Milwaukee County Genealogical Society, Inc.

Monthly Program Schedule

Regular monthly meeting of MCGS at Milwaukee Central Library
814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Room 1 except where noted
Program follows business meeting - starts about 1:30.

Friday, February 24, 2012
Sanborn Maps at the Library and Online Milwaukee Public Library Librarian

Sanborn Maps is an American publisher of historical and current maps of U.S. cities and towns that were initially created to estimate fire insurance liabilities. The company's maps are frequently used for preservation and restoration efforts. Learn how to use this valuable resource to track your family and, hopefully, fill in some missing information. Maps are now online at www.mpl.org.

Friday, March 23, 2012
Germany and the Holocaust Nathan Taffel.

Germany and the Holocaust, Nathan Taffel. Milwaukeean Nathan Taffel is the author of the book "Stolen Childhood", which is his story of coming of age while surviving the Holocaust. Two days after his twelfth birthday his town of Radomysl, Poland was besieged by the SS and his family fled on a horse drawn wagon. "Stolen Childhood" retells Nate's story of inner strength, his struggles, his overcoming hate and his perseverance. The book includes maps and illustrations, actual photos from the Holocaust, photos of some of Nate's family members that perished and photos of some family that survived. The book is $9 + S/H and is available from his website: http://nathantaffel.com/.

Friday, April 27th, 2012
Finding Grandma's Ancestors Steve Szabados.

Local genealogist Steve Szabados provides many wonderful resources and websites for researchers to use when tracing ancestors, primarily Polish, but he also other Eastern European records.

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Genealogy Research on Library Computers Virginia Schwartz.

Have you made the best use of the genealogy information available on the Milwaukee Public Library's computers. Virginia Schwartz will guide you through the mysteries of County Cat. Then, there will be a discussion about the availability of the 1940 US Census features.

Interested in presenting a genealogy-related topic at a Friday MCGS Meeting?
Contact Kay Voss.
We are always looking for suggestions from Members of what topics they are interested in and suggestions of interesting speakers. This information is saved and passed along to the next Program Coordinator, so even if not scheduling can't be accomplished immediately, it is valued input! We are eager to provide speakers that are of interest to all of our diverse Members. If you have heard a good speaker, fun ideas for programs or have some educational topics you would like to hear about, just let us know.