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Friday, April 25
MCGS Membership - (MCGS Membership Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Group Tour of the Milwaukee County Historical Society
WE WILL MEET AT THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Digging Through the Years: Research Library & Archives Tour
By Steve Schaffer, Archivist at Milwaukee Co. Historical Society
As the official repository for Milwaukee County, the Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS) research library contains more than 12,000 cubic feet of records from various county agencies such as naturalization records, civil court records, coroner’s inquests, marriage applications, jail registers and probate records. In addition, the library contains more than 3,000 separate manuscript collections from various businesses, organizations, and families/individuals – some of whom are among Milwaukee’s earliest settlers. The photograph collection is also housed in the research library and includes more than one million photographs.
Whether you are researching your family history or have an interest in a particular part of local history, our collections may have the information you are looking for. This 1-hour tour explores the artifacts preserved in the Milwaukee County Historical Society archives, but also explains how archival research uncovers stories of the past.
NOTE: MCGS is excited to offer this tour. The cost per person is: $13 per Adult, $11 per Senior (62 or older), $11 per full-time student. Cost must be paid upon arrival on day of tour with cash or credit card, NO CHECKS will be accepted.
PLEASE SIGN-UP SOON!
TOUR IS LIMITED TO 25 ATTENDEES
RSVP: TCIESLAK@WI.RR.COM
Parking: MCHS is partnering with Power Parking to provide discounted visitor parking. For $10 you may park in the 847 N. Plankinton Ave. Lot (at the corner of Plankinton Ave. and Kilbourn Ave.) for up to 5 hours. 20% of the revenue will be donated directly back to MCHS. DO NOT scan and pay at the lot. Pay at the front desk in the Historical Center. Metered street parking is also available on Dr. MLK Jr. Drive. The discount does not cover the metered street parking cost.
Accessibility: Elevators are available to access the second floor. Handicapped accessible doors are located on the east side of the building. Additionally, a vehicle drop-off /loading zone is accessible on W. Kilbourn Avenue.
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Saturday, April 26
Class - Starting Foreign Research (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave
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.
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, May 10
Ask a Genealogist! (MCGS/MPL Ask A Genealogist!)
10:30 am to 3:30 pm West Allis Public Library, 7421 W National Ave, West Allis, WI
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 places to look for information?
Work one-on-one with an experienced genealogist from the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society who will be available to answer your research questions and demonstrate search strategies to help find pieces of your family history puzzle.
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Friday, May 16
MCGS Membership - "Completing the Puzzle - One Orphan Train Rider's Journey" (MCGS Membership Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 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 1:20pm. Look forward to seeing MCGS members and guests at the library! Genevieve Brandt Kirchman will be speaking in person at the library. This presentation will be in person and via zoom.
"Completing the Puzzle - One Orphan Train Rider's Journey"
By Genevieve Brandt Kirchman
Little Genevieve was just one of 250,000 children from New York City who was placed on an orphan train. Her journey ended in 1887 in Wisconsin when she was four years old. Learn how her granddaughter, also named Genevieve, pieced together the puzzle of her life.
Genevieve Brandt Kirchman is a longtime story teller and promises an engaging conversation with her audience. Over the years, she has researched her grandmother's story to the extent that, with the help of DNA, she was able to identify the woman that birthed her grandmother in the lower East Side of Manhattan in 1883. She has now written that story and published a book entitled, Completing the Puzzle - One Orphan Train Rider's Journey. Come join us for a lively conversation about the orphan train story and Genevieve’s research.
Here is the LINK to her book on Amazon
Join us: IN PERSON or ZOOM for meeting.
Please register for a zoom link to the meeting
This meeting will be recorded and for 30 days after the presentation, a video link will be available to MCGS members in the members only section on the website.
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Saturday, May 17
Class - DNA for Genealogy (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
DNA for Genealogy
by Carol Genung
Learn the basics of DNA testing and how it can help you find answers to your research questions.
Join us: IN PERSON for free beginner genealogy classes.
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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Saturday, May 31
Ask a Genealogist! (MCGS/MPL Ask A Genealogist!)
10:00 am to 3:00 pm Good Hope Public Library, 7715 W Good Hope Rd, Milwaukee, WI
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 need ideas of new places to look for information?
Work one-on-one with an experienced genealogist from the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society who will be available to answer your research questions and demonstrate search strategies to help find pieces of your family history puzzle.
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Friday, June 27
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
Milwaukee Central Public Library Downtown, 814 West Wisconsin Avenue
Annual Membership Meeting (with Board Member updates, elections will be held in 2026) and Summer Picnic!
-CELEBRATE our 90th Anniversary of the "Picnic In Ancestral Grove" picnic. We plan to enjoy our picnic together at the library. Please attend this meeting, to socialize with your MCGS friends and share some of your genealogical discoveries.
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Saturday, June 28
Class - "Is this My Guy?" - Don't Jump to Conclusions! (MCGS Genealogy Classes)
9:30 am to 11:30 am Milwaukee Public Library Central, 814 W Wisconsin Ave
IN PERSON at Central Library 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Meeting Room
"Is This My Guy?" - Don't Jump to Conclusions!
by Terri Cieslak
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.
More Information at MCGS Genealogy Classes webpage.
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