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 2008 (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 5th - Prof. LaVern Rippley from St. Olaf College will tell
about travelling in the steerage class and why so many Germans came
to America.
February 2nd - The meeting is our "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. The doll lady will be there
with an exhibit and presentation of her work.
March 1st - Tech day with Bob Rowe. Many of our members want to learn
tricks and how to do certain things on the computer. This night is
for you to learn how to cut and paste, how to attach photos to an e-
mail and any other questions you have.
April 5th - Our Translation meeting. Very popular. Bring one page of
German to be translated into English.
May 10th - Professor LaVern Rippley will discuss the plantation
style of life in Hinterpommern from 1750-1945.
June 7 - Duane Swanson from the Minnesota History Center will
provide information about the many resources available there.
July 5 - Bill Habeck will talk about his 2007 trip to Pommern.
August 2- Lois Edwards will share pictures of her trip to Poland and
her trip to a Pomeranian village in Germany. She will describe the
process used to find a birthplace of a Pomeranian ancestor using
records in Cleveland, Ohio. This Pomeranian village also connects
with the history of Swedish Pomerania and with Prussian history.
September 6 - Sandra Van Erp will share the success and highlights
of her Pommern visit.
October 4 - Joint meeting with the Polish Group DNA and Deb Vevea
will talk about how to use the resources at the LDS Library and
finding relatives in Poland.
November 1 - Saturday 5:30 at the Valley Presbyterian Church in
Golden Valley. Our program will be German Folklore by Professor La
Vern Rippley.
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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