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Newsletter Archive 2016-2021

2021 Newsletter Archive

January-February 2021
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March-April 2021
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May-June 2021
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July-August 2021
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September-October 2021
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November-December 2021
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2020 Newsletter Archive

January-February 2020
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March-April 2020
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January - February 2020
President's Message: The Telephone of the Future
Credit Card Payments
Suffrage Movement: Votes for Women Video
FamilySearch Wiki presented by Sharon Mitchell
Shelf Linings: The Elves are Taking a Vacation
Trails Mix
Newspaper Tidbits: "Census This Year"
1909 New Year's Post Card (Sharon Mitchell)

March-April 2020
President's Message: Matilda Bellert & Herman Heller
News Article: "Marriage Certificate Availability to Expand
Closed For January
Shelf Linings: Importance of a Genealogical Library
FDR Visits GCGS presented by Edward O'Brien
Trails Mix: DNA Testing

May-August 2020
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September-October 2020
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May - August 2020
Combined Issue Due to Covid-19
President's Message: Death of Members & Changes Due to           Covid-19
Shelf Linings: Projects When You Are Suppose to Stay Home
Trails Mix: Online Research During Covid-19
Mennonite Genealogy
Our First Best Friends by Ginny Gerber
In Memory of Three Members: Francis Albright, Ruth Signer       & Evie Mitchell
Cleaning Gravestones presented by Jason Church (Webinar)
Newspaper Tidbits: "Mayors of Brodhead"; "My Badder Self"
German Civil Registration Records by Judy Huber
Fred & Euphemia Luchsinger

September - October 2020
President's Message: Write Your Pandemic Stories
Research Center Hours
Newspaper Tidbits: "Albany Vindicator Changed to the Herald
Shelf Linings: The Wrong Cemetery
Wisconsin Historical Society Fall Seminar
Trails Mix: Zoom
Why Are Graves Dug 6 Feet Deep?
November-December 2020.pdf
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November - December 2020
President's Message: Changes Due to Covid-19
Trails Mix: Covid-19 and the Holiday Season
In Memory: Sharon Lea (Small) Mitchell
Newspaper Archives for Members
Shelf Linings: Happenings While We Are Closed
My Father's Accident (J Lewis Abrams) by George Abrams
Newspaper Article: Hammer, Saw and Work Lick Home Ownership Problem For Local Man
Books Available For Donation

2019 Newsletter Archive

January-February 2019.pdf
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March-April 2019.pdf
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January - February 2019
President's Column - 2018 Review
Amazon Smile
Canton Glarus Family History Now Online
December 1 Christmas Meeting
Shelf Linings
Google Workshop Held October 19
Funeral Homes and Family History (November Meeting)
Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society Annual Workshop
Pictures from December Meeting
Trail's Mix - Christmas Memories
Postcards and What is There Now?
March - April 2019
President's Column - Shelving Unit Update
Shelf Linings - Shelving by Donna Kjendlie
Ma & Pa (Tom Kleist & Sandy Fisher): The Immigrant                    Experience
In Grandma's Kitchen by Ginny Gerber

Winter of the Big Snow by Ginny Gerber
Trails Mix - Organize

May-June 2019.pdf
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July-August 2019.pdf
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May - June 2019
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​President's Column - Keep Your Genealogy Safe by Ginny            Gerber
Trail's Mix
​Do You Have Ancestors Who Were Farmers in America?
​Civilian Conservation Corps - March Meeting
News Article - "Special Train Due in Argyle with CCC Group"
Blizzard of 1881 from Chris Spencer's Grandma's Diary
The Tale of Oliver Jay Smith
​You Know You're Taking Genealogy Too Seriously If... 
​Shelf Linings - Our Genealogy Has a Reputation by Donna          Kjendlie
Photo: Celebrating Donna's 80th Birthday
Post Card Challenge: Main Street in Brodhead; Brooklyn ME Church

