LAKELAND AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Mailing address: PO Box 308, Minocqua WI 54548
Questions???  Contact Betty @ 715.358.2570 or by email.

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/educational program, and to help members with their research. Guests are always welcome.

Meetings are held at the Minocqua Library/Community Building in the third floor Torpy Room on the  2nd Tuesday of the month at 7pm in April, May, June, Aug, and Sept; and at 2PM in Jan, Feb, March, Oct, and Nov.  In July, the annual picnic is held; and in December we have a dinner meeting at a restaurant.

Membership dues are $15.00 for individuals, families or organizations, and includes a bi-monthly newsletter. The membership year extends from April 1 through March 31.

The club has published two Birth, Marriage & Death Indexes. The first is for for The Times & Minocqua Times 1891-1926. The second is for the Lakeland Times 1927-1949.  Both reference publications are available at the Minocqua Public Library. 

Sites of interest:

Ancestry/Library edition:  This database must be accessed from a library computer.  Try your census searches here.

Heritage Quest Online:  From home, sign in with your library card number (WVLS) to search this database. Check out the searches for people and places, as well as census records.  PERSI is a great resource for information on your ancestor's local history.

Newspaper ARCHIVE:  From home, search for newspaper articles.   Try your ancestor's hometown as a search term!

RootsWeb.com: The oldest and largest free genealogy site.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: categorized and cross-referenced links and more!

Family Search: search for ancestors on the LDS website.

USGenWeb Project: Search by state