Speakers Bureau

BECHS Speakers Bureau is available for informative and entertaining programs from service clubs, organizations, church groups or nursing/assisted living homes.  Topics range from history of Blue Earth County to the history of hats.  To request a speaker or to volunteer for our Speakers Bureau, please contact Jessica at 345-5566 or email the Executive Director.

Topic List

• 1918 Flu Epidemic 

• Blue Earth County Churches
  

• Blue Earth County Schools

• Blue Earth County Historical Society’s Veterans project 

• Beginner’s Guide to Writing Your Family History 

• Beginning Genealogy

• Blizzards

• Cemetery Preservation & Tour

• Cemetery Research          

• Census Research

• Crimes in Blue Earth County

• Dakota Conflict

• Family Reunions

• Family Traditions          

• History of Blue Earth County Historical Society

• History of Fires in Blue Earth County

• History of Floods in Mankato  

• History of Minnesota Park

• History of Quilts           

• History of the Blue Earth County Courthouse

• History of the Indian Creek Area

• House History Research

• Identifying Photographs 

• Lost: Historical Building in Blue Earth County

• Marriage Rites and Customs

• Meet the Hubbard's

• Migration to Minnesota

• Newspaper Research      

• Oral Histories

• Photograph and Paper Preservation
  

• Minnesota Statehood

• Poor Farm History          

• Probate Records Research

• Welsh in Blue Earth County

• Women's Club Movement in Blue Earth County

Many of these programs include powerpoint presentation

For information on any of these programs or to schedule a presentation please contact Jessica at 345-5566