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UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Annual General Meeting of the MHSA will be held at the Vietnamese Mennonite Church in Calgary. The church is located at 167 Whitefield Dr. NE [map]. The morning session will be the annual business meeting. This year we will review the By-Laws with the hope that we will have them ready to apply to the Government to become a Society. The By-Laws as proposed will be mailed to all the members and will also be posted on the MHSA Website.

In the afternoon, the Vietnamese congregation will tell their story of what happened in their country, how they arrived in Canada and their experiences adjusting to a new climate, language and culture. If you are interested in attending that day, please send us an or phone MHSA at 403-250-1121 so that we can let the caterers know how many people will be there for lunch.

The MHSA Archives and Library will be open on
Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We hope to see many of you there.

The Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta located in the MCCA Building at 2946-32 Street N.E. is open every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We welcome visitors to come browse our books and records, check on Mennonite History, and look for family history information or some other topic of interest. We are also in need of Volunteers to assist us in doing the work of the Society. A learning session for volunteers will be arranged.

Please take note that the membership fee for 2012 is now $30 a year

ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

Namaka Farm Mennonite Cemetery Burial Registers. -- 1929-1947. -- 1 cm of textual records
[all archival descriptions]

NEW PUBLICATIONS GO ON SALE

A Generation of Vigilance: The Lives & Work of Johannes and Tina Harder. For several decades, the Harders were the most prominent and influential MB church and conference leaders in British Columbia. Says Regehr, their story illustrates “a process of religious accommodation similar to that experienced by many other immigrant groups and also by others churches when faced with rapid change” - one not without controversy. They held high standards of church discipline and strict codes of Christian conduct. As well, they “provided much appreciated leadership during a time of very rapid change as Mennonite immigrants from the Soviet Union tried to establish themselves in Canada.” (order form).

GRANDMA 6! - Now available
This amazing collection of over 1.107 million Mennonites is based on family history submissions compiled by the California Mennonite Historical Society. The CD comes with an unregistered copy of Brothers Keeper (a recommended genealogical software), and instructions on how to search, update and submit your own family history data for a future release (order form).

Support the MHSA by purchasing your Mennonite history books from us. Your purchases, memberships and donations help maintain our archives, library & research support services. Other books now available for purchase:

PHOTOS FOR IDENTIFICATION
Alexander Warkentin submitted this photo (2010.017) with SOME names. Can you add others?
photo 2010.017
There are over 50 photos submitted this year - see if you can help our submitters.
[see all photos for identification]

LIBRARY BOOKS
Our complete library catalogue is now online

We have a small collection of German-language "readers". Did you use a Fiebel as a student or teacher? Can you tell us more about our collection? We'd like to feature them in a future newsletter or on this site. Contact Us!.

NEW! SCHOOL YEARBOOK INDEXES/PHOTOGRAPHS
Canadian Mennonite Bible College - 1955/56
Coaldale Bible School - 1955/56, 1956/57, 1961/62, 1962/63
Elim Bible Institute - 1963/64
Mennonite Brethren Bible College - 1947/48
Rosthern Junior College - 1970/71, 1971/72, 1973/74
Tabor Bible School - 1931

Hilda Neufeld, Didsbury, AB

GENEALOGY DATA SOURCE
Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization Records

CMBoC Front

Genealogy Projects & Resources (ALL)

ADVICE

Archives Committee Chair, Ted Regeh Author, Irene Klassen

Providing Access to our Historical Materials

The MHSA Library and Archives is staffed and open to researchers and visitors every Thursday (and by appointment 403.250.1121). Volunteers are on hand to provide reference assistance while continuing the work of administering and preserving the collection of materials, as well as working on translation, transcription and extraction projects.

Note: Due to the preservation mandate, the entire library and archives collection is for reference use only. No books or archival items may be removed by visitors, researchers, or organizations. No exceptions.