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‘Spring 2900 asus $2 Rive County Concalogical Society Rice County, Miuuasot Web site: roeouns blogspot.com ‘We are on Facebok TENTATIVE MEETING DATES ‘he Riee Couaty Goneslogival Soiery (RCGS) usualy moors the 4* Tuesday ofthe rvmil ut varios mes and locations. Thus the Cuvidel9 panfearc, oar meetings re on hid, When its salto reschedule meetings. luk for nerie hy email, fem pur website or eal the Ries Canny Hisevieal Society (307-332-2121) for meeting intormativn ‘Angus September stop November Decomber OFFICERS Presidenr, Mary Zabel selee®@eareh.net Program Co-Chalss: She Garwoud suarwooiirchistory. ong Kathy News hl [email protected] Inewsurer: Newwea Giofer smkinshounalleom ‘Webnite sod Facchook: Kathy Ness i) nessiaml.com ‘Re Ging eet Berg gba <seteamcom MUMBURSETP Dues ate $2 for individual an $25 for fami. Membership is yearly January throng Pecember and inches Spring and Fall newsletter "Rice Gleanings", See back page for apoleation'renewal fon. RICE GERANINGS Pestissies of Rice Gleanings are online al archiveorgScarch “Ice Couns Gencalogical Sosiety” then sort by Us) foe aechive orgscarch phpquery sisters “Rive! County-Gunealouieul Society” @sor=silleSurlet Inthis issue 2, Message frm Prasident of the Rice County Genealogical Society, Mary Zabel Sew Ten Chotaae Brangetiol Swede Eoalran Cherch ond Cometers Millersburg (Rios Cont) MN plished by John Dalby. eserininn hy Jan Dalby, purchase infonnation Sue Garwoud 4.Tree Vile fiom Roorsiech 2020 5. Access lu Nalioal Genealogical Soc 4. Alfert Alexander Dushek hy Mary Zabel 5.Ona Lighter Note (67, Roman Llinceski, Seawching for Ship Acvival Recon by Harriet Berg 7, Searshing with Wild Canis on Ancestry Cort 7 Rive County Genealogical Soetety Library uate fhom Cathy Osterman 8, Mothership Applicaion'Retewal Fors Muay 4nd Face Genealogy Resourees Rive Gleanings Issue 5 Spring 2020 1 ‘Message from the President of the Riee County Genealogical Society, Mary Zahel Ay T eontinue to reud Genealogy Newsletters fom al over the stats, a common smuggle seems to present itself, “What is our punpuse a8 an ‘organization und do needs for our ocganizations still exist?” The Rice County Genealogy Society has loag and strong history of helping members pavigatc their way through form brick and mortar agencies and literary sources that have recorded our familys journey 0 the presenL. Our soelety helped te point out those avenues. Today there obviously ace significantly essier ways to make the trip rater ‘tha om foot vith pen and paper in hand We felt ‘wes may have lost our uselilness and discussed the potential of non-existence lor lack of eed asi appeared thal on-line progres had usurped our role ‘With further thought, we noted that peal fate continuing us se te intomet which is inereasingly making this information accessible. Mt bas prornoted a large variety of systems which, provide the information as well us olTering & foormal {brits documentation. These xysterns allow for dats collection right in the comfort of people's homes at cost us suriable as the sources providing Snformation, We agrool that despite this wealth of inloruistion, wo had valid concerns worth sharing, ‘one persomal experiences about how sorme «these programs secure theis information. We arc Inerodibly lucky to have a varioty oC imembers who citer huve authored some of these programs or Ihave hud significant experience in usiny one of more sourees to record their nly history After long fseussions and indovisiveness, we cconelnded th 1 had to try to provide some ‘educational offrings relared th the uss of some of | These programs or oonsiver that our organization bad served its best purpose and opt for disbanding, ‘We opted for atempting some educational ‘opportunitics aud took the plunge to offer to our community what skills we hal. Our trial class ‘lleting focused om shuring ave host practices und Cevaltalions uf east cHleetivenes trom sur persons