Milwaukee County Genealogical Society
Filter by Category:  
Timeframe:

Search:   For:    Search  Clear Search
Listings Per Page: 

Records: 1 to 23 of 23


December Board Meeting
Monday, December 4
December Board Meeting  (MCGS Board Meetings)
10:30 am to 12:30 am
Online Zoom Board Meeting
 
Thinking about getting involved?
 
Be a guest at our board meeting.

If you would like to attend, please ask to be invited to the Board Meeting by sending an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 


Ask a Genealogist!
Saturday, December 9
Ask a Genealogist!  (MCGS/MPL Ask A Genealogist!)
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Milwaukee Public Library - Bay View Branch, 2566 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Ask a Genealogist!
 
Presented by the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society and Milwaukee Public Library
 
Do you want to learn more about your family history, but don't know where to begin?

Have you started researching your family, but need ideas of new places to look for information?
 
Work one-on-one with an experienced genealogist from the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society (MCGS). MCGS members will be available to answer your research questions and demonstrate search strategies to help find pieces of your family history puzzle.
 
 
 



Czech-Slovak Area Research Group
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Czech-Slovak Area Research Group  (Area Research Groups)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
 
Please send an email to info@sokolmilwaukee.org to be added to the zoom meeting invite list. 
 


MCGS Board Meeting
Friday, January 26, 2024
MCGS Board Meeting  (MCGS Board Meetings)
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
Thinking about getting involved? 
 
Be a guest at our board meeting.

If you would like to attend, please ask to be invited to the Board Meeting by sending an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 
 


MCGS Membership - Breathing New Life into Your Boring Ancestors by Melissa Barker
Friday, January 26, 2024
MCGS Membership - Breathing New Life into Your Boring Ancestors by Melissa Barker  (MCGS Membership Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
- MCGS membership meetings are in person at the Central Library (and also zoom online). The meetings will start with a short business meeting, followed by our speaker presentation about 1:30pm. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library! Melissa Barker will be speaking via zoom.
 
 
"Breathing New Life into Your Boring Ancestors"
 By Melissa Barker

There is no such thing as a boring ancestor! Many genealogists will say they have boring ancestors because they can't find records or information for them. Learn from a seasoned genealogist and archivist how to locate records and information to bring those boring ancestors back to life!
 
Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 19 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 33 years.
 
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM ONLINE for meeting.
 
Registration for Zoom Invite: - Register in advance for the meeting/presentation at Zoom Registration.

After registering, you will receive an automatic confirmation email containing information about joining the online meeting. (Check your spam folder.)
 


Class - Starting at Home: Milwaukee Public Library
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Class - Starting at Home: Milwaukee Public Library  (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave - IN PERSON
 
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
 
Starting at Home: Milwaukee Public Library
 
by Milwaukee Public Library Librarian
 
A spotlight on the special resources found at the Central Library in Milwaukee.
 
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
 
Please sign-up in advance for the class series using the online form or download the mail-in registration form, both forms found at MCGS Genealogy Classes information webpage. 
 
The Saturday morning classes will not be available via zoom, but a video recording will be made of each class. A new MCGS membership benefit, will be the ability for MCGS members to login into this website, and in the members only area to view a video recording of the 2023-2024 Beginner Genealogy Classes and download the class handouts.
 



MCGS Board Meeting
Friday, February 23, 2024
MCGS Board Meeting  (MCGS Board Meetings)
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
Thinking about getting involved? 
 
Be a guest at our board meeting.

If you would like to attend, please ask to be invited to the Board Meeting by sending an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 
 


MCGS Membership -
Friday, February 23, 2024
MCGS Membership - "Roots Tech 2024" by Mary Jurgatis  (MCGS Membership Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
- MCGS membership meetings are in person at the Central Library (and also zoom online). The meetings will start with a short business meeting, followed by our speaker presentation about 1:30pm. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library! Mary Jurgaitis will be speaking in person at the library.
 
"Roots Tech 2024"
By Mary Jurgaitis
 
Roots Tech: February 29 - March 2, 2024
 
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM ONLINE for meeting.
 
Registration for Zoom Invite: - Register in advance for the meeting/presentation at (TBA)

After registering, you will receive an automatic confirmation email containing information about joining the online meeting. (Check your spam folder.)
 


Class - More than Just Books: General Library Records
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Class - More than Just Books: General Library Records  (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave - IN PERSON
 
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
 
More than Just Books: General Library Records
 
by Margaret Sandoval Skare
 
Learn about the many ways that libraries can be useful to the family historian.
 
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
 
Please sign-up in advance for the class series using the online form or download the mail-in registration form, both forms found at MCGS Genealogy Classes information webpage. 
 
