Next Meeting

October 26, 2019

10:00am to 12:00pm
(bring a friend, make new friends)
Jonita Mullins,
Award Winning Author and Historian

“Writing Your Family History”

“Biography and Memoir”
“Genealogy and Family History”
“Blogging Your Story”

$20 for non-members
(includes a 2020 membership)

$5 for MCGS members
(Pay at the door)

- Bring your laptop or a notebook -
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Monthly programs are open to the public, but we encourage you to join!  Your membership dues help us to provide more and better resources for the area's genealogical community. The regular meeting is the 4th Thursday of each month (except July and August) at 6:00 p.m. at the Muskogee Public Library, unless announced otherwise.
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We Are Here
for You

Whether you have Muskogee County ancestors or have no family connection to Muskogee County or even Oklahoma, you will find extensive support for your genealogy and family history research at the Muskogee County Genealogical Society (MCGS).

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Beginning June 18, 2019, death notices from the Muskogee Phoenix are included with the Obituary Indexes
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- ALSO NEW -

Links to the Obituaries on the websites of Area Funeral Homes

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Spaulding Institute (above) aka Spaulding Female College was built by the Methodists in 1901. The building had a long and interesting history before it was demolished by the City of Muskogee in 1965. More information is available in Muskogee Public Library's Genealogy and Local History Department.

Muskogee Public Library

The Local History & Genealogy Department has one of the largest genealogical collections in Northeastern Oklahoma. The friendly and knowledgeable staff is experienced in all areas of research including Native American and Freedman research. The department has the Dawes Rolls, enrollment cards, applications and other rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes as well as local newspapers, and court records. Visit their website for databases you can search from home using your MPL library card 

MPL is an affiliate of Family Search  making it possible for you to view digital images not otherwise available on your personal computer. There are also other databases available only on computers in the department.

MCGS uses only the resources of MPL when fulfilling your research requests.

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Lots of opportunities for learning
Webinars,
Virtual Conferences, Videos, Events, Workshops,
and
Other Online Genealogy Resources