MONROE - The Green County Genealogical Society meeting will be held at 10 a.m. March 4 in the second-floor meeting room of the Monroe Public Library. Visitors are always welcome, and there is no cost to attend.
The program is "From Pomerania to America: Resources for Genealogists" by Antje Petty. In the second half of the 19th century, immigrants from German-speaking Europe came to America in large numbers, including from the Prussian/German province of Pomerania. Many Pomeranians settled in the Midwestern states. This presentation gives an overview of emigration from Pomerania, settlement in the United States and resources on both sides of the Atlantic that family researchers can use today.
Petty is the associate director of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an interdisciplinary institute for research and outreach on German immigration to America. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and a Master of Arts in Germanics and has done extensive genealogical research on German-speaking immigrant families in America.
The GCGS Research Center, located in the lower level of the Monroe Public Library, is available to the public for research from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Tuesday and third Saturday of the month and from 1 to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of the month. Call Sharon Mitchell at 815-868-2416 or Donna Kjendlie at 608-921-1537 with questions.
The program is "From Pomerania to America: Resources for Genealogists" by Antje Petty. In the second half of the 19th century, immigrants from German-speaking Europe came to America in large numbers, including from the Prussian/German province of Pomerania. Many Pomeranians settled in the Midwestern states. This presentation gives an overview of emigration from Pomerania, settlement in the United States and resources on both sides of the Atlantic that family researchers can use today.
Petty is the associate director of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an interdisciplinary institute for research and outreach on German immigration to America. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and a Master of Arts in Germanics and has done extensive genealogical research on German-speaking immigrant families in America.
The GCGS Research Center, located in the lower level of the Monroe Public Library, is available to the public for research from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Tuesday and third Saturday of the month and from 1 to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of the month. Call Sharon Mitchell at 815-868-2416 or Donna Kjendlie at 608-921-1537 with questions.
