The Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota
The PRG meets the first Saturday of each month at
1185 Concord Street North, South Saint Paul, MN 55075
from 1:30 to 4:00pm
The Purpose of the PRG is to:
* stimulate interest in the genealogy and history of Pommern
* collect, preserve and publish genealogical and historical
materials about Pommern
* provide a forum to share research methods and information
* to further the research of our Pommern ancestors
Contact Webmeister, Paul Sternberg
PROPOSED MEETINGS IN 2009 (all meetings are at the New MGS in South Saint Paul, unless stated otherwise).
Meeting at 1:30 pm. Visitors are always welcome. (Non-PRG meetings are in pink.)
January 3rd - Linda Lange and her cousin Dale will talk about their
joint trip to the Labes/Regenwalde area.
February 7th - The meeting is our annual "Heart of Pommern
Celebration. At this event people share treasures such as
photos, maps and books from Pommern. We will have many other Kreise
maps, photos, books and our database information available. This
year we will record a greeting and send it to the Regenwalde Group
in Germany for their 50th Anniversary meeting. We will also record
people and their heirlooms.
March 7th - Linda Coffin and Hella Buchheim will give a joint
presentation on "Turning your heirlooms into stories and your
stories into heirlooms and Preserving the past for the future."
Bring your one page you want translated at the April meeting.
April 4th - Our very popular translation meeting from German to English.
May 1-2 A joint meeting with GGS. John Humphrey will talk about his
book, "Finding Your German Ancestors: A Practical Guide for
Genealogists." Note: This meeting will be held at Luther Seminary at
the corner of Highway 280 and Como Avenue, St. Paul. You should pre-
register for this meeting. A lunch is also available. For all the
details please see the Germanic Genealogy Website at:
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnggs/GGS.html
June 6th - Joyce Gardner will give a report on the 50th anniversary
meeting of the Heimatkreis Regenwalde meeting in the city of Melle,
Germany. It is the 50th anniversary of the sponsorship of the city
of Melle and the Heimatkreis Regenwalde. It is also the 25th
anniversary of the Kreistreffen in Melle. Also: New information
about research at the Szczecin Archives & new hours, information on
the emigration museum at Hamburg and information on the emigration
museum at Bremen/Bremerhaven.
July 4th - No meeting this month. Enjoy your holiday.
August 1st - Paul Sternberg will talk about his trip to the Heimat
Schlochau meeting in Germany and his presentation of the new
book "Kreis Regenwalde," to the mayor of Regenwalde and talking to
the Polish students about the history of their county.
September 12th - A joint meeting with the Polish Group in the MGS
auditorium first floor. Note the date (the first Saturday was Labor
Day weekend). The Polish part of the meeting begins at 10 am and the
subject will be Map research. The second part after lunch at noon,
will be photos of the Naugard/Nowogard area and two demonstrations
about preserving old documents. Speakers Jan and Jerry Savage.
Meeting in the fourth floor Boardroom.
October 3rd - Bonnie Wilson of the Minnesota History Center will
give a presentation about dating old photos based on costume. This
is the first time this topic has been presented at PRG.
November 7th - Pommern Thanksgiving (Erntefest) Potluck Dinner at
the Valley Presbyterian Church 3100 Lilac Drive North in Golden
Valley. Please bring your food item to share at 5:30 pm. Dinner will
be served at 6:00 pm. We always have a wonderful variety of food. As
usual there will be door prizes.
After dinner Paul Sternberg will take us on a European tour to
Berlin, Neustrelitz, Munich, Dresden, Halle, Prague, Salzburg and
Neuschwanstein.
Directions and map to Valley Presbyterian
Dec - No meeting
Note: If you wish to work on writing your family history in story form, contact Ruth Mammenga at ruthmamm@yahoo.com
MGS Library 1185 Concord Street N. Room 218, South St. Paul 55075
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