MONROE — “Early Cheesemaking in Green County” will be the topic for the Green County Genealogical Society meeting at 10 a.m. Sept. 1 in the second floor meeting room of the Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave. Donna Douglas from the National Historic Cheesemaking Center will share with us the history of cheesemaking in Green County.

Light refreshments are available 15 minutes before the meeting. The meetings are free and open to the public. 

Call Sharon Mitchell at 815-868-2416 or Donna Kjendlie at 608-921-1537 with questions. 

The GCGS Research Center is located in lower level of the Monroe Public Library and is available to the public for research. Research Center hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and third Saturday and from 1 to 3 p.m. the first Saturday after the meeting. 

Friday summer hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. June through September at the Research Center. Main holdings are on Green County. Both Rock and Lafayette Counties are well represented as well as several other counties, states, countries and ethnic groups. A large clipping collection of births, marriages and obituaries is available. Volunteers are on staff to help with research.