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, May 16th at 1:00pm-3:00pm
- "Completing the Puzzle - One Orphan Train Rider's Journey"
- by Genevieve Brandt Kirchman
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"FREE" BEGINNER GENEALOGY CLASSES
- Location: Milwaukee Central Public Library
- Next Class: Saturday, May 17th at 9:30am-11:30am
- Class Topic: "Is This My Guy" - Don't Jump to Conclusions! by Terri Cieslak
- MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS
- Location: zoom online and in person
- Next Meeting: Regular Board Meeting on Friday, May 16th 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: Good Hope Public Library
- Session: Saturday, May 31st, 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!
- Good Hope Public Library
- Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 10:00am-3:00pm
- Germanfest MCGS genealogy booth
- Summerfest grounds
- Friday, July 25 to Sunday, July 27
- 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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May 31
Ask a Genealogist!
Ask a Genealogist! Presented by the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society and Milwaukee Public Library Have you wanted to learn more about your family history, but don't know where to begin? Have you started researching your family, but ...
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June 27
MCGS Membership Meeting - Annual Membership Meeting and Summer Picnic
Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue Annual Membership Meeting (with Board Member updates, elections for open board positions) and Summer Picnic! -CELEBRATE our 90th Anniversary of the "Picnic In Ancestral Grove" picnic. We plan to enjoy our picnic together at ...
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June 28
Class - "Ask A Genealogist"
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room Class attendees will have the opportunity to work one on one with a genealogist, to assist them as needed with their genealogy questions. Do you ...
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October 5
MCGS Trip - Salt Lake City, UT - 2025
MCGS Genealogist Research Trip to SALT LAKE CITY TRIP! By Dan Berg We’re excited to announce that dates for MCGS upcoming Salt Lake City genealogy trip are Sunday, October 5 — Sunday, October 12, 2025. https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ For more information ...
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