The royal couple of Norway, King Harald V and Queen Sonja, visited Duluth to participate in a ceremony rededicating Enger Tower on Monday, October 17, 2011.
Family History Jamboree at the Library today
In celebration of Family History Month and the 40th Anniversary of the Twin Ports Genealogical Society, the Society and the Duluth Public Library present:
Family History Day Jamboree
Saturday, October 15th
11:00 – 4:30
Duluth Public Library – Green Room
This is an opportunity for everyone with an interest in family history research to learn about the resources available through the Duluth Public Library and the Twin Ports Genealogical Society.
On site research will be available during the day, including:
Getting Started resources for beginners
Ask a Genealogist services for those seeking solutions to research roadblocks
Demonstrations of the Library’s genealogical computers and microfilm resources
Demonstrations of the Library’s genealogical historical books and magazines
Demonstrations of options to create family trees and family histories
Echoes of Peace Community Choir will perform songs of immigration and migration
Drawings will be held for multiple door prizes at 4:00 p.m. Need not be present to win.
Early drawings of Enger Tower
Proposed sketch of Enger Tower, September 1937, by architect A. Reinhold Melander.
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New proposal for Enger Tower by architect A. Reinhold Melander, December 1937.
Both drawings are gifts to the library from Donald Melander.
