CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2017
Total: 574
At five sites: Eager Free Public Library, Creekside Place, Leonard Leota Park, East Magnolia Cemetery, Evansville Memorial Post #6905 of the VFW
Jan. 5: GENEALOGY GROUP. Jennifer Ehle will present a program on “Finding the black sheep (or missing people) in your family.” There is an abundance of new information on the internet that will help you find previously hidden records. Participants are encouraged to bring questions regarding their missing ancestors and suggestions for finding elusive ancestors. (8)
Jan. 11: GENEALOGY GROUP. This will be a 3-hour afternoon session for participants to experiment using the free website Family Search, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Bring your questions and laptop to practice. If you are familiar with Family Search, come and share your knowledge and expertise with others. Donna Pyper, a long-standing user of Family Search, will be present to share her knowledge. (Est 5)
Feb. 2: GENEALOGY GROUP. Bobbie Bradley, an Evansville resident with 30+ years of experience, will present a program on how to research land records, using historic maps when available. The name of her program is “Exploring Land Records.” (9)
Feb. 8t: GENEALOGY GROUP. Another 3-hour afternoon session for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops. Bring your questions and laptop to practice. All levels of genealogists are welcome! (4)
Mar. 2: GENEALOGY GROUP. David Bradford, president of Rock County Genealogical Society, will return for another presentation on the benefits of the internet. The program is titled: "Surfing for Ancestors - Getting the most out of Your Internet Searches." (15)
Mar. 8: GENEALOGY GROUP. There will be another two-hour informal workshop at Creekside Place for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops, if they desire. A 42-minute webinar will be available for people to watch on Norwegian research, hosted by Jerry Paulson, Naeseth Chair for Genealogical Research and Publication, NAGC-NL. The webinair has useful information about the history, farms, communities, clerical districts and counties of Norway. (11)
March 30: LOCAL HISTORY: This will be a great opportunity to see and hear about a unique collection of postcards, all featuring Evansville from 1906 to 1909. Larry Dobbs, retired teacher in Evansville, has a collection of about 100 postcards, which will be the focus of his presentation. (34)
Apr. 6: GENEALOGY GROUP. Jennifer Ehle, an Evansville native and genealogist, will explain the concept of researching a cluster of people, as opposed to researching individuals. Ehle will discuss the reasons for, and benefits of, conducting a systematic investigation into the communities where our ancestors resided. The investigation will identify new relatives and offer insight into the world in which they lived. Ehle has utilized community research in planning family reunions and writing biographies on her ancestors. (est 10)
Apr. 12: GENEALOGY GROUP. There will be another two-hour open-ended workshop on at Creekside Place for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops, if they desire. (4)
April 13: LOCAL HISTORY. More fascinating history of Leonard-Leota Park will be presented by John Decker. The program will specifically address the Civil War cannon—which was recently removed from the park, restored and relocated to City Hall grounds—plus the work of the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps at the park, which contributed significantly to the park achieving its designation in 2012 on the National Register of Historic Places. Decker also will talk about the now-gone viaduct, built in 1931 next to the park and removed in 1981. (18)
MAY 1: LOCAL HISTORY. The author of the new book The Silver Man: The Life and Times of John Kinzie, Peter Shrake, will tell us about the dramatic changes that swept the Wisconsin frontier in the early and mid-1800s, through the life of Indian agent John Harris Kinzie. From the War of 1812 and the monopoly of the American Fur Company, to the Black Hawk War and the forced removal of thousands of Ho-Chunk people from their native lands—John Kinzie’s experience gives us a front-row seat to a pivotal time in the history of the American Midwest. (14)
May 4: GENEALOGY GROUP. “Getting to Know Our Ancestors, One Immigrant at a Time," will be given at Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, by Lisa Imhoff, a Town of Porter resident who has been researching her family history for about 35 years. She will talk about immigration and naturalization as they apply to our genealogical research. Despite the fact that naturalization records often reveal little in the way of vital genealogical information, Lisa firmly believes that those records (or lack thereof) can provide a wealth of insight into our immigrant ancestors if we consider them carefully, and she’ll prove it using examples of these records for her own German and Swedish immigrant ancestors. (18)
May 10: GENEALOGY GROUP. This workshop has been scheduled for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops, if they desire. Or, we can continue the discussion regarding naturalization and immigration records. (est 5)
July 10: HISTORY: “Beyond the Trenches: Wisconsin in World War I.” Speaker Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. (12)
Aug. 3: GENEALOGY GROUP, East Magnolia Cemetery Tour. Sally Riesma and her sister will tell stories of who is buried in the cemetery, the settler’s connections to early Evansville history and the Roy Townsend tractor. (24 people)
Aug. 21, HISTORY. Watch PBS/Nova program of ”Who killed the Red Baron?” and view: a soldier’s trunk from WW1 and three children’s books about WW1 provided by the Veterans Museum. (11)
Aug. 24: HISTORY. An exhibit at Evansville Memorial Post #6905 of the VFW from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum about what a World War I soldier carried into combat: a steel helmet, clothing, boots, a sewing kit, wallet, haversack with ammunition belt, gas mask bag, canteen, mess kit, condiment can, bacon tin, and entrenching tool. (12)
Aug 27: LOCAL HISTORY. Another event at the park to celebrate the history of the Park, 1 PM. “Leonard – LeotaPark, Evansville’s Place to Be. Location: Leonard Leota Park. (82)
SEP. 7: GENEALOGY GROUP: “What I did on my summer vacation.”
