Meetings & Events

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Upcoming Meetings

As a highly specialized and small group, we often schedule our speakers only a month or two ahead.

Here are our upcoming meeting dates for the end of our 2024/5 membership year and 2025/6 that starts in September:

MonthTopicSpeaker
AprilNew Sweden, ME & New Switzerland, WVEdward Adams
MaySoldier’s Record/Military Research in ArkivDigitalKathy Meade
JuneTBDTBD
SeptemberTBDTBD
OctoberTBDTBD
NovemberTBDTBD
DecemberTBDTBD

Prior Topics and Speakers

Month/YearTopicSpeaker
March, 2025Swenson Center ResourcesJill Seaholm
February, 2025My Mother’s StoryEsther Johnson
January, 2025Research PlansLisa Gorell
November, 2024My Trip to SwedenPriscilla Chesna
October, 2024Gathering Hisorical & Social ConceptsSeema Kenney
September, 2024Emigration from SwedenBob Johnson
June, 2024Researching my 100% Swedish HeritageJoy Hennig
May, 2024What’s New in Swedish Research in ArkivdigitalKathy Meade
April, 2024My Swedish Ancestry Research in MaineLynn Johnson
March, 2024Bring Family Hisotry Alive in Bite-Sized ProjectsMarion Wood
February, 2024Separating People with the Same NameJenny Hansen
January, 2024Organizing & Tracking Your ResearchLois Wardwell Knight
November, 2023Our 2023 Trip to SwedenBev (Sodergren) Wardwell
October, 2023Swedish Research via MyHeritageMike Mansfield
September, 2023Swedish HeritageSeema Kenney
June, 2023Julian to Gregorian – How, Why, and When We Changed the CalendarSeema Kenney
May, 2023Swedish-American Church BooksKathy Meade
April, 2023Identifying an Unkown Family from the HouseElizabeth Gomoll, CG
March, 2023Swedish Historical Farm Maps & Online Map CollectionsRobert Johnson
November, 2023Sharing of Family RecipesMembership
October, 2023Google MyMaps: Visualizing Your Ancestors LivesLinda Debe
September, 2023My Trip to SwedenEllen (Peterson) Bartlett