GENEALOGY SOCIETIES
LAKELAND AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Mailing address:PO Box 308, Minocqua WI 54548
LAGS is a group of local genealogists who have varying interests and degrees of experience in researching their family histories. The society meets once a month for a brief business meeting, and educational program and to help members with their research. These meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month in the Minocqua Library, 415 Menominee Street. except for the months of July when a picnic is held at an area park and December when there is a Christmas Party at a local supper club. The starting time for all the regular meetings is 2:00 PM. Guests are always welcome.
Membership dues are $15.00 for individuals, families, or organizations, and include a monthly newsletter, which is an email newsletter. The membership year extends from April 1 through March 31.
The club has published "The Lakeland Area Cemetery Tombstone Inventory"; "Birth, Marriage & Death Indexes for The Times & Minocqua Times 1891-1926; and teh "Birth, Marriage, Death and Miscellaneous Indexes for the Lakeland Times 1927-1949". Currently the club is working on indexing the next decade of the newspaper.
Mailing address LAGS, PO Box 308, Minocqua WI 54548. For more information contact: Pres. Bonnie Margitan
NORTHWOODS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO Box 1132, Rhinelander, WI 54501-1132
About 1983 a group of local genealogists that brought their talents and interests together to form the Northwoods Genealogical Society. The society meets the second Monday of each month (except July) at the Rhinelander District Library. Visitors are welcome.
The society has a wonderful relationship with the Rhinelander District Library working toward a common goal of making a great genealogy department, which is housed at the library. The society has indexed the 1855 Wisconsin State Census, we have a cemetery index, an obituary index from all the Rhinelander newspapers dating back to 1882 and many other local historical and genealogy related items. The collection also contains many genealogy related items such as publications, books, microfilm, and indexes.
RESEARCH: Members will do research for a reasonable fee. Write to the society for a list of sources they will search and the cost.
THREE LAKES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P O Box 760, Three Lakes, WI 54562
email: TLGSWI@aol.com
The society was formed to provide meetings and programs of genealogical interest and instruction in genealogical procedures. They collect, preserve, and disseminate genealogical data found in the Three Lakes-Oneida County area, and/or relative to the people of this area.
The members have recently completed work on the transcriptions for the Three Lakes Cemetery. They are researching publishing costs and determing if there is enough demand for a book to warrant publishing. If you would like to see this book published or place a pre-publishing order contact them by mail or email.
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