Family History
Do you have a box or several albums of old family pictures that you are not quite sure what to do with? Do you have letters and maybe other documents from your grandparents or great grandparents that are important to you to preserve? Are there family stories that need to be written down for your grandchildren? Or perhaps you just want to find out more about your ancestors and are not sure where or how to begin.
The UMRA Family History Interest Group was started in October 2020. The idea is to learn how others have researched their family history and what they have done with the important pieces of their family history.
During 2021-2022 the UMRA Family History Interest Group will continue to meet by ZOOM on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. every six to eight weeks. Our next sessions will be
Wednesday, December 8, 2021: Scanning Photos and Family DocumentsWednesday February 9, 2022: Family History with DNA
Please contact Lynn Anderson <boundarywaters07@gmail.com> or Craig Swan <swan@umn.edu> to get on the email list for the FHIG.
Links to recordings of earlier ZOOM presentations, slides and resource handouts are in the left margin of this page.
My Family History
My paternal grandfather Hildum Anselm Anderson was in France during the WWI and in France, Luxembourg, and Germany after WWI...
I wanted to share with my descendants my memories of growing up on the edge of Yellowstone Park.
Family History Events
Learn about taking pictures (of your pictures) with a digital camera, the pros and cons of fee-based digitizing services, and flat-bed scanners when the Family History Interest Group meets in December. More …