Bobbie Bradley and Jennifer Ehle will kick-off the fall season for the Evansville Genealogy Group with stories and photographs about their 268summer vacation and genealogy research: EASTERN EUROPEAN RESEARCH and BATTLE of DUNBAR, SCOTLAND, 1650. (18)
SEP. 13: GENEALOGY GROUP. Open-ended discussion to answer questions regarding genealogy, local history and house research. (4)
Sep. 29: LOCAL HISTORY. Special presentation by Dan Stephans, architectural historian, to sixth grade students about Leonard Leota-Park. (180)
SEP. 30: GENEALOGY GROUP, East Magnolia Cemetery Tour, part 2. Sally Mauerman Riesem and her sister Jeanne Johnson will return to Magnolia and the East Magnolia Cemetery on Sat., SEP. 30, at 2:00 p.m. to lead a guided tour of the cemetery. They will share the stories that they know about Magnolia and answer questions. (24)
OCT. 5: HISTORY. "Evansville and the Ku Klux Klan," Ruth Ann Montgomery. Since there was an active organization in Rock County in the 1920s, it would allow me give some history of the former slaves and others who lived in Evansville, as well as the prejudice against Germans and other groups. (35)
OCT. 11: GENEALOGY GROUP. Open-ended discussion group to answer questions regarding genealogy, local history and house research. (4)
NOV. 2: GENEALOGY GROUP. Program on digital scanning. Speaker Josh Hickman will explain the basics of a digital image in addition to scanner operation. Explain terminology, and word like pixels, resolution, and the like. Bobbie will bring a scanner to do some hands on stuff, too. Josh teaches an annual three-day workshop on digitizing museum and archival collections at an organization that provides hands-on training for professional staff at museums and other cultural heritage institutions. (9)
NOV. 8: GENEALOGY GROUP. Open-ended discussion to answer questions regarding genealogy, local history and house research. (4)
574
Total: 574
At five sites: Eager Free Public Library, Creekside Place, Leonard Leota Park, East Magnolia Cemetery, Evansville Memorial Post #6905 of the VFW
Jan. 5: GENEALOGY GROUP. Jennifer Ehle will present a program on “Finding the black sheep (or missing people) in your family.” There is an abundance of new information on the internet that will help you find previously hidden records. Participants are encouraged to bring questions regarding their missing ancestors and suggestions for finding elusive ancestors. (8)
Jan. 11: GENEALOGY GROUP. This will be a 3-hour afternoon session for participants to experiment using the free website Family Search, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Bring your questions and laptop to practice. If you are familiar with Family Search, come and share your knowledge and expertise with others. Donna Pyper, a long-standing user of Family Search, will be present to share her knowledge. (Est 5)
Feb. 2: GENEALOGY GROUP. Bobbie Bradley, an Evansville resident with 30+ years of experience, will present a program on how to research land records, using historic maps when available. The name of her program is “Exploring Land Records.” (9)
Feb. 8t: GENEALOGY GROUP. Another 3-hour afternoon session for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops. Bring your questions and laptop to practice. All levels of genealogists are welcome! (4)
Mar. 2: GENEALOGY GROUP. David Bradford, president of Rock County Genealogical Society, will return for another presentation on the benefits of the internet. The program is titled: "Surfing for Ancestors - Getting the most out of Your Internet Searches." (15)
Mar. 8: GENEALOGY GROUP. There will be another two-hour informal workshop at Creekside Place for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops, if they desire. A 42-minute webinar will be available for people to watch on Norwegian research, hosted by Jerry Paulson, Naeseth Chair for Genealogical Research and Publication, NAGC-NL. The webinair has useful information about the history, farms, communities, clerical districts and counties of Norway. (11)
March 30: LOCAL HISTORY: This will be a great opportunity to see and hear about a unique collection of postcards, all featuring Evansville from 1906 to 1909. Larry Dobbs, retired teacher in Evansville, has a collection of about 100 postcards, which will be the focus of his presentation. (34)
Apr. 6: GENEALOGY GROUP. Jennifer Ehle, an Evansville native and genealogist, will explain the concept of researching a cluster of people, as opposed to researching individuals. Ehle will discuss the reasons for, and benefits of, conducting a systematic investigation into the communities where our ancestors resided. The investigation will identify new relatives and offer insight into the world in which they lived. Ehle has utilized community research in planning family reunions and writing biographies on her ancestors. (est 10)
Apr. 12: GENEALOGY GROUP. There will be another two-hour open-ended workshop on at Creekside Place for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops, if they desire. (4)
