MONROE - The Green County Genealogical Society will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m. May 5 in the second-floor meeting room of the Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave.
Following the meeting, member Sandy Wille will speak on "My 2017 Trip to Norway." A sandwich buffet lunch will be served at about noon.
The afternoon program will be "The Coffin Ships: Death on the Ocean Crossing and One Family's Story" presented by Glenn Borreson, retired Lutheran pastor and presenter of Norwegian-American heritage programs. The program is about the Norwegian immigrant experience crossing the Atlantic on a "coffin ship" and specifically about one of Borreson's ancestor families and their struggle to begin a new life in America. A Norwegian display will be provided by the Monroe Ostestaden Lodge of the Sons of Norway.
Pre-registration and payment for lunch is required by April 28. A registration form with more information is available at https://www.greencogenealogywi.org/upcoming-events.html. This event is open to the public. Call Sharon Mitchell at 815-868-2416 or Donna Kjendlie at 921-1537 for more information. Leave a message if there is no answer.
The GCGS Research Center located in lower level of the Monroe Public Library is available to the public for research. Research Center hours are: from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and the third Saturdays of each month and from 1 to 3 p.m. the first Saturdays, after the meeting. Main holdings are on Green County but both Rock and Lafayette counties are well represented as well as several other counties, states, countries and ethnic groups. A large clipping collection of births, marriages and obituaries is available. Volunteers are on staff to help with research.
Following the meeting, member Sandy Wille will speak on "My 2017 Trip to Norway." A sandwich buffet lunch will be served at about noon.
The afternoon program will be "The Coffin Ships: Death on the Ocean Crossing and One Family's Story" presented by Glenn Borreson, retired Lutheran pastor and presenter of Norwegian-American heritage programs. The program is about the Norwegian immigrant experience crossing the Atlantic on a "coffin ship" and specifically about one of Borreson's ancestor families and their struggle to begin a new life in America. A Norwegian display will be provided by the Monroe Ostestaden Lodge of the Sons of Norway.
Pre-registration and payment for lunch is required by April 28. A registration form with more information is available at https://www.greencogenealogywi.org/upcoming-events.html. This event is open to the public. Call Sharon Mitchell at 815-868-2416 or Donna Kjendlie at 921-1537 for more information. Leave a message if there is no answer.
The GCGS Research Center located in lower level of the Monroe Public Library is available to the public for research. Research Center hours are: from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and the third Saturdays of each month and from 1 to 3 p.m. the first Saturdays, after the meeting. Main holdings are on Green County but both Rock and Lafayette counties are well represented as well as several other counties, states, countries and ethnic groups. A large clipping collection of births, marriages and obituaries is available. Volunteers are on staff to help with research.
