

Finding an Immigrant’s Place of Origin

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:44:24 +0000

Title: Finding an Immigrant’s Place of Origin
Location: Stearns County History Museum, 235-33 Avenue Sout, St. Cloud, MN
Link out: Click here
Description: What are the best strategies and sources to uncover this most important key to extending a lineage back to the birthplace in the mother country?
Start Time: 10:30
Date: 2010-10-09
End Time: 12:15

Military Records II

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:04:48 +0000

Title: Military Records II
Location: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
Description: Full description to come
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 2011-04-23
End Time: 12:30

Military Records I

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:03:33 +0000

Title: Military Records I
Location: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
Description: The records created during and around military service are often filled with information about our ancestors and their lives. These include: Military service records, unit histories, pension applications, draft records, bounty land warrants, bonus records, military cemetery records and veterans home records. Questions answered: What is in a military record? Where are these records, and how can I get them?
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2011-04-23
End Time: 11:00

Finding and Using Land and Tax Records

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:00:48 +0000

Title: Finding and Using Land and Tax Records
Location: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
Description: Often the solution to a genealogical puzzle lies in land records. There are many records created around the transfer of land between individuals. These include deeds, leases, mortgages, dower rights records, and probate records. Private land ownership is also the basis of tax records and plat maps. Learn how to find and use these records to full advantage.
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 2010-09-18
End Time: 12:30

Researching Government Land Recores

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:57:34 +0000

Title: Researching Government Land Recores
Location: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
Description: What were the processes used and records created when governments transferred land to individuals? How can these records help with genealogical research? How do you turn legal land descriptions into a map of your ancestor’s land? What are private land claims, preemption claims, homestead grants and bounty land warrants?
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-09-18
End Time: 11:00

Research Methodologies – How to Plan Your Research

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:38:36 +0000

Title: Research Methodologies – How to Plan Your Research
Location: Freeborn County Historical Museum – Albert Lea, MN
Start Time: 0!:30
Date: 2010-08-29
End Time: 02:30

MGS Study Group

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:38:36 +0000

Title: MGS Study Group
Location: Minnesota Genealogical Society library – 1185 Concrod St. N., South St. Paul, MN 55075
Description: Open group that meets to discuss various genealogical research techniques.
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2010-02-20
End Time: 12:00

Overview of Free Software Tools for Genealogists

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:45:58 +0000

Title: Overview of Free Software Tools for Genealogists
Location: Minnesota Genealogical Society library – 1185 Concrod St. N., South St. Paul, MN 55075
Description: This lecture will look at a number of free programs that genealogists can easily download and install on their computers. The downloading and installation process will be demonstrated, and then several programs will be demonstrated. These will include: Open office, Transcript, ScreenShot Captor, Irfanview, Surname Suggestion List, Calisto, Bygones, PAF, Legacy, and Zotero a Firefox plug-in.

Start Time: 2:30 PM
Date: 2010-10-01

Private land transcactions and tax records

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:42:53 +0000

Title: Private land transcactions and tax records
Location: Oakdale Family History Center, Oakdale, MN
Description: Often the solution to a genealogical puzzle lies in land records. There are many records created around the transfer of land between individuals. These include deeds, leases, mortgages, dower rights records, and probate records. Private land ownership is also the basis of tax records and plat maps. Learn how to find and use these records to full advantage.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2010-10-23