Our Quarterly Program on Saturday, January 24th will be preceded by the Annual Member Meeting at 10 am in the Mississippi Room at the Minnesota Genealogy Society.  "A Deeper Dive into the Hoffman Research Center Library" will allow two veteran SGSM members, Jan Carlson and Virginia Taylor, to take us deeper into some of the treasures that the library has to offer. 

So often we are looking for information about our ancestors and have no idea if that information is available anywhere. It can be a real boon to discover that what we were looking for was right under our noses. (Or at least in our local library!)  Janet and Virginia will demonstrate what is available inside those books and collections, providing information about what kinds of books, maps and other information are housed in the library. 

This program expands upon work done three years ago, when Janet Carlson, Virginia Taylor and Bob Johnson created videos of the general layout of the library, what types of material were housed there and where the Swedish resources are located. Those videos are found on the SGSM website under "Research Notes," and also on our Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota YouTube page.  (Did you know we had a YouTube page?)  

Janet Carlson is a frequent contributor to our programs and is the author of the Because You Asked column in the Tidningen.  Virginia Taylor is a past president of SGSM and is the library liaison for our SGSM Board of Directors.

This will be a hybrid presentation. Books and other items will be available for in-person attendees to look at to get a better idea of their contents. Some of the materials are Minnesota-based, some are Sweden-based and some give us information about both of those things seen from an international viewpoint.

Jan and Virginia will introduce you to some things that might be just what you are looking for. We hope you can join us!