Next Meeting


January 23, 2020

6:00 pm
Grant Foreman Room,
Muskogee Public Library
(bring a friend, make new friends)
Anita Finger-Smith
Principle genealogist for Cherokee Genealogy Services, (licensed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), specializing in Eastern Cherokee records, manuscript collections, and American Indian research methodology.

Pre-Recorded Webinar

“Those Who Remained: Cherokees in the Southeast After the Trail of Tears”
This pre-recorded webinar will cover five circumstances during the early 19th Century contributing to the nucleus of Cherokee Indians who remained in the southeast.
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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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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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Check these out

Every Saturday morning a new "How To" YouTube video is posted here.

This week -"Organize Your Genealogy: Tips from a Professional Organizer"
with Amy Johnson Crow
The Winter edition of the FGS "Forum" is now available to MCGS members

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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