Visiting the Ireland of The Quiet Man
Brian Downes, Executive Direction of the John Wayne Birthplace Museum will give an account of his trip to Ireland, following in the footsteps of The Quiet Man, John Wayne’s 1950s movie about life in 1920s Ireland. The MCGS business meeting will follow.
Come Tuesday, June 4, starting at 6:30 pm in the Winterset Public Library meeting room. All are welcome.
Would you like to learn more about joining the Daughters of the American Revolution? Two members of Jean Marie Cardinell DAR chapter of Des Moines will be joining us to explain the process and the work done by the DAR. Donna Rock Wenzl is also an MCGS member. A business meeting will follow the presentation to discuss our ongoing activities and upcoming cemetery walks.
Come Tuesday, May 7, starting at 6:30 pm in the Winterset Public Library meeting room. All are welcome.
Ryan Marquardt, Director of the Madison County Development Group, will lead off our meeting with a discussion of the new Cemetery Preservation Fund created by the Greater Madison Community Foundation. We will learn how township trustees and individuals can apply for funding to repair and preserve Madison County’s cemeteries. A business meeting will follow the presentation to discuss our ongoing activities and upcoming cemetery walks.
Come Tuesday, April 2, starting at 6:30 pm in the Winterset Public Library meeting room. All are welcome.
Tuesday, March 5, starting at 6:30 pm in the Winterset Public Library meeting room. All are welcome as we begin planning 2024’s activities. MCGS will hold meetings throughout the year on the first Tuesday of each month. Same place and time.
Past experience had taught us that one that one or both of these meetings are cancelled due to weather and that creates a scramble to notify members who usually attend. We have decided the best path is to pick up our meeting schedule in March of each year. In 2024 that will be Tuesday, March 5, 6:30 pm at the Winterset Public Library.
If you are an annual member, it is time to renew your membership for 2024. You can print and send the form below. Perhaps you’d like to turn your annual membership into a Lifetime membership. This helps support the work of the society plus is convenient for you.
If you are a Lifetime member and your address or email has changed, please let us know by using this site’s Contact Us form or email your new information to madisoncountyiagenealogy@gmail.com.
Hope you enjoy the winter season, no matter your temperatures. Members will receive the first quarterly newsletter in early February.
Madison County Genealogical Society Meeting
Tuesday, September 5 at 6:30 pm at Winterset Cemetery (The day just after the Labor Day holiday)
Park near the gazebo, wear sturdy shoes, bring a lawn chair, if you like.
Pat Hochstetler will lead a demonstration of using witching rods to detect burials. She has experience in identifying male vs. female and child vs. adult. Come join us for this unique presentation!
Madison County Genealogical Society Meeting
Tuesday, August 1 at 6:30 pm at Madison County Historical Complex Museum
Linda Smith will show the various genealogical resources available in the Museum’s archive and collections, such as family files, plat maps, local history books, and ability to request searches to locate family artifacts. Come join us!
Madison County Genealogical Society Meeting
Tuesday, May 2 at 6:30 pm in Winterset Library meeting room
“April showers” kept us away from last month’s meeting but we are hoping the one in” May flower”s into lots of ideas for this spring and summer. Come join us!
Madison County Genealogical Society 