Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Seminar

The Sioux Valley Genealogical Society (SVGS) will be hosting a Genealogy Seminar on Saturday, 18 April 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church, 602 N. Cliff Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  More information can be found at the Sioux Valley Genealogical Society web site.

Gail Blankenau of Nebraska is the featured speaker.  She is an experienced genealogist and photo historian who shares her research and advice in many well-known periodicals.  We are proud to have her as a Nebraska genealogist!

Topics at the Genealogy Seminar are ...
Stories in Stone - Cemetery Research
Using German Parish Records
Who is hiding in your drawer? - dating and identifying photographs

She will also be speaking at a free seminar on Friday, 17 April 2015 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Siouxland Libraries Main Branch, 200 N. Dakota Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  The topic for this will be Beginning Genealogy - Hunting and Gathering.

While you are checking out the seminar, be sure to browse through the web site.  If you have ancestry in that part of South Dakota, there is a good deal of information available.