Who are we?
Welcome to the North Star Chapter of Minnesota website.
The North Star Chapter (organized in 1979) is a local chapter affiliated
with AHSGR and GRHS (websites for each of these groups are available in
the links section of this site). The chapter is approximately 100
family members in the Twin Cities area with most of the German areas in
Russia represented. The Black Sea, Bessarabia, Crimea, Caucasus,
Volga etc. The chapter meets regularly during the year but breaks
during the summer when other activities seem to draw the membership in
many directions. We often have speakers on various topics of
interest to the German Russian community (see the history section for a
sample) as well as genealogy workshops and typically, banquets or
potluck gatherings perhaps twice per year. In all, about 6
meetings.
We do publish a newsletter which is paid for by the dues that are
required annually. Membership to AHSGR or GRHS is required to join
the group and to receive the newsletter via US postal mail. We
also have a library of books which can be viewed at the regular meetings
or genealogy workshops and we have the AHSGR Journal and GRHS Heritage
Review.
In this website you'll find
links of interest. "click" on the links within the paragraph below
to take you to the subject of interest or click on the link to the left
to take you to many of the same pages. Note that these links will be
visible from many of the other web pages also to allow you to navigate
through the website with ease. Hyperlinks to other places in this
website:
Upcoming Events (see Calendar) will give you a summary of the meetings that are scheduled, where and when they will be held. This page changes throughout the year as we meet. Directions to the meeting location are also available if you are not familiar with the meeting place. Past Events We've Enjoyed is the page which will provide you with a short write-up and often photos of the event. This section, because of its photos may take a bit longer to load for you to read.
For your convenience, the latest newsletter is also listed below. This newsletter will be sent to your mailbox if you are a member. It will be packed with information of interested to you, as a member, and also of general interest since various articles are included each time the newsletter is published. The current issue is:
March 2008 Newsletter (PDF format - download and read it)
The March newsletter will be added at a later date
