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Title: Save Your Stones: Cemetery Preservation Basics
Presenter: Jarrod Roll
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Central Description: For genealogists, summer means warm days to wander in cemeteries and find their ancestors’ final resting places. Get ready for the summer season with this fascinating talk from Jarrod Roll, director of the Monroe County History Room and owner of Save Your Stones. You will learn the importance of tombstone preservation, understand deterioration mechanisms, implement basic resetting techniques and known proper cleaning techniques.
Can’t attend live? The workshop will be recorded and made available to all registrants for 30 days. The registration deadline is Sunday, May 4, at 11:59 PM Central. Don’t wait … register today to save your seat!
Registration: https://shop.wisconsinhistory.org/save-your-stones-cemetery-preservation-webinar
East Branch-Green Bay Library
Combined Meeting Room East & West (EA)
2253 Main Street Green Bay, WI 54302
Also, ZOOM link available – email membership@bagswi.org
Presented by the Bay Area Genealogical Society
Dave Miller with “My Ancestors spoke German but were they from Germany?”
Many of our ancestors spoke German but were they really from what we now call the Republic of Germany? Genealogist Dave Miller will explore the ancestors who spoke German when they arrived at the U.S. and whether these ancestors were really German? He will discuss the history of the ancestors who spoke German when they arrived in the U.S. and their origins and what the world looked like back then.
Keep in mind, the German Empire didn’t begin until 1871. These ancestors may have been living in what was then Prussia, Bohemia, Bavaria, Saxony or even eastern France under control of Napoleon when they were born. You might be surprised to hear their grandparents or great grandparents may have even migrated from somewhere else a few generations earlier. What prompted them to move, what did these records look like back then and where can you find them?
Contact: Barb Holschbach President@bagswi.org
https://www.bagswi.org
Date of event: Friday 16 May 2025
Start Time: 1:00 PM Central - a short member meeting precedes program
Event Title: Completing the Puzzle - One Orphan Train Rider's Journey
Presenter Name: Genevieve Brandt Kirchman
Description: 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, including identifying little Gen's biological mother with the aid of DNA. It is a story of resilience rather than tragedy.
Genevieve Brandt Kirchman is a longtime story teller and promises an engaging conversation with her audience. Genevieve's maternal grandmother was one of over 250,000 children who rode the Orphan Trains from New York City to the Midwest and beyond between the mid-1800's to 1929. 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 how to translate YOUR family story into a keepsake for future generations.
Location: The Milwaukee Central Public Library 814 West Wisconsin Avenue, 1st Floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Room
In Person and Online: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/RqKfKeknQfmgZ20Z-srYLw#/registration
Kansas City Here I Come! Researching in this Midwest City
Title: A Visit to Wisconsin Historical Society: Genealogy Collections and Services at WHS
Presenter: Jill Fuller
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM CT Description: Ready to take a trip to the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS)? WHS holds one of the top five genealogical collections in the country, with materials from across the United States and Canada. Discover more about our extensive family history collections in the Library and Archives, including newspapers, family history books, court records, and more. Learn how to search the catalog and website to find materials on your family for your next visit to WHS. Even if you can’t make it to Madison, you’ll find out how to get access to our physical and digital collections so you can keep researching your ancestry!
Can’t attend live? The workshop will be recorded and made available to all registrants for 30 days. The registration deadline is Wednesday, May 28, at 11:59 PM Central. Don’t wait … register today to save your seat!
Registration: https://shop.wisconsinhistory.org/whs-genealogy-collections-webinar
Unlocking Genealogical Mysteries: Strategies and Tools for Autosomal DNA Investigations
Introduction to U.S. Naturalization
Clues to Conclusions: Can You Prove It? Intro to the Genealogical Proof Standard
Tech Skills for Genealogists
Alienation of Affection Divorce in the United States
Society Briefs, Village News … or the other “Gossip Columns”
Are you a Quebec Daughter or Son of the American Revolution?
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