Rapid City, South Dakota
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Thursday, November 21
1980 Federal Raid on Deadwood Brothels (Monthly Program)
7:15 pm Faith Lutheran Church, 17 Indiana Street, Rapid City, SD
6:30 p.m.: Snacks; mix and mingle;
7:00 p.m.: Short member meeting; and Vote for 2025 Board Members
7:15 p.m.: Program - This presentation is "based on" a must-see video of Judge Jeff Viken during his Turtle Soup presentation at the Journey Museum. Learn about Judge Viken's part in the raid on the Deadwood brothels. This PowerPoint presentation expands on the raid by offering other interesting Deadwood tidbits about that time period from research done through newspaper articles and other social media that captures Deadwood's history and the brothels during that time period. This is an interesting program and not what you expect! Twists and turns to the story and lots of images and other tidbits will be presented. Learn how you can research your ancestors' history from researching newspapers and other social media. Perhaps your ancestors have an interesting story that you can also research. Guests are always Welcome!
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Wednesday, December 25
December 2024 - No Program (Monthly Program)
8:00 am
No meeting in December. See you at our new meeting place in 2025 for an exciting new year! South Canyon Lutheran Church, 700 S 44th St, Rapid City. Meeting will start at 7:00pm.
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Molly Barari - Heirloom Creative Writing (Monthly Program)
7:15 pm South Canyon Lutheran Church, 700 S 44th St, Rapid City
6:30 pm: Mix and mingle;
7:00 pm: Short member meeting
7:15 pm: Program - Molly Barari from Heirloom Creative Writing is one of our favorites, we will start the new year off right with Molly. Molly shares and helps us learn to write for Genealogy so we can remember those precious stories and maybe write a book one day. Bring your paper and pen to create your story with all of us.
Guest are welcome! |
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Ever Researched Your Ancestors Railroad Records? (Monthly Program)
7:15 pm
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Thursday, March 20, 2025
Heirloom Recipes (Monthly Program)
7:15 pm South Canyon Lutheran Church, 700 S 44th St, Rapid City
6:30 pm: Mix and mingle;
7:00 pm: Short member meeting
7:15 pm: Program - One of our own members, Hayley Helms, will share her families coveted cookbook and recipes handed down from generations. This will be enjoyable for us to hear about how they cooked for generations. If you have any vintage cookbooks or recipes, please feel free to share with us after the presentation!
Guests are Welcome!
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Researching Native American Ancestors (Monthly Program)
South Canyon Lutheran Church, 700 S 44th St, Rapid City
6:30 pm: Mix and mingle;
7:00 pm: Short member meeting
7:15 pm: Program - One of our members had the privilege to research an Native American Great Grandfather whom survived the Wounded Knee massacre. Ann Juette will share with us her steps in researching and how she found this information from a personal request. Plese feel free to invite other Native Americans that would like to learn how to trace their ancestors also. This will be a informative program for all.
Guest are Welcome! |
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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Researching in Deadwood (Monthly Program)
6:30 pm: Snacks; mix and mingle;
7:00 pm: Short member meeting
7:15 pm: Program - Roger Bohls, one of our members and a genealogist helped with a personal request to do some research for their ancestor. He spent most of his time in Deadwood and learned how and where to go about doing this efficiently. He will share his knowledge and experience so that we will have a easier time researching in Deadwood. We are very happy to have Roger's help.
Guests are welcome!
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Homestead Act (Monthly Program)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm South Canyon Lutheran Church, 700 S 44th St, Rapid City, SD
John Rankin one of our members will be presenting the Homestead Act of 1862 for us. This Act was a law that allowed citizens to claim 160 acres of public Land to live on and improve. Abraham Lincoln signed this into law during the Civil War.
We will be able to learn how to find out if our ancestors were part of this historic ACT!
Guests are welcome. |
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Sunday, August 24, 2025 through Sunday, August 31, 2025
Salt Lake City Research Trip (Other Interesting Events)
8:00 am Salt Lake City
Dates are August 24 – 31, 2025. Mark your calendar. As the time gets closer, more information will be available. |
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Thursday, September 18, 2025
The Harvey Girls (Monthly Program)
South Canyon Lutheran Church, 700 S 44th St, Rapid City
6:30 pm: Mix and mingle;
7:00 pm: Short member meeting
7:15 pm: Program - Who is a decendant from one of the Harvey Girls? Would you like to learn more about them and some personal stories. Ann Juette's Grandmother was a Harvey Girl so we will have an amazing personal look at the Harvey Girls. I am so very excited to have history like this told personally to us.
Guests are Welcome!!
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