Rice Gleanings Tose 52 Spring 2020 ‘expurienee, We also decided to share our pres amt ‘cons us well as offer prowotypes of family documcatations. ‘We collaborated with on local historical societies io help as get the information vut there aout Ube huss offerings and utilized their fcilites in 9 vast shang experience that has yiel sin our First bo attempts. Our ppantieipants have boen great about sharing heir experiences a well as the journey hough on-line resouees together. am so proud and thrall as the class instructors have voluntarily developed those series of classes ia the inerest of shaving nowledge with fulure generations. Our socicty hus ‘svowa in alembership as a sceondary result, We are teusently hindered by the Covid-19 pandemic bt vl continue ous venture as out society currently has stg goal and purpose. posisive intrest and New Book Published by John Dulhy ‘The hocik Civistcala Prumgelival Swoolsh Lucan ach amid Cemetery AMilorstuag Rice Comat) LM covers trom the status the disbanding of the Church, Ineluded in tbe book are pletares of the Fouacling fathers, the history of the building of the ‘shure, former Pastors and obituaries vf the people buried in the cemetery ‘With the many donugions thom telatives and friends ‘of Chuistdala, the Preservation Board hr heen able lo re-rol paint and fix windows of Ue chute, Also, donations have male il possible to fence th ‘church annd wemetery property. wd May pole. Dovation of and has increased the size of the somareey To purchase the book call the Rice Cowity Historical Saciety Museum 507-332-2121, or stop by the Muscom (call frst due to limited number of patrons allowed in the Museum store ih time) ‘or email vhs rchisiory.ore to place your order ‘The book 18 $10 plus wax and sipping, ice Cleanings Issue $2 Spring 2020 Free Videos from Rootstech Our April and May meetings were eamveled duc to ‘the Tlu Pandomiy. We had planned wo view two videos from the 2020 Roolstech, Those two Videos, ps more. can be accessed. for Free, nim your home compuler or viewing al your Ieisure Toaccess the videos 1. ravtstech.org 2. click Video Archive 5. on drup-dovn list click Wree Video Archive 4, Roots Tech 2020, tree choi Keynove a Cleaeral Roots Tech Sessions LDS Members sessions 5, choose Roots Tech Sessions there are 19 session choioes 5, chose the ous you want to vie A few [have viewed and recommend are “Finding Vour Elusive Female Ancestons” ‘Crema Research for the Everyday Amuerioan” “2019: Your ol the Copyright Option us 4 the Keynotes and General Sessions {are mare geacralimspirationalfenferlaining with life stories 1 lewed the session featuring Frmwitt Srl. 1 remeber hn from “Dancing with che Stars” ‘thors mig reall ix Football career Other Genaral Sessions, from another yeur, I've ‘viewed and recoramend are 22018 Sealt Hesilton 2018 Dr Hoary Louis Gates J, National Genealogical Society js olleting non-members free access ro five years of NGS Monthly through 31 Tuly 2020. Evervone jnnerested in family history can ead insight fil ‘ucts tn the digital publication acchive [email protected]>Learaiag Center NGS ‘Mamihly> Archive “Also cheek out the option in the | zatning Center drop down menu Free Genealogy Resources. Albert Alexander Dushek by Mary Zabel As experiance the unsertiing, unknowns of ‘our currant pandemic, Lean only understand the tip of the ieehers that my grandparents experisneed ‘back in the pandomis ef 1917. Back then, the knowledge about the methous at spread were limited and the analysis of the spread and eceutions limited as well. My srwadparents, rank ane! Mary (Meixnet) Dushek, lad nine childen, ranging in age trom thirteen to twcary~ four, with my mother being the youngest. The information Thave gleaned is Fenn het personal experience of the disease that cook the Hie al one of her older brothers in a matter of three days. Her brother, Albert Alexander Dushies, was ‘young healthy tweny-lwo-year-old Lac with ne ‘medial probleas, gaged to be