GenLine: Digging For Your Swedish Roots
Saturday, July 19th 2008 from 1:00pm-4:00pm
Unable to find out where your Swedish ancestor came from? This workshop will present steps and tips on how to trace your
Swedish roots. An overview will be given of the available resources including: emigration records, passenger lists, census
records, Swedish-American church records, and Swedish church records. Information will be given as to how to find and use
these resources. There will be a demonstration of how to search one’s family online using Genline, an online digital
database of the original Swedish church books, as well as information about additional online resources.
KATHY
MEADE is the U.S. representative for Genline Holding AB, a company that offers online access to the original Swedish Church
Records from the 16th century to the 20th century. Besides working for Genline, Ms. Meade volunteers at the Swedish American
Museum in Chicago and assists patrons in researching their Swedish heritage. Prior to working for Genline, she worked for
more than 20 years in the information technology sector including six years in Sweden and Norway where she learned to read
both Swedish and Norwegian. Ms. Meade has a degree in History from the University of San Francisco.
Please
let us know you are planning to attend by filling out the form below. We simply want to be prepared with materials and
refreshments.
The Wright County Historical Society Receives Lighting Grant from Minnesota
Historical Society
WCHS was recently awarded $6,350 for their lighting grant proposal. The galleries of the Wright County Historical
Society are all serviced by fluorescent lights, which is neither the safest nor most effective lighting source for our invaluable
artifacts. New track lighting and motion sensors will be installed as they are now the museum standard.
The
total cost of replacing lights in the Foyer Gallery and the Main Gallery is $12,700--the WCHS Board of Directors moved to
provides half the funds for this matching grant in an earlier meeting this year. Thanks to the generosity of our many
patrons who made donations to our Spring Lighting Fundraiser!
Electrical work is set to start early July, 2008.
We look forward to continuing to update our galleries and genealogical library for our many valued patrons.
New WCHS Genealogical Library Resources
WCHS was recently awarded $6,350 for their lighting grant proposal. The galleries of the Wright County Historical
Society are all serviced by fluorescent lights, which is neither the safest nor most effective lighting source for our invaluable
artifacts. New track lighting and motion sensors will be installed as they are now the museum standard.
The
total cost of replacing lights in the Foyer Gallery and the Main Gallery is $12,700--the WCHS Board of Directors moved to
provides half the funds for this matching grant in an earlier meeting this year. Thanks to the generosity of our many
patrons who made donations to our Spring Lighting Fundraiser!
Electrical work is set to start early July, 2008.
We look forward to continuing to update our galleries and genealogical library for our many valued patrons.
Our Mission
The Wright County Historical Society is a 501(c)3 organization
whose purpose is the location, discovery, collection and preservation of historical artifacts and records and the dissemination
of knowledge about the history of Wright County and its relationship to the State of Minnesota.