April 13: LOCAL HISTORY. More fascinating history of Leonard-Leota Park will be presented by John Decker. The program will specifically address the Civil War cannon—which was recently removed from the park, restored and relocated to City Hall grounds—plus the work of the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps at the park, which contributed significantly to the park achieving its designation in 2012 on the National Register of Historic Places. Decker also will talk about the now-gone viaduct, built in 1931 next to the park and removed in 1981. (18)
MAY 1: LOCAL HISTORY. The author of the new book The Silver Man: The Life and Times of John Kinzie, Peter Shrake, will tell us about the dramatic changes that swept the Wisconsin frontier in the early and mid-1800s, through the life of Indian agent John Harris Kinzie. From the War of 1812 and the monopoly of the American Fur Company, to the Black Hawk War and the forced removal of thousands of Ho-Chunk people from their native lands—John Kinzie’s experience gives us a front-row seat to a pivotal time in the history of the American Midwest. (14)
May 4: GENEALOGY GROUP. “Getting to Know Our Ancestors, One Immigrant at a Time," will be given at Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, by Lisa Imhoff, a Town of Porter resident who has been researching her family history for about 35 years. She will talk about immigration and naturalization as they apply to our genealogical research. Despite the fact that naturalization records often reveal little in the way of vital genealogical information, Lisa firmly believes that those records (or lack thereof) can provide a wealth of insight into our immigrant ancestors if we consider them carefully, and she’ll prove it using examples of these records for her own German and Swedish immigrant ancestors. (18)
May 10: GENEALOGY GROUP. This workshop has been scheduled for participants to ask genealogical questions and practice using their laptops, if they desire. Or, we can continue the discussion regarding naturalization and immigration records. (est 5)
July 10: HISTORY: “Beyond the Trenches: Wisconsin in World War I.” Speaker Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. (12)
Aug. 3: GENEALOGY GROUP, East Magnolia Cemetery Tour. Sally Riesma and her sister will tell stories of who is buried in the cemetery, the settler’s connections to early Evansville history and the Roy Townsend tractor. (24 people)
Aug. 21, HISTORY. Watch PBS/Nova program of ”Who killed the Red Baron?” and view: a soldier’s trunk from WW1 and three children’s books about WW1 provided by the Veterans Museum. (11)
Aug. 24: HISTORY. An exhibit at Evansville Memorial Post #6905 of the VFW from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum about what a World War I soldier carried into combat: a steel helmet, clothing, boots, a sewing kit, wallet, haversack with ammunition belt, gas mask bag, canteen, mess kit, condiment can, bacon tin, and entrenching tool. (12)
Aug 27: LOCAL HISTORY. Another event at the park to celebrate the history of the Park, 1 PM. “Leonard – LeotaPark, Evansville’s Place to Be. Location: Leonard Leota Park. (82)
SEP. 7: GENEALOGY GROUP: “What I did on my summer vacation.”
Bobbie Bradley and Jennifer Ehle will kick-off the fall season for the Evansville Genealogy Group with stories and photographs about their 268summer vacation and genealogy research: EASTERN EUROPEAN RESEARCH and BATTLE of DUNBAR, SCOTLAND, 1650. (18)
SEP. 13: GENEALOGY GROUP. Open-ended discussion to answer questions regarding genealogy, local history and house research. (4)
Sep. 29: LOCAL HISTORY. Special presentation by Dan Stephans, architectural historian, to sixth grade students about Leonard Leota-Park. (180)
SEP. 30: GENEALOGY GROUP, East Magnolia Cemetery Tour, part 2. Sally Mauerman Riesem and her sister Jeanne Johnson will return to Magnolia and the East Magnolia Cemetery on Sat., SEP. 30, at 2:00 p.m. to lead a guided tour of the cemetery. They will share the stories that they know about Magnolia and answer questions. (24)
OCT. 5: HISTORY. "Evansville and the Ku Klux Klan," Ruth Ann Montgomery. Since there was an active organization in Rock County in the 1920s, it would allow me give some history of the former slaves and others who lived in Evansville, as well as the prejudice against Germans and other groups. (35)
OCT. 11: GENEALOGY GROUP. Open-ended discussion group to answer questions regarding genealogy, local history and house research. (4)
NOV. 2: GENEALOGY GROUP. Program on digital scanning. Speaker Josh Hickman will explain the basics of a digital image in addition to scanner operation. Explain terminology, and word like pixels, resolution, and the like. Bobbie will bring a scanner to do some hands on stuff, too. Josh teaches an annual three-day workshop on digitizing museum and archival collections at an organization that provides hands-on training for professional staff at museums and other cultural heritage institutions. (9)
NOV. 8: GENEALOGY GROUP. Open-ended discussion to answer questions regarding genealogy, local history and house research. (4)
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