July - August 2019
President's Column - A Cousin Connection by Ginny Gerber
Annual Meeting Photo
Trail's Mix - Researching For Others
​Book Review: Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin by          Jerry Apps
​Shelf Linings by Donna Kjendlie
Genealogy Taglines
​The Recording of a Cemetery by Thelma Greene Reagan
​June Meeting - Wisconsin in the Labor Movement with Ken          Germanson
September-October 2019.pdf
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November-December 2019.pdf
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​September - October 2019
President's Column - Making Connections by Ginny Gerber
​Credit Card Payments
Trail's Mix
July GCGS Museum Trip
Erie Canal presented by Duane Freitag
Shelf Linings
Photographic Formats presented by Simone Munson
Collecting Wood Fishing Lures presented by Jerry Pardus
​Rambling Through Historical Societies for Ideas by Donna         Kjendlie
November - December 2019
President's Message - Digital Marriage Project, Scanning           Township Records by Ginny Gerber
Hidden Treasures
Credit Card Payments
​Our Ancestor's Home presented by Linda Schiesser
Thrivent's Generosity Day
Adams Township by Frieda Liddicoat
Shelf Linings
Trail's Mix
​Women's Clothing 18th & 19th Century presented by Nancy         Sorchy
September Workshop 
Newspaper Tidbits "Six Generations Span 104 Years"

2018 Newsletter Archive

January-February 2018
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March-April 2018
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January - February 2018
President's Column
FamilySearch Changes
A Happy Christmas Story, by Donna Kjendlie
Wisconsin Veteran's Museum, by Ginny Gerber
Lineage Societies
​Cookie Cutters
March - April 2018
President's Column, Keeping Up With Your Computer
Trail's Mix, A Friend's Experience With the Mayflower                  Society
An Afternoon with Cousins, by Donna Long Kjendlie
Finding My Father's Military Records, by Sharon Mitchell
February's Meeting - Civil War Medicine, Gordon Dammann
Mystery Farm Couple
May-June 2018
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July-August 2018
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May - June 2018
President's Column, Snow events and Genealogy, G. Gerber
Shelf linings, Research Center Update, Donna Kjendlie
Trail's Mix
Railroads, April Meeting With Paul Schoenike, Sharon                  Mitchell
MAC Features Scherenschitte, a Swiss folk art
Fraternal Societies, March Meeting, Sharon Mitchell
The Flood of 1915, Christine Spencer
Remembrance of My Father, Christine Spencer
July - August 2018
President's Column, Happening Around Our Society
Alex Sutter Honored For 8th Grade Graduation
Shelf Linings, Research Updates
Green's Prairie Cemetery Walk, Sharon Mitchell
Wisconsin Dairy Industry History Presented by Dave Driscoll

Norway & Coffin Ships - Annual Meeting
​Then & Now - Albany photo
September-October 2018
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November-December 2018
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September-October 2018
President's Column, Goal Setting
Shelf Linings, Summer at the Center
Trail's Mix, Bring Life to Your Ancestors
Upcoming Events Around the Area

AmazonSmile Donations
"The Estate" Presented
Newspaper Clipping "Just A Slight Error"
GCGS Receives Grant
From Europe to America: Transportation Changes Over Two      Centuries
Dr. Sathoff on Monroe's Bars & Taverns
November - December 2018
President's Column, Organizing Your Genealogy
Shelf Linings, Winter In
Trail's Mix, Write Your Story
Christmas Wish List
Coins Left on Tombstones

AmazonSmile Donations
Stephenson County Genealogical Society Sept Workshop
Happy Birthday to Alex Sutter
Privacy Policies and Permissions
WHS Conservator Spoke at October Meeting
Early Green County Cheesemaking (Sept Meeting)
​11 Facts About Veteran's Day

2017 Newsletter Archive

January-February 2017
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March-April 2017
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January - February 2017
President's Column: Backing up & Organizing Your                      Genealogy by Ginny Gerber
The Gavel Has Been Passed by Donna Kjendlie
Hollywood and World War II presented by Ed Finch
Tales of Swiss and German Relatives by Sherry Anderegg
Delap Surnames - Nina Dahl
December Meeting Award Presentations
Internet Archive: A Gold Mine for Genealogists - Thomas               MacEntee

A Happy Christmas Story by Donna Kjendlie
March - April 2017
President's Column: Change by Ginny Gerber
Throwback Thursday Classes
Who Are the Amish? presented by Mark Louden
Digitized Newspapers
Newspaper Tidbits: "Pythian Sisters"
Unidentified Photos
Dad Didn't Tell Me by Ginny Gerber
Shelf Linings
Got A Bare Wall...What Cathy Cadd is Doing with Hers
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Post Card Challenge: Jerry Amerpohl Department Co and          Albany 1975
May-June 2017
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July-August 2017
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May - June 2017
President's Column - Thank-yous for work being done!
Shelf Linings
Correction: Post Card Challenge is New Glarus 1-75
The Family Tree - a poem by Tracey Gates Hill
From Pomerania to America presented by Antje Petty
Remembering Our Moms (Carol Baars) by Ginny Gerber
Can I Use This in My Genealogy - Copyright do's and don'ts.       -Thomas MacEntee
Postcard Challenge #1 (March-April) Winner
July - August 2017
Workshop - Save the Date
President's Column - Summer Research Plans, Field Trips
Genealogy Taglines
Trails Mix - Helping an Adoptee with Genealogy
Shelf Linings
Step Into History in Elizabeth, Illinois
World War II Remembered presented by Joy Aavang
Postcard Challenge #2 (March-April) New Glarus 2017

