Heritage Hunters

Finding an Immigrant’s Place of Origin

Title: Finding an Immigrant’s Place of OriginLocation: TBDLink out: Click hereDescription: 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: 2010-11-20Start Time: 10:00End Date: 2010-11=20End Time: 11:20

Finding an Immigrant’s Place of Origin

Title: Finding an Immigrant’s Place of OriginLocation: Stearns County History Museum, 235-33 Avenue Sout, St. Cloud, MNLink out: Click hereDescription: 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: 10:30Date: 2010-10-09End Time: [...]

Military Records II

Title: Military Records IILocation: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MNDescription: Full description to comeStart Time: 11:30Date: 2011-04-23End Time: 12:30

Military Records I

Title: Military Records ILocation: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MNDescription: 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: [...]

Finding and Using Land and Tax Records

Title: Finding and Using Land and Tax RecordsLocation: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MNDescription: 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 [...]

Researching Government Land Recores

Title: Researching Government Land RecoresLocation: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MNDescription: 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, [...]

Research Methodologies – How to Plan Your Research

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

MGS Study Group

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

Overview of Free Software Tools for Genealogists

Title: Overview of Free Software Tools for GenealogistsLocation: Minnesota Genealogical Society library – 1185 Concrod St. N., South St. Paul, MN 55075Description: 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 [...]

Private land transcactions and tax records

Title: Private land transcactions and tax recordsLocation: Oakdale Family History Center, Oakdale, MNDescription: 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 [...]