The Saturday morning classes will not be available via zoom, but a video recording will be made of each class. A new MCGS membership benefit, will be the ability for MCGS members to login into this website, and in the members only area to view a video recording of the 2023-2024 Beginner Genealogy Classes and download the class handouts.
 



Czech-Slovak Area Research Group
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Czech-Slovak Area Research Group  (Area Research Groups)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
 
Please send an email to info@sokolmilwaukee.org to be added to the zoom meeting invite list. 
 


MCGS Board Meeting
Friday, March 22, 2024
MCGS Board Meeting  (MCGS Board Meetings)
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
Thinking about getting involved? 
 
Be a guest at our board meeting.

If you would like to attend, please ask to be invited to the Board Meeting by sending an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 
 


MCGS Membership -
Friday, March 22, 2024
MCGS Membership - "WikiTree, the Free Family Tree" by Steven Greenwood  (MCGS Membership Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
- MCGS membership meetings are in person at the Central Library (and also zoom online). The meetings will start with a short business meeting, followed by our speaker presentation about 1:30pm. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library! It will be announced later whether Steven Greenwood will be speaking in person or via zoom at the library.
 
Title: "WikiTree, the Free Family Tree"
by Steven Greenwood
 
Description: Are you interested in contributing to a million-member online world tree where collaboration and community are strong focuses in doing genealogical research? Do you like to be involved in projects and marathons that keep things interesting throughout the year and give people goals to reach for? Would you like to know that it is *FREE* and not hidden behind a paywall? Then please check out this talk given by Steven Greenwood, a wiki founder and three-year member of this genealogy wiki community representing Germany Project and Notables, among other things.
 
Biography: Steven Greenwood is the founder of Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki (2005) and Futurepedia, the Back to the Future Wiki (2007). He began contributing to WikiTree, the Free Family Tree in 2020 after receiving new documents from his paternal grandmother and is now a member of the WikiTree Events Committee, Germany Project, Notables Project, Cemeterist Project, and soon Tanzania Project, a subproject of the new Global Project.
When he is not contributing to genealogy, Steven also contributes through costuming, photography, and LEGO building, in addition to having interests in geoscience, astronomy, and history.
 
 
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM ONLINE for meeting.
 
Registration for Zoom Invite: - Register in advance for the meeting/presentation at (TBA)

After registering, you will receive an automatic confirmation email containing information about joining the online meeting. (Check your spam folder.)
 


Class - Asking Questions, Finding Answers: Queries, Newspapers, and Social Media
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Class - Asking Questions, Finding Answers: Queries, Newspapers, and Social Media  (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave - IN PERSON
 
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
 
Asking Questions, Finding Answers: Queries, Newspapers, and Social Media
 
To get an answer, you must first ask the question. Find out what goes into a successful query -- whether you mail it or post it online. Also discover all the wonderful material to be found in historic newspapers.
 
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
 
Please sign-up in advance for the class series using the online form or download the mail-in registration form, both forms found at MCGS Genealogy Classes information webpage. 
 
The Saturday morning classes will not be available via zoom, but a video recording will be made of each class. A new MCGS membership benefit, will be the ability for MCGS members to login into this website, and in the members only area to view a video recording of the 2023-2024 Beginner Genealogy Classes and download the class handouts.
 



MCGS Board Meeting
Friday, April 26, 2024
MCGS Board Meeting  (MCGS Board Meetings)
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
Thinking about getting involved? 
 
Be a guest at our board meeting.

If you would like to attend, please ask to be invited to the Board Meeting by sending an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 
 


MCGS Membership -
Friday, April 26, 2024
MCGS Membership -  (MCGS Membership Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
- MCGS membership meetings are in person at the Central Library (and also zoom online). The meetings will start with a short business meeting, followed by our speaker presentation about 1:30pm. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library! TBA will be speaking in person / via zoom at the library.
 
"TBA"
By TBA
 
 
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM ONLINE for meeting.
 
Registration for Zoom Invite: - Register in advance for the meeting/presentation at (TBA)

After registering, you will receive an automatic confirmation email containing information about joining the online meeting. (Check your spam folder.)
 


Class - Travelling Abroad (or Not): Foreign Research and Professional Help
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Class - Travelling Abroad (or Not): Foreign Research and Professional Help  (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave - IN PERSON
 
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
 
Travelling Abroad (or Not): Foreign Research and Professional Help
 
By Karen Jegen
 
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
 
Please sign-up in advance for the class series using the online form or download the mail-in registration form, both forms found at MCGS Genealogy Classes information webpage. 
 
The Saturday morning classes will not be available via zoom, but a video recording will be made of each class. A new MCGS membership benefit, will be the ability for MCGS members to login into this website, and in the members only area to view a video recording of the 2023-2024 Beginner Genealogy Classes and download the class handouts.
 