Ann Mueller's Retirement
Postcard Challenge #3 - Browntown School 1907; Haren's            Grove near Monroe

September-October 2017
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November-December 2017
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September - October 2017
Lifelong Learning at HCC Includes Genealogy Classes
President's Column - Summer Research in Pennsylvania
Trail's Mix - Name Changes
Shelf Linings
Southwest Wisconsin Indians presented by Theresa Schenck
Early Lafayette County Settlers presented by Janette Hartman
Photos of GCGS Members Out and About
​Fall GCGS Workshop -- Maureen Brady Presents
Preserving Our Heirlooms (Tina Beaird) by Sharon Mitchell
November - December 2017
President's Column - Exploring Family Lore by Ginny Gerber
Shelf Linings

Postcard challenge - Fountain at North Side Park in                      Brodhead; Woolen Mills in Monticello
My Summers in Albany by Christine M Spencer
Fridolin Streiff Through the Eyes of Peter Ott
Trail's Mix - Keeping Our Genealogical Records Safe
​Review of the Fall GCGS Workshop with Maureen Brady
Field trip to Elizabeth, Illinois

2016 Newsletter Archive

January-February 2016.pdf
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January - February 2016
President's Column
The Story of Christmas Mouse by "Little" Debbie Bailey
Glessner Ancestors & House presented by Jim Glessner
Sauerkraut Meatballs by Donna Kjendlie
Using Maps For Genealogy & Local History presented by Lee       Grady (Webinar)
Early History of the Village of Monroe
Abigail's Diaries by Christine Spencer
Poems & Anecdotes From Old Newspapers
Dignity in a World of Silence by Christine Spencer
The Inevitable Laws of Genealogy
Interesting Photo
Old Postcards form Green County, Wisconsin Area (Voegli Bros Farm and 1914 Fire in Monroe)
March-April 2016.pdf
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March - April 2016
GCGS to be Open More Hours in April
Glarners in America
A Big Thank You
Genetic Genealogy: DNA Testing for Family Researchers
DNA Laboratories & DNA Test Results Database Resources
A Word About Ancestry DNA and Other Autosomal DNA              Testing Services
WE Transfer Information
Annual Meeting and Funeral Workshop
May-June 2016.pdf
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May - June 2016
Annual Meeting & Funeral Workshop Held
What is a Relict?
Early History of the Village of Monroe con't
Old Postcards - Today's View

September-October 2016.pdf
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September - October 2016
In Memory of Donna J. Krebs
President's Column: Remembering Donna
After You're Gone: Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research      by Thomas MacEntee

Event Tells Story of Swiss Internees
My Grandpa Went to Excelsior Springs, Missouri National          Resort by Sharon Mitchell
Modern Medicine
Trails Mix: Remembering Donna
Tracing the Scandinavian Invasion of the Midwest presented      by Julie K Allen
July-Aug 2016.pdf
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July - August 2016
Salt Lake City Research or Three Genealogists on a Road              Trip by Donna Kjendlie
Researching in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City        by Donna Kjendlie
Book Review - "Pommerania Place Name Index"
Documentary on Swiss Internees to be Shown
What To Do With Those Family Records presented by Bill            Edmundson

Success Story by Kathy Welsh
Origins of Modern Medicine presented by Erika Janik
November-December 2016.pdf
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November - December 2016
President's Column: Stepping Down
Newspaper Tidbits: "Wanted: One Mind Reader"
Our Website by Ginny Gerber
Ladies First: Finding Your Female Ancestors presented by           Lisa A Alzo
History Mysteries reprinted from New Glarus Historical             Society
Old Postcard: Albany River by Dam & Mill in Early 1900's
Family History Projects presented by Lori Bessler
Kline Cheese Factory & Fleek Tobacco Warehouse
Using Lichens to Help Date Tombstones
Trails Mix: Genealogy Tasks
Donations to GCGS Through AmazonSmile
11 Facts About Veterans Day
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