Tracing Family from the Pomerania Area

Speakers:
Kay Freund, PGS-MN Secretary and
Chris DeWuske, Teacher, Graphic Designer and Founder of My Pomerania

This is a joint meeting between the Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota and the Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota. It will be held in person at the Minnesota Genealogy Center, 1385 Mendota Heights Road, Mississippi Room, Mendota Heights, Minnesota 55120 as well as virtually by Zoom. A zoom link will be sent to all PGS-MN members a few days before the program. Attendees (both zoom and in-person) do not need to register in advance. 

10:00 am
Kay Freund’s presentation will go through the process that she undertook to find the ancestral village of her Korcal family ancestors (Zblewo/Hochstueblau in Starogard County, Pomerania Voivodeship). It includes almost five decades of research, gaining an understanding the history of Poland, discovering hidden family gems, help received from others, and key take-aways for genealogy research.

There will be a short break between speakers.

11:30 am
Chris DeWuske found valuable resources to fill in the gaps of the origins of his unusual surname in Pomerania. He will explain documents he found that have typically been outside the purview of American audiences, but bear a tremendous significance for those who have run out of research options. His presentation will address Land Records, with an emphasis on land and mortgage registers, recess acts, and leases.

We hope you will join us!