marred in he next several months, working as a Gasauith a the Kiog Ventilating Company in Owatonna. It was i ‘the sviler of 1920 when he hitched his horse co the ‘waigoa aad headed ots tow, Mom described i fs cold und blustory ove, but he made itlome ‘without incident. The nex! day he eame down with high fever, chills, and overall weakness, He spent 2 days in bed. Mom observed him shaking Voleutly and having dillieulty zesponding. He died ‘the next diy’ [o everyone’? shock and eur of what happened, Think zoodness no one elve in their Family of'six, who sll Hved at home, experienced ‘he severity symptoms that rested im his dea, ‘Thore was at ourpousing of rie Faun all the neighiaors as they likawise feared the cause Amached is tne Beautiful headstone that eraces his tgrave in Sacred TTeart Cometery ‘vem though itis 100 years to date from this event (ior Abert, we carey the some Fear of the uanksown outcome, panivulerly lo the aged and individuals with comorbidities. We await the focmulation of a vieeine that in 1920 they knew m. yelilsexistence, We have a realty experience of ‘an unkatown ontenme and huve sone firsthand knowledge of the fears they Liv numerous ailments sl threatened thei family wit. May we soon be protected from this virus. vsith and Rice Gleanings tse $2 Spring 2020 Sacred Heart Cemetcr ‘wwatonna, Steele County, Minnesota Alert Alexander Dushek: Ona Lighter Note Genealogy Sayings from around the Web “Why waste your monsy looking up yeu fanity tree, Jus go into polities and your opponent will do il or your” — Marke Twi, You live a Iong as you are remembered ‘Russian proverb He who se no Zoos. knaves, ux begga in his fiunily was begot by a flash of lighting,” = Old English Proverb Genealogy without Documentation is mythology Genvalogy is like playing hide and seek: They Tide... we see “Ted to have w lot of frce time then L discovered genealogy” 1 didatecally wan! to get into genealogy? Kept puting it off] When [sluted, within six weeks | hha myy father narrowed down to ane of three or four people! —-old joke Genealagy: where ihe auswrer to one probleat leads to wo more ‘Giencalogy is like @ magic uaitor, Look into it, and pretty soon, interesting faces spp. “EF yqu don’t recount your family history it will be last. Honor your oven stories and tell them too, The tales may nut seem very important, but they are whut hinds fumilies aud makes each of us who we are” by Madeline Lingle | did a quick search atthe brary and found Tam sdesoernded thom Old King Cole ~a begimsr So many ancestors so little time. Rive Gleanings Ine 52 Spring 2020 Photograpliee Cothy Osterean, taken Mar 2020 ‘the Old Gand Theater is now the Grand Lvents Cenisr in Northfield, Minnesota. This phote i found on the Nordalield Historical Society Blog and used here with permission. Cathy: says "it did make me chuckle when Took the poo” Roman Hincheski Searching for Ship Arrival Record tye Hart Bere tons of war meetings several years back, Mary Zabel nettoned she had ro heer abl to Fin The Ship atival recon for her grander Ronan inches. {thought I wou give ita try ‘He vas bor 14 Ja 1869 i Poland, seven the German military, inunigratd to Ovatern, Siete County, Minnesota where he spent the res! ot his lie 1900 census migrated 1891 1910 census immigrated 1890 1920 census imieated 1896 Soncehing the Immigration and Travel eategory in “Ancestry.com, | tried every spelling combination of Fis lastname L eoold thine of but did not find him. Much later I thoweht ta try looking for al ith just the frst nam of Roman (po Int narne entered). Using a wide tims rame for both his birt ad antival denes T did find him after going through may, many pages of the index aml looking a the sonaye af those with last name starting with “I ‘Foune] a Roman Herkgewsid in the index. ‘The jpasenger list image showed him arriving Port of New York 26 May 1893. age 24 destination “Owatonna Minn” — that’s him! Using a nartower eriverion barn 1869 4 1 year and