Milwaukee County Genealogical Society

 

REPORTER

ISSN 0740-1531

M.C.G.S. Reporter, is available online in pdf format, in members only section, including current issue and back issues from 1969.

Volume 54    Number   1   February 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Calendar of Events: Monthly Board Meetings & Membership Meetings/Programs 3-4
MCGS "Beginner" Genealogy Classes Area Research Groups 5
Minutes of the MCGS General Meeting of Friday, October 8, 2022 6
Minutes of the MCGS General Meeting of Friday, November 18, 2022 6
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Landscape and Spiritual Renewal of the Borderland in Northwest Bohemia 7
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Are Your Ancestors Safe from Burial Disruption in Wisconsin? 8
Area Research Groups 9
New MCGS Members 9
Milwaukee County Vital Records at the Milwaukee Public Library 10
City of Milwaukee Vital Records with images available at Ancestry.com 10
Researching and Obtaining Records at the Milwaukee County Court House Register of Deeds 10-12
The Abbreviated Life of Wolfgang Aschenbrenner by Judy Klimt Houston 13-15
New Materials In the Local History Collections Milwaukee Public Library 16
Der Storchs Aus Hesse Cassel; Milwaukee Wir Werden Blieben - Part 3 by Stephen Storch 17-23
Quick Tips 24
Upcoming Genealogy Events and Conferences Outside of MCGS 25-27
Legacy Family Tree Webinars' 2023 Mexico Research Series 28
Share the Knowledge 29
Membership Form 30
MCGS Board Members 31
   

 


Volume 53    Number   4   November 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Calendar of Events: Monthly Board Meetings & Membership Meetings/Programs 99-100
MCGS "Beginner" Genealogy Classes Area Research Groups 101
Area Research Groups 102
Minutes of the MCGS General Meeting of Friday, June 24, 2022 103
Minutes of the MCGS General Meeting of Friday, September 23, 2022 104
New MCGS Members 104
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Summer Picnic a.k.a. "Picnic in Ancestral Grove" 105
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Bring Family History Alive in Bite-Sized Projects 106
Fiesta Fiesta Fiesta by Margarita Sandoval Skare 107-108
Der Storchs Aus Hesse Cassel; Milwaukee Wir Werden Blieben - Part 2 by Stephen Storch 109-114
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) by Diane Piedt 115-117
Share the Knowledge 118-119
Upcoming Genealogy Events and Conferences Outside of MCGS 120-121
New Material In the Local History Collections Milwaukee Public Library 122
Membership Form 123
Annual Index of the Reporter 124-126
MCGS Board Members 127
   

 

 


Volume 53    Number   3   August 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Letter from the Board 67
Calendar of Events & Monthly Programs 68-71
Area Research Groups 72
Local Ethnic Festivals 72
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Genealogy Research at the Library of Congress from Your Home Computer 73
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Introduction to the Family History Guide 74
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Using Fort Wayne's Genealogy Center and the Periodical Source Index to Advance Your Research 75
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Show and Tell 76
Burial Disruptions in Milwaukee County: Help Is Needed to Find Descendants by Judy Houston 77-82
New Materials In the Local History Collections Milwaukee Public Library 83
Quick Tips 83
Der Storchs Aus Hesse Cassel; Milwaukee Wir Werden Blieben by Stephen Storch 84-87
Share the Knowledge 88
In Memoriam 89
New MCGS Members 89
Upcoming Genealogy Events and Conferences Outside of MCGS 90-93
Membership Form 94
MCGS Board Members 95
   

 


Volume 53    Number   2   May 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Letter from the Board 35
Calendar of Events & Monthly Programs 36-37
Area Research Groups 38
Local Ethnic Festivals 38
Upcoming Genealogy Events and Conferences Outside of MCGS 39-41
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Thomas MacEntee by Karen Jegen 42
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Patricia Glover-Howare by Karen Jegen 43
Tools of the Trade by John Gurda 44-45
1950 Census Sources at the Milwaukee Public Library by Daniel Lee 46-47
Part 1: Oleson, Olsen, Olson Family Reunion Cemetery Tour by Diane Piedt 48-49
Part 2: Woodlawn Cemetery by Diane Piedt 49
Part 3: (Olson) Relatives in Woodlawn Cemetery, Milwaukee by Diane Piedt 50-51
How to Write a Family Story by Stephen Storch 52-53
Rumsey Maps to be Text-searchable by Judy G. Russell 54-55
Share the Knowledge 56-57
New MCGS Members 57
New Materials In the Local History Collections Milwaukee Public Library 58-59
In Memoriam 60-61
Membership Form 62
MCGS Board Members 63
   

 


 

Volume 53    Number   1   February 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Letter from the Board 3
Calendar of Events & Monthly Programs 4-5
Area Research Groups 6
Black History is American History by Karen Jegen 7
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Bob Rettammel, M.A. by Karen Jegen 8
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, GGL by Karen Jegen 9
Legacy Family Tree Webinar's 2022 Mexican Research Series 10
Milwaukee Finds Its Original City Flag by Jeramey Jannene, UrbanMilwaukee.com 11-12
The Znader Brothers in Milwaukee by Nancy I. Z. Reese 13-15
1950 Census Release by Victoria Macchi, National Archives News 16-17
Legacy Family Tree Webinars 18-19
Share the Knowledge 20-21
Quick Tips 21
Visit Your Local Family History Centery by Bob Heck 22-23
Citing Sources Without Stressing Out by Amy Johnson Crow 24-25
New Materials In the Local History Collections Milwaukee Public Library 26-27
In Memoriam 28
New MCGS Members 29
Membership Form 30
MCGS Board Members 31
   

 


 

Volume 52    Number   4   November 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Calendar of Events & Monthly Programs 95
MCGS Genealogy Classes 96
Area Research Groups 96
A Brief Review of the MCGS Program: C.T. Kruger by Karen Jegen 97
Mexican Fiesta by Margarita Sandoval Skare 98-99
History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin 100
Upcoming Genealogy Events 101-103
Part 3 of My Amazing Berg Ancestral Discoveries by Dan Berg 104-105
Weinahr Rendezvous by  Melvyn Foley 106-107
How I Found My Civil War Ancestor, James Thompson by Diane Piedt 108-113
New Materials In the Local History Collections Milwaukee Public Library 114
Broadening Your Genealogy Terminology Submitted by Rose M. Boggs 115
FamilySearch Completes Digitization by Karen Jegen 116-117
New MCGS Members 118
Membership Form 119
Annual Index of the REPORTER 120-122
MCGS Board Members 123
   

 


 
 
 
August 2023 REPORTER deadline is July 1, 2023
 
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Do you have a relative that has an interesting story?  Do you have some hints for finding records that worked for you?  If so, please share your antidotes/stories or research hints for a future Reporter to Reporter Editor.  If you can send the article in MSWord that would be helpful, and pictures are wonderful too!  Let's see your name in print and hear your great stories!
 
 
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Do you have a genealogy research story to tell or research tips to share? How did you break through that brick wall? Do you have a suggestion for an article topic that you would like to know more about?
 
Our quarterly newsletter, the MCGS Reporter, not only goes out to our members, we also share it with other Genealogy Societies and Research Libraries in the U.S.
 
If you would like to submit an article to appear in the MCGS Reporter, please send it for review to the editor at editor@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 
The submission deadlines are:
February issue - January 1st
May issue - April 1st
August issue - July 1st
November issue - October 1st
 

 
M.C.G.S. Reporter, is available online in pdf format, in members only section, including current issue and back issues from 1969.