Welcome
Celebrating our 90th year in 2025
founded July 1935 Join us at MCGS events!
- MONTHLY MEETINGS
- Location: Milwaukee Central Public Library
- Next Meeting: Friday, March 28th at 1:00pm-3:00pm
- Presentation "More than Family Trees: Understanding Chinese Genealogies and Their History" by Xin Yu
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"FREE" BEGINNER GENEALOGY CLASSES
- Location: Milwaukee Central Public Library
- Next Class: Saturday, March 29th at 9:30am-11:30am
- Class Topic: "Historical Newspapers and Social Media for Genealogy" by Carol Genung
- MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS
- Location: zoom online and in person
- Next Meeting: Regular Board Meeting on Friday, March 28th at 10:00am in the 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room at Milwaukee Central Public Library
- Help to plan and organize our events!
- ASK a GENEALOGIST with MCGS and MPL!
- Location: Wauwatosa Public Library
- Next Session: Saturday, April 12th, Drop-In between 10:00am-3:00pm
- Spend some time, one-on-one, with a genealogist.
- Free searches on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
Please see this link for a listing of all MCGS events.
Join MCGS!
- MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
- Become a member for website access to the "Members Only" features!
- MCGS REPORTER, available in pdf format, including the current issue and back issues from 1969.
- For the recording and handout of the recent MCGS General Meeting Presentation.
- For the recordings and handouts of the MCGS Beginner Genealogy Classes.
- DNA Webinars.
- OPPORTUNITIES
- To meet and exchange genealogy information with other researchers.
Individual MCGS membership is only $12.00 a year (includes digital Reporter)
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Volunteer with MCGS!
- MCGS is run by volunteers, please consider helping!
- Rest assured that help and guidance will be provided.
- Take a look at the inside back cover of any issue of the REPORTER. Everyone is a volunteer.
- MCGS is a diverse community of genealogists.
- If you are interested in volunteering in any capacity, please send your contact information and a short bio to: info@milwaukeegenealogy.org
- Attend a general meeting or board meeting, to explore volunteer opportunities available.
- Work on a committee.
- Volunteer at a Festival booth, Ask a Genealogist session, or Biennial Conference.
- Be a Board Member, or attend meetings to offer suggestions.
- Please volunteer today, and help us continue the mission of MCGS to educate and support the genealogical community of Milwaukee County.
- MCGS was established in 1935, we need everyone's help to keep it going strong into the future.
- VOLUNTEERS needed to assist at:
- Ask a Genealogist with MCGS and MPL!
- Wauwatosa Public Library
- Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00am-3:00pm
- TECHNICAL COORDINATOR needed
- We are looking for someone to help provide a quality hybrid online experience for MCGS in person / zoom online Meetings. Meetings are held in the Milwaukee Central Public Library Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room.
- Technical assistance is needed:
- with the meeting room audio-visual connections. The meeting room's projection screen is connected to devices by wi-fi or cable.
- to help speakers display their computer screens either to zoom, OR simultaneously to both the projection screen and zoom.
- for zoom meetings including admiting attendees from the the waiting room, monitoring the chat for issues/questions, muting attendees if needed, and recording sessions.
Join our facebook group!
Milwaukee County Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Founded July 1935
- National Genealogical Society Member
- Wisconsin State Genealogical Societies Affiliate
Until further notice, the MCGS Bookstore/Supplies sales table will not be available at the monthly Friday General Meetings or Saturday Genealogy Classes.
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March 28
MCGS Membership - "More than Family Trees: Understanding Chinese Genealogies and Their History."
Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue - MCGS membership meetings are in person at the Central Library. The meetings will start with a short business meeting, followed by our speaker presentation about 1:20pm. Look forward to seeing ...
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March 29
Class - Historical Newspapers and Social Media for Genealogy
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room Historical Newspapers and Social Media for Genealogy by Carol Genung Explore the past through the wonderful material found in historic newspapers, and learn about ...
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April 12
Ask a Genealogist!
Ask a Genealogist! Presented by the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society Have you wanted 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 ...
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April 25
MCGS Membership -
WE WILL MEET AT THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Milwaukee County Historical Society, 910 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (formerly North Old World Third Street), Milwaukee, WI 53203 (414-273-8288) Digging Through the Years: Research Library & ...
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April 26
Class - Starting Foreign Research
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room Starting Foreign Research by Karen Jegen Learn how to find your Immigrant Ancestor's hometown and start researching records from the foreign homeland. ...
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