All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

Mollie will give a presentation on how to preserve and organize all your precious family photos. Please join us upstairs in the Rare Books Room!

Basics of reading handwritten German materials, with a special focus on the 19th century plus suggestions on how to work with German-language genealogical records. Presentations combined with practical exercises. You are welcome to bring your own documents to work on.

Cost: $39 (includes lunch) -- discounts for Friends of MKI, UW-Madison and Marquette students

Register online by September 21st at https://mkifriends.org/workshops 

Family history and genealogy enthusiasts from across the Upper Midwest will converge October 6-7 for the Tenth Annual North Star Genealogy Conference at the Earle Brown Conference Center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
 
The conference theme, "Family History Crossroads," focuses on migrations of families to and through the Upper Midwest. The Friday-Saturday conference, sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society, offers more than 20 how-to classes on topics such as DNA, adoption research, preservation of family heirlooms, land records, and other records for family history research. A special pre-conference North Star DNA Day October 5 offers tips for both beginners and more advanced researchers using DNA for family history research.
 
The conference features two nationally acclaimed genealogy educators: Paula Stuart-Warren of Roseville, Minnesota, and Cyndi Ingle of Milton, Washington. Stuart-Warren lectures nationally and coordinates courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh. Her blog, Genealogy by Paula, is published at http://genealogybypaula.com/. Ingle is the creator of Cyndi's List (www.cyndislist.com), a web directory of more than 300,000 web links for family history research. She is the author of three books on internet genealogy research, including Planting Your Family Tree Online: How to Create Your Own Family History Website.
 
The Minnesota Genealogical Society will honor MGS members for volunteer service and Minnesota genealogists for outstanding achievements at the annual MGS Awards Banquet Friday evening, October 6.
 
Complete program information and online registration are available at www.mngs.org. With 800 members, the Minnesota Genealogical Society is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people with Minnesota connections discover their family history.

 

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

Kathleen Mullen of the Wisconsin Historical Society will discuss how to best care for and preserve your important family history documents.

Learn the best way to get started on your family history (or what to do if you've already started). We'll also spend some time discussing the various software programs available for managing your growing collection of data.

Milwaukee Public Library Genealogy Booth. For more information: 

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

Join us to learn how to organize a family reunion (a great way to gather family history!). See you in the Humanities Room.

Census records are one of the major sources of genealogical information and it's important to know how to make the most of this important source.

Learn about two different sources for important genealogical information that may not be available anywhere else -- local courthouses and cemeteries.

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

Scrapbooking is a great way to present your genealogical research to family members and others. JoAnn will go through the steps you'll need to get started on your scrapbooking journey.

A spotlight on the special resources found at the Central Library in Milwaukee.

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

Learn about the many ways that libraries can be useful to the family historian.

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

Tom Ludka will give a presentation on the Civil War Veterans buried in Forest Home Cemetery.

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.

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

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.

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

All those interested are invited to attend. Please contact Lisa Christopherson, MCGS President, if you will be there.

Summer Picnic! CELEBRATE our 83rd Anniversary at the "Picnic In Ancestral Grove" indoor picnic.