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MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Polk County Genealogical Society is to assist in the exchange and dissemination of information for genealogical investigations. VISION STATEMENT: The vision of the Polk County Genealogical Society is to empower those interested in developing concise, accurate and comprehensive family histories.

Polk County Genealogical Society Potluck Holiday Event (Finger-Food, Sweets or your favorite to take to a potluck)

will be held in the RRC within the Luck Historical Society Museum.

Date: Monday12 Dec. 2016 Time: Noon - 4:00 p.m. Location: Luck, WI Finger-Food such as those Holiday treats our grandmothers may have made using a recipe saved from their homeland or nationality of a loved one and/or your favorite Holiday sweet treats are welcome!

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Don’t forget to pay your dues! Thank You.

Polk County Genealogy Society 28 November 2016 Program: Round table discussion on: “Beginning mistakes (we all make) that I will NEVER make again” The PCGS monthly tours of Polk County Historical Society museums/collections is over for the year 2016. Starting in May 2017, we are scheduling a monthly tour of what we believe to be four/five additional sites: Osceola’s Olson House; Clayton Village Hall Historical Collections; Amery Historical Society at the Amery public library; Milltown History Center and perhaps the Lamar History Center.

Hot Coco and Coffee will be served. THE POST, Polk County Genealogical Society,

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2016 PCGS Schedule

The monthly museum tours are complete for the year 2016. Please see detail, page 1

28 November 2016/1:00 p.m. Ravenholt Genealogy Center in the Luck Historical Society Museum

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Please check out the PCGS website and email comments or inquiries to the PCGS email address: Thanks to Russ Hanson for supervising this website.

1-2 Working session 2-3 Program - Round-table discussion -

“Beginning Mistakes - What we will NEVER do again” in our record keeping. 3-4 Business Meeting Refreshments and beverage served NOONish 12 December 2016 Holiday Event- Potluck: your ancestors treasured culinary recipe, your favorite finger-food or a sweet treat. 2-3: Program 3-4 Business Meeting

Year 2017 - Schedule 23 January 2017 27 February 2017

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Polk County Genealogy Society RRC Center/Luck Library - 301 Main Street Luck, Wisconsin 54853 715-472-2030 Meetings: 4th Monday Jan-Dec 1-4p

Dues: $5.00 yearly 2016 Officers: President: Jay Bergstrand Secretary/Webmaster - Russ Hanson Treasurer - Joyce Bergstrand Newspaper Correspondent Vickie Jensen Editor/THE POST Helen Stoltz-Wood

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A Whisper in the Wind by Muriel Morgan Pfeifer 1934-2014 used by permission WEST DENMARK west of present-day Luck and still around in small parts, i.e. the local Lutheran church maintains some of the town’s original flavor and history. In 1895, the U.S. Atlas listed West Denmark as having 20 people, a Post Office and a school. Today there are about the same numbers of people but, no Post Office and no operating school. At its peak, the town of West Denmark had a creamery, Post Office, high school, Lutheran seminary, general store, church, baseball field, middle school and elementary school, several homes and a few small farms. Some people believe the creamery, on the Northwest shore of Little Butternut Lake, was, indeed, the first cooperative creamery in Wisconsin - others believe it was the first in the entire United States. West Denmark most likely did have the first Danish Seminary in this country, for a few short years in the late1800s. Controversy between various factions within the Danish Synod led to an early closure of the seminary in 1892. Pride of place remains in the hearts of descendants and friends alike. The West Denmark Lutheran Church’s Aebleskiver dinner in May - a case in point.

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How Many Backup Copies of Important Files Do You Need? (Eastman’s 2016) Here’s the old data center 3-2-1 rule-ofthumb for backing up: 3 copies of anything you care about – Two isn’t enough if it’s important. 2 different formats – Example: Dropbox plus DVDs or Hard Drive plus Memory Stick or CD plus Crash Plan, or more 1 off-site backup – If the house burns down, how will you get your memories back?

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Ireland – Last week, we announced that FindMyPast had added several key new Irish genealogy record sets from the National Archives of Ireland. This included wills and indexes, marriage license bonds, Catholic conversion rolls, shipping crew lists and land valuation records (see the complete listings below). These same record sets have now been added to the National Archives of Ireland website. Access is free. [Free Irish Genealogy Records] GenealogyInTime September 2016