MCGS Board Meeting
Friday, May 17, 2024
MCGS Board Meeting  (MCGS Board Meetings)
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
Thinking about getting involved? 
 
Be a guest at our board meeting.

If you would like to attend, please ask to be invited to the Board Meeting by sending an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 
 


MCGS Membership -
Friday, May 17, 2024
MCGS Membership -  (MCGS Membership Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
- MCGS membership meetings are in person at the Central Library (and also zoom online). The meetings will start with a short business meeting, followed by our speaker presentation about 1:30pm. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library! TBA will be speaking in person / via zoom at the library.
 
"TBA"
By TBA
 
 
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM ONLINE for meeting.
 
Registration for Zoom Invite: - Register in advance for the meeting/presentation at (TBA)

After registering, you will receive an automatic confirmation email containing information about joining the online meeting. (Check your spam folder.)
 


Class - Don’t Jump to Conclusions: After the Research
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Class - Don’t Jump to Conclusions: After the Research  (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave - IN PERSON
 
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
 
Don’t Jump to Conclusions: After the Research
 
So you've been finding documents, collecting information --- but what does it all mean? Learn how to use the information you find as evidence to support a sound genealogical conclusion.
 
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
 
Please sign-up in advance for the class series using the online form or download the mail-in registration form, both forms found at MCGS Genealogy Classes information webpage. 
 
The Saturday morning classes will not be available via zoom, but a video recording will be made of each class. A new MCGS membership benefit, will be the ability for MCGS members to login into this website, and in the members only area to view a video recording of the 2023-2024 Beginner Genealogy Classes and download the class handouts.
 



Trip - Salt Lake City, UT - 2024
Sunday, June 2, 2024 through Sunday, June 9, 2024
Trip - Salt Lake City, UT - 2024  (MCGS Trips)
Salt Lake City, UT
 
Save the Date — June 2-9, 2024
A Life-Changing Genealogy Research Trip to Salt Lake City!
By Dan Berg
 
After a 5+ year hiatus, MCGS’s biannual genealogy research trip is back!!!
Over the decades this trip has led to profound genealogical discoveries for dozens of MCGS members, which it can for you too!
What? Genealogical research for a week at the largest genealogical library in the world!
Where? Family Search Library in Salt Lake City, Utah
https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/
When? June 2-9, 2024. It’s a Sunday to Sunday trip to maximize research time since the library is closed on Sundays.
How Much? For hotel + airfare from MKE we are expecting the cost to be in the upper ~$900 range +/- per person, for a double-occupancy hotel room at the Plaza Hotel by Temple Square adjacent to the library. A single occupant supplement will be likely in the ~$375 range +/-. Exact pricing will be finalized in the next couple months after the June 2024 airfare prices are published.
Final details to come in the October Reporter along with a sign-up form.
We are trying to gauge interest since at least 20 people are needed to make this trip viable, so if you are tentatively interested – there is no obligation at this time, please email: trips@milwaukeegenealogy.org.
Why? To have a world-class genealogical research experience and break down those ‘brick walls’ with assistance from library genealogical experts, as well as great comradery with your fellow MCGS members!
You will not regret coming on this trip, it’s an unbelievable experience!!!


MCGS Board Meeting
Friday, June 28, 2024
MCGS Board Meeting  (MCGS Board Meetings)
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
Thinking about getting involved? 
 
Be a guest at our board meeting.

If you would like to attend, please ask to be invited to the Board Meeting by sending an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
 
 


MCGS Membership Meeting - Annual Membership Meeting and Summer Picnic
Friday, June 28, 2024
MCGS Membership Meeting - Annual Membership Meeting and Summer Picnic  (MCGS Membership Meetings)
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room - and Online Meeting

Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
 
Annual Membership Meeting (with Board Elections) and Summer Picnic!
 
-CELEBRATE our 89th Anniversary of the "Picnic In Ancestral Grove" picnic. While we plan to enjoy our picnic together at the library, along with zoom attendees in their own homes, please attend this meeting, to socialize with your MCGS friends and share some of your genealogical discoveries.
 
Registration: Non-members, please send an email to info@milwaukeegenealogy.org to be added to the invite list for the online meeting. Members will automatically be sent a link.
 


Class - DNA for Genealogy: What It Can and Can’t Do
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Class - DNA for Genealogy: What It Can and Can’t Do  (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave - IN PERSON
 
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
 
DNA for Genealogy: What It Can and Can’t Do
 
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
 
Please sign-up in advance for the class series using the online form or download the mail-in registration form, both forms found at MCGS Genealogy Classes information webpage. 
 
The Saturday morning classes will not be available via zoom, but a video recording will be made of each class. A new MCGS membership benefit, will be the ability for MCGS members to login into this website, and in the members only area to view a video recording of the 2023-2024 Beginner Genealogy Classes and download the class handouts.