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.)
Dec - No meeting this month. Enjoy your holiday!
Jan 2 - Three of Cliff's great-grandparents come from villages
within a 40-mile radius of Nowogard. Furthermore, Cliff's wife's
Kanzenbach ancestors come from an area another 30 miles farther south.
Cliff employed many research methods in determining where they were
born, married and from where they emigrated. He also found and met
with a couple of living cousins or potential cousins. This research
raised as many questions as it answered.
This presentation will cover the pre-trip research across the area
from Gdansk to Schwerin, and the visits to 11 documented vilages and
two dozen others, including pictures and videos of the villages and
residents, churches and priests, and some of the documentation. A
number of members of PRG were involved in the effort.
Feb 6 - The meeting is our annual "Heart of Pommern
Celebration. At this event people share treasures such as
photos, maps and books from Pommern. This year we will watch a DVD
of an old black and white and silent movie recorded in Bütow in 1928
and found in someone's basement! This is an absolutey rare view into
daily life 82 years ago. The German captions will be announced in
English. 22 minutes long. Anyone who wishes to show and tell a
Pomeranian heirloom is welcome to bring it.
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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