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• Research Day With Your Fellow N-AGA Members

  • When
    28 Feb 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center Founders Room

  Research Day With Your Fellow N-AGA Members 

  This is your opportunity to bring your research questions and receive help and advice from fellow N-AGA members.

  The Hoffman Library opens at 10am, so you could start your research in the library, then move to the Founders Room to continue your research and/or receive help and advice.

  
  

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• Pantebøker, with Jeff Huset

  • When
    28 Mar 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center Mississippi Room

  Pantebøker

  with Jeff Huset

  Pantebøker are historical Norwegian mortgage and property deed books used to officially register (tinglysning) legal agreements and transactions related to real estate. These records are a crucial historical and genealogical resource because they contain official copies (avskrifter or kopier) of documents such as 

  Deeds (skjøter) for land transfers,

  Mortgages (pantebrever) and other loan agreements,

  Rental/Cottager's contracts (husmannssedler),

  Pension contracts (føderåd) outlining agreements for care as part of an inheritance, 

  Surveys (målebrev) and property divisions (skylddelinger) and

  Servitudes and other agreements concerning property rights. 

  
  

  This will be a hybrid meeting, available in-person and via Zoom. N-AGA members will be sent a Zoom link prior to the meeting.
  

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• Understanding Your DNA, with Dixie Hansen

  • When
    25 Apr 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center Mississippi Room

  Understanding Your DNA,

  with Dixie Hansen

  
  

  Have you had your DNA tested?

  Do you understand the results you received?

  
  

  Dixie Hansen, a long-time member of N-AGA, is also a specialist in explaining how to read and interpret your DNA results. 

  
  

  This will be a hybrid meeting, available in-person and via Zoom. N-AGA members will be sent a Zoom link prior to the meeting.

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• Printing Your Family History Book; Tips From an Expert, with JoEllen Haugo

  • When
    23 May 2026
  •  
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center Founders Room

  Printing Your Family History Book; Tips From an Expert, with JoEllen Haugo

  
  

  This will be a hybrid meeting, available in-person and via Zoom. N-AGA members will be sent a Zoom link prior to the meeting.
  

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• The Men, the Myth, the Monarch and the Manor: Eidsvol 1814 with Sandra Bestland

  • When
    27 Jun 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center Mississippi Room

  The Men, the Myth, the Monarch and the Manor:

  Eidsvol 1814

  with Sandra Bestland

  Sandra is an Independent Scholar whose primary source research has taken her to cemeteries, churches, museums, battlefields, historic sites, and to archives here and abroad. She earned a B.A. in English Literature from Hamline University, and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas. Her interest in "all things Norwegian" was kindled during the pandemic shutdown. She is a member of many Norwegian culture groups and is editor of the Agderlag Avisen. Sandra and her British husband Bill reside in a suburb of St. Paul. Kong, their Siamese Manx cat, is a very friendly feline and comes and goes as he pleases. "Kong" means king in Norwegian. 

  
  

  We will also celebrate N-AGA's 43rd Anniversary with cake and coffee.

  This will be a hybrid meeting, available in-person and via Zoom. N-AGA members will be sent a Zoom link prior to the meeting.
  

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• 2026 Annual Meeting & Presentation on Viking Ancestry by Eleanor Brinsko

  • When
    26 Sep 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center Mississippi Room

  N-AGA 2026 Annual Meeting & Elections

  Please consider volunteering for one of the following offices: Co-President, Vice President or Secretary

  Approval of Revised Bylaws

  Because N-AGA has been approved to become our own 501(c)(3) charitable organization, we are required to make some revisions to our current Bylaws. All members will be sent an electronic draft of the revisions prior to the Annual Meeting. 

  Viking Ancestry

  with Eleanor Brinsko

  https://carlongenealogy.com
  

  Have you ever wondered whether you are a descendant of a Viking?

  
  

  Eleanor Brinsko, MLIS, is a professional genealogist and founder of Carlon Genealogical Services. She specializes in Scandinavian research and is a regular speaker for libraries, historical societies and genealogical associations. She also offers personalized research consultations. 

  
  

  This will be a hybrid meeting, available in-person and via Zoom. N-AGA members will be sent a Zoom link prior to the meeting.
  

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• The Art & History of Making Lefse, with Gary the Lefse King

  • When
    24 Oct 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Minnesota Genealogy Center Mississippi Room

  The Art & History of Making Lefse,

  with Gary, the Lefse King

  Gary, the Lefse King will bring his equipment and show us how to make lefse, while explaining the history and importance of lefse to Norwegians.

  
  

  This will be a hybrid meeting, available in-person and via Zoom. N-AGA members will be sent a Zoom link prior to the meeting.
  

  
  

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