{"id":1097,"date":"2021-12-27T17:32:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2021-12-27T17:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:34:56","slug":"immigrant-exhibits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/immigrant-exhibits\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrant Exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, I discovered that the Minnesota Digital Library launched several online exhibits about Minnesota immigrants. In the one on immigrant experiences, something jumped out at me: Lars Fjeseth. You might recall that this is not our Lars, but the two have similar names and lived at the same time near each other: <a href=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/fjerestad-versus-fjeseth\/\">https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/fjerestad-versus-fjeseth\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new exhibits are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Minnesota Immigrants: People on the Move<\/li><li>Minnesota Immigrants: Immigrant Experiences<\/li><li>Minnesota Immigrants: Preserving Culture<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There also is an older exhibit called Farm to Table. <a href=\"https:\/\/collection.mndigital.org\/exhibits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find all four exhibits here<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, I clicked through and explored some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mndigital.org\/projects\/primary-source-sets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Primary Source Sets<\/a>, which were very interesting. Here are three of my favorites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota<\/li><li>Lumber Industry in Minnesota<\/li><li>Mining on the Iron Range<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have added a lot of resources since the last time I checked! Let&#8217;s see what they have for Chisholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"973\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mdl-chisholm-1024x973.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1098 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mdl-chisholm-1024x973.png 1024w, https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mdl-chisholm-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mdl-chisholm-768x730.png 768w, https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mdl-chisholm-1536x1459.png 1536w, https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mdl-chisholm-2048x1946.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/973;\" \/><figcaption>Here we see that we get 151 items when we search for Chisholm in the Minnesota Digital Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several pictures of the mines and also the ruins after the 1908 fire. While few of the people are labeled, you can get an idea of what it looked like to be there in the early 1900s, which is when William and Katri Laitala arrived in Chisholm. I think these two pictures might be my favorite:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.mndigital.org\/catalog\/irrc:1771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The livery in Chisholm around 1900<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.mndigital.org\/catalog\/irrc:1725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lake Street in 1911<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That could be my great-grandfather William standing there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I discovered that the Minnesota Digital Library launched several online exhibits about Minnesota immigrants. In the one on immigrant experiences, something jumped out at me: Lars Fjeseth. 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