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MEETING SCHEDULES FOR I.G.S.W. Membership meetings are held the first Monday of each month (except December).
The Irish Cultural and Heritage Center (ICHC) is located at 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee, housed in the historic former Grand Avenue Congregational Church. Parking is available for evening programs in the two lots just south of the alley behind the building, accessible via 23rd street. The ICHC is also home to the Irish Emigration Library, sponsored by the Irish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin. Visit the ICHC web site for more information The Shorewood Public Library is located at 3920 N. Murray Ave.Shorewood WI 53211, one block south of Capitol Drive and three blocks east of Oakland Avenue in Shorewood. Programs will be held in the lower level meeting room. Parking will be available behind the building, accessible via Frederick Avenue. Visit the library’s web site at http://www.mcfls.org/shorewood/ for up todate information about the library’s new facilities and parking arrangements. Phone (414) 847-2670 7 p.m., Shorewood Village Center Meeting Room (Lower Level), Shorewood Public Library The Dunn Family Collection & Francis O'Neill Cylinders Presented by Barry Stapleton & Jeff Ksiazek The Dunn Family Collection is one of those rare finds for any archives. But for this collection to be found within miles of the newly established Ward Irish Music Archives in Milwaukee surely is one great story. When Dr. David Dunn, a retired pediatrician from Children's Hospital, first approached the Archives about the Francis O'Neill cylinders recorded around 1904, it was clear that the family had a cultural and historical treasure that needed to be shared with the greater Irish community, especially those interested in Irish music...around the world. Barry Stapleton has been involved in the Irish community most of his life and worked as the manager at the ICHC and is a past-president of the Shamrock Club of Wisconsin. He has been director of the Ward Irish Music Archives for 10 years. Jeff Ksiazek is the Archivist at the Ward Irish Music Archives and has a masters degree in Library & Information Science with a Certificate from the Celtic Studies program at UWM. He is also in the Milwaukee Irish band Athas. Monday, April 5, 2010 7 p.m., Irish Cultural &Heritage Center Night of the Roundtables The Night of the Roundtables is your chance to share your genealogy quest with other IGSW members. Our roundtables - small group discussions - let you get and give advice, share your successes, collaborate with others, and use the resources of the Irish Emigration Library. Roundtables are now in the planning stages. Do you have a program or speaker idea? Would you like to suggest a topic for our next roundtable meeting? Email your thoughts to IGSW Corresponding Secretary, Michele Patin. IGSW programs are free and open to the public, and are held eleven times per year, usually on the first Monday of each month except December. Programs are held at The Shorewood Village Center inside the Shorewood Public Library, or at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center (ICHC), home to the Society's research library. In addition, some summer programs are excursions to other locations. The Shorewood Village Center is located at 3920 N. Murray Ave., in the lower level of the Shorewood Public Library one block south of Capitol Drive. The Irish Cultural and Heritage Center is located at 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee just west of Marquette University, in the historic Tory Hill neighborhood. Irish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin • P.O. Box 13766 • Wauwatosa, WI 53213-0766 |