Scheduled Events
Saturday, March 21, 2020
1 PM - Business Meeting
2 PM - Program
2 PM - Program
Program: Craig Rhombs
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Annual Banquet
Meeting Location
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Location of Meetings:
(unless otherwise published) |
Berea Luthern Church
7538 Emerson Avenue South Richfield, MN 55423 |
Most chapter events are held in the fellowship hall on the lower (basement) level. This level can be accessed via stairs or elevator. The church has dedicated handicap parking spots near the ramp with doors to the elevator level (east side).
Past Events
Saturday, February 15, 2020
February Genealogy Research Day
10 AM - Library open for Research
1 PM - Business Meeting
1:45 PM – Program*
Program: Documentary: "LANDMARKS; Keeping History Alive"
The places we’ve lived are often remembered by their architecture and landmarks. Minnesota photographer Doug Ohman’s photos have appeared in seven books published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. “Landmarks” is his first documentary film, a collaboration with Pioneer Public Television in Appleton, MN, aired on the station in 2019. We’ll view the hour long documentary film featuring barns, churches and schools of southern and western Minnesota, with Minnesotans telling their stories. Chapter member Nancy Gertner is interviewed at her one-room school in Cottonwood County, which appears in the “Schools of Minnesota” of the Minnesota Byways series of books published by Minnesota Historical Society Press.
“Landmarks: Keeping History Alive,” was funded in part by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
A production of Pioneer Public Television,
C 2019.
*NOTE: Program is scheduled to begin earlier as a lengthy business meeting is probably not needed.
February Genealogy Research Day
10 AM - Library open for Research
1 PM - Business Meeting
1:45 PM – Program*
Program: Documentary: "LANDMARKS; Keeping History Alive"
The places we’ve lived are often remembered by their architecture and landmarks. Minnesota photographer Doug Ohman’s photos have appeared in seven books published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. “Landmarks” is his first documentary film, a collaboration with Pioneer Public Television in Appleton, MN, aired on the station in 2019. We’ll view the hour long documentary film featuring barns, churches and schools of southern and western Minnesota, with Minnesotans telling their stories. Chapter member Nancy Gertner is interviewed at her one-room school in Cottonwood County, which appears in the “Schools of Minnesota” of the Minnesota Byways series of books published by Minnesota Historical Society Press.
“Landmarks: Keeping History Alive,” was funded in part by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
A production of Pioneer Public Television,
C 2019.
*NOTE: Program is scheduled to begin earlier as a lengthy business meeting is probably not needed.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
NOTE: Canceled due to weather
1 PM - Business Meeting
1:45 PM - Program*
Program: DVD "Women behind the Plow"
C 2019 Prairie Public Broadcasting
Women Behind the Plow tells the compelling stories of determined and indefatigable women who settled the North Dakota prairie, and of the new generations, ages 15 – 92, who continue to work on the farm. These women embody the German-Russia expression “Arbeit macht das leben suess”….”Work makes life sweet.”
The 60-minute documentary is based in part on the book Women Behind the Plow which honors the contributions of women who worked in the fields and raised families in a time before electricity, the 10th in a series of award-winning documentaries produced by Prairie Public Television and the NDSU Libraries’ Germans From Russia Heritage Collection.
The women featured have roots in German-Russian country, an area in south central North Dakota comprising Emmons, Logan, and McIntosh Counties. It’s an area strong on agriculture but even stronger on heritage and stories. Chapter member Carol Just is featured.
*NOTE: Program is scheduled to begin earlier as a lengthy business meeting is probably not needed.
NOTE: Canceled due to weather
1 PM - Business Meeting
1:45 PM - Program*
Program: DVD "Women behind the Plow"
C 2019 Prairie Public Broadcasting
Women Behind the Plow tells the compelling stories of determined and indefatigable women who settled the North Dakota prairie, and of the new generations, ages 15 – 92, who continue to work on the farm. These women embody the German-Russia expression “Arbeit macht das leben suess”….”Work makes life sweet.”
The 60-minute documentary is based in part on the book Women Behind the Plow which honors the contributions of women who worked in the fields and raised families in a time before electricity, the 10th in a series of award-winning documentaries produced by Prairie Public Television and the NDSU Libraries’ Germans From Russia Heritage Collection.
The women featured have roots in German-Russian country, an area in south central North Dakota comprising Emmons, Logan, and McIntosh Counties. It’s an area strong on agriculture but even stronger on heritage and stories. Chapter member Carol Just is featured.
*NOTE: Program is scheduled to begin earlier as a lengthy business meeting is probably not needed.
Saturday, December 7, 2019
12 PM - Pot luck meal
1 PM - Program
Program: Weihnachtsfest
Annual Christmas potluck meal including ethnic foods. Place settings and beverages provided by chapter. Program can include singing seasonal and holiday songs in English and German. Sometimes a special visitor shows up.
12 PM - Pot luck meal
1 PM - Program
Program: Weihnachtsfest
Annual Christmas potluck meal including ethnic foods. Place settings and beverages provided by chapter. Program can include singing seasonal and holiday songs in English and German. Sometimes a special visitor shows up.
Saturday, November 16, 2019
10 AM - Library open for Research
1 PM - Business Meeting and elections
2 PM - Program*
Program: Jim Gessele “Lost...and found…in translation: A personal lesson learned while deciphering German words. It’s all about telling our stories”
Guests will come away knowing it’s not enough to simply fill in a genealogy chart. Jim will share excerpts from his latest translation of Fierce as a Lioness & Busy as a Bee: In Grandmother’s Footsteps (anticipated publication early 2020) a book written by Martha Betz, who works as a genealogist at the Bessarabian Heimat Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.
Longtime North Star Chapter member, Jim Gessele, currently has five translated works published and in circulation. This book, Fierce as a Lioness…., will be the sixth. Proposed publication date is early 2020. Seven more translated works await publication.
(*note: Bill Bosch, Spearfish, SD, was initially scheduled for this date. He is unable to make it at this time, but we will host him another time in the future)
10 AM - Library open for Research
1 PM - Business Meeting and elections
2 PM - Program*
Program: Jim Gessele “Lost...and found…in translation: A personal lesson learned while deciphering German words. It’s all about telling our stories”
Guests will come away knowing it’s not enough to simply fill in a genealogy chart. Jim will share excerpts from his latest translation of Fierce as a Lioness & Busy as a Bee: In Grandmother’s Footsteps (anticipated publication early 2020) a book written by Martha Betz, who works as a genealogist at the Bessarabian Heimat Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.
Longtime North Star Chapter member, Jim Gessele, currently has five translated works published and in circulation. This book, Fierce as a Lioness…., will be the sixth. Proposed publication date is early 2020. Seven more translated works await publication.
(*note: Bill Bosch, Spearfish, SD, was initially scheduled for this date. He is unable to make it at this time, but we will host him another time in the future)