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Saturday, September 26
MCGS Membership - Presentation by Reed Perkins (MCGS Membership Meetings)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
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 10:15am. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library!
“From the 'Burg to the Battlefield...and Back'”
by Reed Perkins
More than 91,000 Wisconsin men fought for the Union during the Civil War, including thousands of immigrants from Germany. Many of these men saw some of the fiercest action and harshest deprivations of the war, fighting in both the “famous" battles in the East, and also in the lesser-known but equally deadly conflict in “the West.” Join genealogist and historian Reed Perkins to discover some interesting aspects of the war as experienced by some of Wisconsin's German-American soldiers—and their Black and Native American comrades in arms — that may have gotten lost over time.
Reed Perkins has a life-long love of genealogy and history and a passion for separating fact from legend. In 2006, he began to focus his research on a some of his Wisconsin ancestors and their stories. In 2012 he began a collaboration with the newly-formed Jonathan Clark House Museum in Mequon, Wisconsin, and from 2015 to 2026 he served as the official Clark House Historian. In his research, Reed investigates and shares the family histories and activities of the Clark family, their relatives, neighbors and friends, and the day-to-day details of the world in which they lived. Since 2016, he has chronicled those stories in over 500 illustrated and annotated posts to his blog, Clark Heritage & History https. Along the way, Reed has become unexpectedly well-informed on a number of more specialized topics including the first Erie Canal, early Great Lakes steamboat travel, the settlement of Lower Canada’s Eastern Townships, the California Gold Rush, army life at Forts Howard and Winnebago, and early federal and local road construction in Wisconsin Territory.
Reed was born and raised in the Land of Lincoln, and has had the good fortune to live and work there, and in other history-rich places such as Williamsburg, Virginia, and Amherst, Massachusetts. He now lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with his wife, Dr. Laura Rexroth.
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM for meeting.
Please register for a zoom link to the meeting.
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Saturday, October 3
Class - Getting Started in Genealogy, Processes and Methods (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:01 pm Zablocki Library, 3501 W Oklahoma Ave, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Zablocki Library Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
Learn the first steps in family history research and the best practices that will help you build a verifiable family tree.
Instructor: Lynn Crocker
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, October 24
MCGS Membership - Presentation by Mary Jurgaitis (MCGS Membership Meetings)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
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 10:15am. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library!
“Learning ALL about the FamilySearch.org One World Tree: How do I do this? How do I do that?”
by Mary Jurgaitis
I began officially helping others with their family history in about 2015. Since that time there have been so many changes to FamilySearch that I have a hard time keeping up. BUT my strength is the basics. I tell those I'm helping that I'm very PICKY – picky in directing those I am helping to tell me exactly why they are attaching a particular source to a person. I don't let a person “attach” until they have given ME a reason for attaching the source. Then I lead them to fill in the “Reason This Source Is Attached.” I use the phrase “Willy Nilly” in describing those who add a source without going through what it takes to put their family together and know that it is correct.
I can show how to add an external source and do a correct merge. When I am serving in my volunteer position at the FamilySearch Center in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, I have an assistant. My assistant (plus other volunteers at the FamilySearch Center) are fantastic. I let them carry the ball for their expertise in their areas of research.
I am of English and Dutch ancestry. I have been on this earth for 83 years. I have six children, four boys and two girls. They carry my ancestry plus my husband's: Lithuanian, German, Pomeranian, Norwegian, and a little Irish sprinkled in there.
I became interested in exploring my family history more than 30 years ago. I started with PAF Software. The software was no longer being updated. A couple of different forms of FamilySearch were used under different designations. I dabbled a little bit in that but was distracted by life. When FamilySearch first launched in 1999, I was one of those who helped make the website crash after a few short minutes online. I didn't get back to working on my family history until about 2014 and I haven't stopped since.
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM for meeting.
Please register for a zoom link to the meeting.
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Saturday, November 7
Class - Introduction to Ancestry and FamilySearch (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zablocki Library, 3501 W Oklahoma Ave, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Zablocki Library Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
Learn how to navigate, search, and build a tree in the world’s two largest genealogy databases.
Instructor: TBA
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, December 5
Class - Census, Land and Probate Records (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zablocki Library, 3501 W Oklahoma Ave, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Zablocki Library Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
These records are one of the major sources of genealogical information and it’s important to know how to make the most of these important sources.
Instructor: Cathy Bell
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, January 9, 2027
Class - From Cradle to Grave: Vital, Church and Cemetery Records (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zablocki Library, 3501 W Oklahoma Ave, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Zablocki LibraryCommunity Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
It’s all about birth, marriage and death records, and more!
Instructor: Diane Piedt
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, February 6, 2027
Class - Starting at Home: Milwaukee Public Library (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave
IN PERSON at Centrl Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
A spotlight on the special resources found at the Central Library in Milwaukee.
Instructor: Jennifer Heidel, MPL Librarian
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, March 6, 2027
Class - Don’t Miss These—More Places to Find Records (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Good Hope Public Library, 7715 W Good Hope Rd, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Good Hope Library Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
Learn about other libraries and archives that are useful to the family historian.
Instructor: Margaret Sandoval Skare
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, April 3, 2027
Class - Newspapers and Social Media (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Good Hope Public Library, 7715 W Good Hope Rd, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Good Hope Library Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
Explore the past through the wonderful material found in historic newspapers, and learn about social media apps to ask questions and make connections.
Instructor: TBA
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, May 1, 2027
Class - Starting Foreign Research (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Good Hope Public Library, 7715 W Good Hope Rd, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Good Hope Library Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
Learn how to find your immigrant ancestor’s hometown and start researching foreign records without leaving your armchair.
Instructor: Karen Jegen
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, June 5, 2027
Class - DNA for Genealogy (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Good Hope Public Library, 7715 W Good Hope Rd, Milwaukee, WI
IN PERSON at Good Hope Library Community Meeting Room
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
Discussion will include choosing a DNA testing company, ethnicity estimates, genetic matches,
and doing genetic genealogy.
Instructor: Dan Rauscher
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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