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Page 4 of the Cemetery/Sexton’s Guide Complied by Jay Bergstrand Polk and Barron County, Wisconsin Church Contact St. Ann’s Catholic! ! ! ! ! ! Jim Kasper! ! ! ! Holy Trinity (Russian Orthodox) - Clayton Address Bob Fall! Immanuel (Polk County) - Clear Lake - Dean Soderberg! ! ! Lakeview - Turtle Lake! ! ! ! Dale Everson! ! ! ! ! Lakeview - Chetek!! ! ! ! ! Bob Arneson! ! ! ! ! Mount Hope - Silver Creek! ! ! Albert Eggert ! ! ! ! ! St. Mary’s

Telephone # !715-986-2452 715-948-2644 715-607-0785 715-837-1956 715-924-3080 715-948-2548

Burnett County, Wisconsin Trade Lake Swedish Mission Darrvn Mott! ! ! ! ! 715-338-1104

St. Croix County, Wisconsin Boardman! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Karen Basel! ! ! ! ! ! Calvary! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Lowell Fouks! ! ! ! ! Hillside - Somerset! ! ! ! ! Ed Sontag! ! ! ! ! ! Immanuel Lutheran! ! ! ! ! Scott Buhr! ! ! ! ! ! New Richmond!! ! ! ! ! ! Mary McGee! ! ! ! ! St. Bridget’s (Deer Park)! ! ! ! Dennis Erickson! ! ! ! St. Joseph Township (Houlton)! ! Helen Stoltz-Wood!! ! !

715-246-5397 715-269-5202 715-549-6579 715-263-2917 715-246-4198 715-269-5455 715-386-7537

Thanks to Jay Bergstrand Please check with the local funeral home for additional and/or corrected information

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Best get well wishes to PCGS member Joyce Bergstrand who is dealing with back surgery and physical therapy. Miss seeing you and extend our healing thoughts your way. Minutes for October 2016 PCGS meeting Attending Russ/Dottie Adams, Helen Stoltz-Wood, Margo/Russ Hanson, Reg Ronningen, Rob/Rachel Starbuck, Marge Hallquist. At 10 am three of the PCGS members met at the Milltown Museum for a tour, however the museum folks thought it was at noon, and so we missed the tour and will try again next summer. The group went around the table telling about their genealogy efforts with each having something to share on their current efforts. The program, by Russ/Margo Hanson, reviewed what DNA testing can show you and a little about how it works and a demo of the ancestry.com DNA programs. The Business meeting was brief. After a discussion and a vote, it was decided to have completed the 2016 museum touring season and will resume next summer -2017 with Osceola’s Olson House, Clayton’s Historical Documents safely stored at the Clayton Village Hall, Amery Historical Society at the Amery Public Library, the Milltown History Center and possibly, the Lamar History Center, on the list. The November program will be a round-table discussion “Beginning mistakes (we all make) that I will NEVER make again” or share an interesting trip or adventure or find in your genealogy research efforts. The 2016 Holiday Event will be the second Monday of December (12th) at the Ravenholt Research Center, Luck Historical Society Museum at noon. Potluck/Finger Food - whichever works for you. Speakers/programs are being sought- all suggestions welcome Russ Hanson/Secretary/ River Road Ramblings now appearing at riverroadrambler.blogspot.com Polk County, Wisconsin Genealogy Society

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WRITTEN PRIMARY SOURCES By Leah Grandy Future historians are facing a crisis in a skill set that has not been a significant issue in the past. As the teaching of cursive writing has been eliminated or greatly diminished from North American elementary school curriculums, we are seeing the arrival of university students to arts programs unable to read written primary documents. Current undergrad students (yes, they are here now!) posses little of the experience with cursive writing needed for interpreting many historical manuscripts; they also are facing struggles in the classroom reading professor's notes and completing written exams in a timely fashion. Read more... United Empire Loyalists 2 Oc 2016 (Thanks to Doug Grant)

Germany – FamilySearch.org has created a new indexed record collection of civil records from the district of Schleswig-Holstein. The some 135,000 records in this collection span the years from 1874 to 1983 and consist of birth records, marriage records and official death records. Schleswig-Holstein is the northern most state in Germany. It borders Denmark. These records can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. [Historic SchleswigHolstein Civil Registration Records] GenealogyInTime September 2016

PCGS dues 1 January 2014 $5.00 for one year.

Genealogy Webinars, Workshops and Classes - Wi Historical Society ! Saturday 5 Nov 2016 Swedish American Genealogy ! Saturday 3 December Family History Projects Denmark – FamilySearch.org has put online the name index for the 1911 Danish census. This collection consists of some 2.8 million records and approximately 450,000 images. The 1911 census was the 13th census conducted in Denmark (the first one dates back to 1787). Please note that three different forms were used in this census: one for the capital of Copenhagen, one for other cities and one for rural areas. The information you get from this census will depend on where your ancestor lived. This collection can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. [Denmark 1911 Census]

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