November’s meeting will be Nov. 20th

A big welcome to everyone!

• Plan to finish review of the Library and getting rid of items.

- Sharing of recent searches and fun finds  

• Election of officers for 2019.

• Work Committee signups for next year.

2 pm at the Northfield Public Library’s Bunday meeting.

Meet the AMAZING Dalby Database

OCTOBER 16th RCGS MEETING @ Rice County Historical Society 

Dalby Database

Meet the Dalby Data Base presented by Sue Garwood, Executive Director of RCHS2 PM

Birth records, obituaries, cemetery records, city directories, Civil War records you name it you’ll find it here! Sue will give a comprehensive introduction to the information available on this website created and updated daily by John and Jan Dalby. It covers Rice County and beyond. You gotta see it to believe it!

Thank you Ryan Mattke for a VERY interesting program!

Matt came to our meeting to tell us about the University of Minnesota's Borchert Map Library and those present learned a lot!  There is an amazing collection there for all of us to access. 
Please look at his presentation linked below to get a sample of the information the library has.

Here is a link to his presentation with links.

Here it is in PDF

You can also email him with any questions about place names and the changes of towns and borders over time.
And any other geographical questions.

It was a super presentation!
Thank you Ryan

GEOnames
The GeoNames geographical database covers all countries and contains over 11 million placenames that are available for download free of charge.

Rumsey Map Collection
The David Rumsey Map Collection was started over 30 years ago and contains more than 150,000 maps.  The collection focuses on rare 16th thru 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the world, Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania.  The collection includes atlases, wall maps, globes, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials.  Items range in date from @1550 to the present.

SPECIAL Historical Look at Maps!

Ryan Mattke from the University of Minnesota Borchert Map Library will be presenting on Minnesota maps- including historical aerial maps! 

Northfield Public Library meeting room.  2 pm Wednesday, September 19th.
Free and open to all.

Time to share!

Tuesday, August 21 at 2 pm at the Northfield Public Library
Come join us in this fun (and sometimes funny) time of sharing our genealogy stories, finds and problems.

Research sites you may not know about-

raogk.org
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness is a global volunteer organization.  Volunteers donate their time to offer free genealogy research in their local area. 

moms.mn.gov
The Minnesota Official Marriage System is created, designed and managed by Minnesota counties.  Marriage records are public information

ImmigrantShips.net 
Volunteers transcribe passenger lists

We will be at the Rice County Fair!

Rice county Genealogy group will have an information booth in the Rice county Museum from noon to 8 pm on Wednesday July 18^th 

We will be located in the Carlander Room of the Museum in air conditioning. We will have a couple of the Historical Society’s computers and will help visitors access some genealogy programs.