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• Judy Nimer Muhn - He Died in Green Bay? Why There?!

  • When
    17 Mar 2026
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Jean-Baptiste Amiot was one of the blacksmiths for Fort Michilimackinac, and traveled extensively in the fur trade and in the expedition of Le Verendrye into the Dakotas.  Utilizing little known resources, archives in South Dakota, Michigan and Wisconsin, the adult life of Amiot emerged.  His violent death in Green Bay left questions about why he was murdered in Green Bay and how he came to live there. Learn about little-known resources about the fur trade and movements around the upper Great Lakes states

  Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/799261841961339223
  

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• Gene-A-Rama 2026! Downs & Ups In Genealogy: The Insults & Joys In Our Efforts

  • Start
    27 Mar 2026
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    8:00 AM
  • End
    28 Mar 2026
  •  
    3:30 PM
  • Location
    Hotel Marshfield in Marshfield, WI & Streaming Live Online

  Register by March 1st! Conference Details & Registration

  

  Dr. David Mc Donald, “The Preacher Genealogist”, has been actively engaged in genealogy since the 1970s. He is co-founder of the Genealogy Symposium, a state archives-based institute.

  Karla Leppen has been doing genealogical research for almost 40 years. She's certified by the National Institute of Genealogical Studies. Her areas of interest are Norwegian & Central European ancestry.  

  Diana Elder is an Accredited Genealogist professional. She wrote 'Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist’s Guide' & co-authored 'Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist’s Guide to Finding & Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence.'

  Natalie Kruse has helped many Marshfield Public Library patrons seeking answers to their family lineage. She had her own breakthrough uncovering details of her Icelandic family going back 29 generations.
  

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• Fred Beckmann: from the Clark House to the Wisconsin House

  • When
    24 Apr 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Milwaukee Central Public Library

  Start Time:   1:00 PM Central - Member meeting precedes Program

  Event Title:  Fred Beckmann: from the Clark House to the Wisconsin House

  Presenter Name:  Reed Perkins

  Description of Event:   In this illustrated talk, historian and genealogist Reed Perkins will show how he combines genealogy with a wide variety of other historical sources to make informative, illustrated stories that serve as a great way to organize and share one’s ideas, and guide further research and discovery.

  Reed Perkins has a life-long love of history and a passion for separating fact from legend. In 2006, he began focusing his research on a some of his Wisconsin ancestors and their stories. In 2012, he began an ongoing collaboration with the newly-formed Jonathan Clark House Museum in Mequon, Wisconsin, and shortly afterwards became the museum’s official historian, As Historian, Reed investigates and shares the family histories and activities of the Clarks, their relatives, neighbors and friends, and the day-to-day details of the world in which they lived. Since 2016, he has chronicled those stories in over 450 illustrated and annotated posts to his blog, Clark House Historian. Along the way, Reed has become unexpectedly well-informed on a number of more specialized topics including the first Erie Canal, early Great Lakes steamboat travel, the settlement of Lower Canada’s Eastern Townships, the California Gold Rush, army life at Forts Howard and Winnebago, and early federal and local road construction in Wisconsin Territory.

  Reed was born and raised in the Land of Lincoln, and has had the good fortune to live and work there, and in other history-rich places such as Williamsburg, Virginia, and Amherst, Massachusetts. He now lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with his wife, Dr. Laura Rexroth.

  Reed Perkins’ website: Clark House Historian https://jchmhistorian.com/

  His blog postings incorporate primary and secondary sources, public-domain visual images, and links to other CHH blog posts and additional—sometimes obscure—sources, all to tell a more complete and interesting story of the life and times of our early Wisconsin pioneers.

  The Jonathan Clark House website: https://jonathanclarkhouse.com/

  IN PERSON Location: Milwaukee Central Public Library 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 1st floor Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Room

  ONLINE Registration:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/IK-KZo7tRGOUKs5owQCKTw#/registration

  
  

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