Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta

Donations Welcome

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The MHSA is such a small organization (with a big web presence) that we haven't incorporated plastic into the means by which transactions are made.  However, thanks to CanadaHelps.org, they will accept donations on our behalf and transfer the monies to us on a regular basis. 

If you would like to make a donation to the work of the MHSA, please simply click on the Donate Now button and walk through the simple steps.  They only take 3% of the donation to pay for the credit card processing charges - the rest comes directly to the MHSA.

In 2008, we are fundraising for an additional bank of mobile shelving (about $2,500) and a microfilm-to-computer image processing tool (about $1,100).  If you can help with contributions, it will make us more effective in offering assistance in your genealogy work.

In kinship and for MHSA
Judii

Postcards Update

This little project has taken off!  See: http://www.mennonitehistory.org/projects/postcards/index.html

As of today, you can find 17 very interesting postcards on the MHSA website.  They've been submitted  by persons in Kansas, Northwest Territories, and Alberta.

We've placed brief facts about each online (year, sender, recipient and theme), a thumbnail sketch and links to face and reverse.  If you want to be in touch with the submitter, e-mail addresses are available aside each submission.

The submissions are also organized into various thematic pages:

• Date (1900-09, 1910-1919, 1920-29, 1930-39, 1940-49)
• Commercial or Family Photo source
• Originating country  (Canada, Russia, USA)
• Submitter

So - use the link above, explore and enjoy!

Judii
for MHSA

Mennonite Historical Societies - Across Canada

Mennonite Historical Society of BC

• Resources:  reference library and archives
• Events: several public meetings a year
• Membership: $25
• Location: 211 - 2825 Clearbrook Rd, Abbotsford, BC
• Open:  Mon-Fri 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Web: www.mhsbc.com/

Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta

• Resources:  reference library and archives
• Events: Workshops, two membership meetings a year
• Membership: $20
• Location: 2496 - 32 Street NE, Calgary, AB
• Open:  Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Web:  www.mennonitehistory.org

Mennonite Historical Society of Sasktachewan

• Resources:  reference library and archives
• Events: regular meetings
• Membership: $25 ($40/couple)
• Location: 900 - 110 La Ronge Road, Saskatoon, SK
• Open:  Mon 1:30-4:00 pm; Wed 1:30-4:00 pm and 7:00-9:00 pm
• Web:  www.mhss.sk.ca/

Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society

• Resources:  publishing Mennonite history books
• Events: Workshops, public meetings
• Membership: $25, couple: $40, student: $10
• Web: http://www.mmhs.org/

Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario

• Resources: Ontario Mennonite History (periodical)
• Events:  Workshops, Seminars, two public meetings annually
• Location:  Brubacher House, North Campus, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
• Location:  Detweiler Meetinghouse, 3384 Roseville, Road, Ayr, ON
• Membership:  $15, family: $20, student: $5
• Web: http://www.mhso.org/

In kinship,
Judii for MHSA

Postcards - Another Window to the Past

Leann Heinrichs has posted a few postcards to her Blog and is inviting participation in translating them. Does anyone have interest in helping with translations?

see: http://ksborn.blogspot.com/

Meanwhile, I’m sure all of you will enjoy looking at them. Leann plans to upload a few at a time and apparently has quite a few.

Such cards are the sort that I mentioned in a recent MHSA Newsletter.

If you have postcards of this sort, please consider donating them to the MHSA for the development of a collective understanding of what kinds of postcards were in use in Canada/Germany/Russia – and what was conveyed on them.

It is particularly interesting that Canadian Mennonite used postcards so freely, when one thinks about the fact that communication from Russia in the form of letters were censored in the last century.

The face and back of one in my collection appears to the right.  It is written in gothic Germn (Schrift) by P. Froese with wishes for a good new year.  Just click the images to enlarge them.

See the first documents in our online exhibition at: www.mennonitehistory.org/projects/postcards/

In kinship,

Judii for MHSA