arrival 1903 14-5 yoary be is S* om the lst and the ‘only one with last name beginning with letter H. “lis destination “Onsaronna, Minn” was thy erideal information meee us prove this isthe comet person. ‘More revenly I have leaened about using wild cards to do « more ellicient scarel when there is ancertainy abu spelling, Roman ski bom 1869 ~! | year and atrival 1893 i $ years finds aly one pessoa inthe inde meeting these orteria ‘Gad practice, in addition to copying, the page trom the passenger lis containing you ancestor, copy the fast and last page ef the Tis and always rcoord the souree. Do look around the paye where sou find ‘you ancestor tor others conning from the same Insulin, you ani find reatfves, neiyhbors oe Iiends, ice Gleanings Issue 92 Spring 2000 Ship Aller, Captain H, Christoffers Departed Lzom Bremen, Geomaty with 795 passengers, 12 move at Soulbanipton, Hoglend ‘Total $07 passenyess Arrived Port of New York 26 May 1893 Page 7 of 15, entry 354, line 16 Roman Herkpewskd [sie Hinchenkil Age: 24 years, can Read and Write ‘Native Counny: German Lact Residenve: Bremen Intended Destination: Owatonna. Min Nuuaber of Pieces of Baggaue: | Portof Fanbadkation: Brees Page 7 (top hall) Sexwse Cition ‘Year 19H, Ava New You (ISA; Micros Sova M252, THOO-L997, Lite 16 Sous Twain ‘as, Net Vo Pes 1937 Idatabase olin, avo, OT USA, ‘ancestry sam Operatic te, 2010 ig Pat: Praag Lins of Vowel Arising st New Work New York 1820-1897. Mirosin Picton M217, ‘575 ui, NAP 6256857 Reals of he 18. Coons Service, Recoed Group 36, National Archive at Washingt, D¢ Page 1 al 5 Ship Aller feom Bremen srrived Port al New York 26 May 1893 Page 15 of 1S Ship Allee from Bremen arrived Port of Now York 26 May 1893 ‘Rice Glen. a 52 Spring 2120 Searching with Wild Cards from Ancestry.com “Wild catds are special symbols used in searetes te roprosent unknown letters i a word. ‘Ancestry uses the asterisk (*) wad the question spark ()es-wild cams. Ifyou dida't know, for exemple swhotbor certain last name was spelled * Nielsen” or Nielsen” you eould do a search far the name using a wild carl where the unknown letter goes: Niels, ‘The * represents zero five characters, while the ? represen one character, Wild cars do not work with Soundes matches. When searching with wild ‘cade, the ist and last charactor mast nal ath be ‘wild cards, an sll seervhes containing wild ears ‘must contin a Joust dee aon-wikkl curd Tetes. For esumple, though scarchiny “Sohnsou and Inhnso® woukd work, "ohinss® would ot: ane! while “iL would work I would not, ‘To #lad sams that bein withthe same [eles or to find altomote spellings of tbe same name; “Frau” vail produce resulls for both Frank and Prancine, and Lact will praduce results for Lacy, Lacey, Fac and Lacie” ‘Nove: other data bases (familysearch.com) may Ihave diffaccatcrleri far the use of wald cards 00 their site Rice County Genealogical Society Library (Our Genealogy Library is locale in the Nowhfiekd Lishrial Soeieyy Building, 408 Division Sree, orthe, sharing spao> with the Hiirien Soily's Tibrry. To visit the Hhrary, make an "ppoiaunect with tae Nom bteldTistrical Society fall 17-645-9268 or eri ‘vtermand@nortdieldhistary org Library now from Cathy Ostemnan, Executive 1 Soviviy: There ‘water Keak in Feb, “The room that was the lirary is now an office snd the library shelves, honks amd Fie oinets have heen moved into the work myo, where there ist TON mors space! T think i's going 10 be a gow Jecatian for everything moving forward.” Rice County Genealogical Society 408 Division Street Northfield, MN $5057 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION / RENEWAL “Membership is yearly January through December Name_ s Address iy Site Yip i Phone Email x : Type of Membership___ Individual $20 per year Family $25 per year Sead application (with check payable to Rice County Gencalogical Society) to Rice County Geneulouical Society 408 Division Street ‘Noubield, MN Rie Gleanings Issue 52 Spring 2020