History lives on in the monuments and stories at the final resting places of some of the figures whose impact on Muskogee is still felt today. Learn some of the stories to honor those citizens and discover the art and architecture represented in Muskogee's Historic Greenhill Cemetery. - (weather permitting) Established in 1894, Greenhill Cemetery, is the final resting place for former and prominent Muskogee citizens among whom are: Charles N. Haskell, first Governor of Oklahoma; Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma's first Congresswoman and the second woman elected to the United States Congress; and Alexander Posey, outstanding newspaperman and poet laureate of the Creek Indians. |
November 16, 2023 – “Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking” - Paula Stuart-Warren (co-sponsored with Tulsa Genealogical Society) - via Zoom
TBA December Holiday Party - "Celebrating 40 Years of Being Awesome!" - in person 
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January 25, 2024 - "Researching in German Civil and Parish Records" - Alexander Tolksdorf - via Zoom
February 22, 2024 - "The Bonnet Book" with author, Nancy Hardesty - via Zoom March 28, 2024 - "Mindmaps, Genograms, and Genealogy" - Linda Morgan Clark - hybrid April 25, 2024 - "Colonial Research - David Fryxell" - via Zoom May 23, 2024 - "African Americans in Oklahoma" - Erin Brown - via Zoom |
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MCGS Special Interest Groups
VIRTUAL Meeting every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Here's where you can talk about your genealogy and family history research to your heart's content and people will actually listen to you and their eyes won't glaze over!
Join the "Bunch" at anytime! Grab a sandwich, and come and go as you need to. This free-ranging conversation among genealogy friends always yields great information and builds relationships across local, state, and regional boundaries. No registration required.
Join the "Bunch" at anytime! Grab a sandwich, and come and go as you need to. This free-ranging conversation among genealogy friends always yields great information and builds relationships across local, state, and regional boundaries. No registration required.
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VIRTUAL meeting the second Thursday of each month at 2:30 p.m. This is an informal time of Q&A about all things RootsMagic. The current attendees use both PCs and Macs and have installed and use RM9. If you're still using an earlier version of RM you will still find good support in the group.
BY INVITATION ONLY
MEET VIRTUALLY the third Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. to learn from other attendees how to use this free, easy-to-use tool for collecting, organizing, annotating, citing, and sharing your genealogy research. To keep the group interaction to approximately one hour, participation is by invitation only. To receive your invitation and Zoom registration link, send email to mucogeso@yahoo.com stating your reason for wanting to participate, and your level of experience with the program.
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All programs (both virtual and in-person) are open to the public, but we encourage you to become a member of MCGS! Your membership gives you the opportunity to "give back" to the larger genealogy community and your dues help provide more and better resources for researchers. The regular monthly meeting is the 4th Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. In-person + virtual meetings are held in March, June, September, and December. All other meetings are virtual only. For security and privacy, you must register to access all virtual meetings.
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Whether you have Muskogee County ancestors or have no family connection to Muskogee County or even Oklahoma, you will still find extensive support for your genealogy and family history research at the Muskogee County Genealogical Society (MCGS).
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