Macomb County Obituary Index Updated!

The Macomb County Obituary Index located on the website
of the Mount Clemens Public Library.

Yesterday the Macomb County Obituary Index on the Mount Clemens Public Library website was updated! Learn more details about the update on the Macomb County Genealogy Group's FaceBook page.

Don't forget to utilize this index and many others before your visit to the Mount Clemens Public Library's Local History and Genealogy Room that way you can spend more time seeking actual records instead of searching the indexes.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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Lapeer County Genealogical Society will Meet on March 14, 2017 in Lapeer

The Lapeer County Genealogical Society is still without a website so as a courtesy MCGG would like to let you know that LCGS's next meeting is on Tuesday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Lapeer.

Deb Rubenstein is presenting "Goodland Township: Past, Present, and Projects."

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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Next MCGG Friday Meeting is March 10

On Friday, March 10, at 1:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Mount Clemens Public Library, De Witt S. Dykes, Jr., associate professor of History at Oakland University, will present The Underground Railroad in History and Memory.

If you are in the Mt. Clemens area, PLEASE JOIN US. 

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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Basics: Keeping Track of Records is the Next Let's Talk...Genealogy Meeting

On Wednesday, March 8, at 7 p.m. in the Genealogy/Local History Room of the Mount Clemens Public Library is the next MCGG's Let's Talk...Genealogy meeting. Our topic for the night is ... Basics: Keeping Track of Records.

There are various ways to keep track of things. We'll cover paper and computer including some basics for setting up a word processing or spreadsheet file. Learn and share tips on these are other methods.We'll share our favorite sites or new things we have seen that have helped us with our research. 

New attendees are always welcome.

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library! 
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Library of Congress Launches Portal to its World War I Collection & Digitized Assets

The Library of Congress recently launched a portal for its World War I collection. The World War I portal is part of the Library of Congress' commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the U.S. involvement in the war. It is a one-stop destination page for digitized versions of many of assets.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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The MCGG Resource Development Session is this Friday, February 24th at 1 p.m.

Databases created with volunteer help.

On Friday, February 24, at 1:00 pm in the auditorium of the Mount Clemens Public Library, we are holding one of our MCGG Resource Development Sessions. 

What is a Resource Development Session? It is where those of us who want to contribute back index circuit court and other Macomb County records to create databases to help other researchers. It does not matter if you have Macomb County ancestors or not. It's a nice way to help others; learn what is involved in an indexing projects; and if you do have Macomb County ancestors ... who knows you might just find one. 

So for those of you who are in the Mount Clemens area, PLEASE JOIN US. 

See you soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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It's Free Access Weekend at Ancestry.com to Over 1 Billion UK Records

More genealogy news just keeps happening.

Ancestry.com is having a free access weekend to its UK records this weekend. Free access runs from February 17, at 2 p.m. ET through February 20, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

These records are normally part of World Explorer or All access paid memberships so remember to save any image to your computer for future access.

You'll need a free account membership which does not require a credit card like the free trail membership so don't click on the wrong link. If you do not already have a free account membership you can create one with this link.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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