MONROE — The Green County Genealogical Society will present “Institutional Cemeteries” by Steve Seim.

The presentation is May 2 at 10 a.m. in the Monroe Public Library community room on the second floor. The program is open to the public.

Steve Seim has compiled and cataloged information on hundreds of cemeteries for poor farms, asylums, prisons and similar institutions across the country. He will share the history and reasons for the institutions. When the “inmates” died, their remains were often unclaimed, and the institution buried them. Most institutions had their own burial grounds on site. As institutions were phased out or modernized, their burial grounds were often neglected or forgotten, and burial records became difficult to obtain. Those buried in institutional cemeteries were often forgotten in their own lifetime and are in danger of being forgotten forever.

Seim serves as the Court Commissioner for Dodge County. He and his wife, Julie, have two grown children.

For any questions about the meeting or presentation, call Donna at 608-921-1537. The GCGS Research Center, located in the lower level of the Monroe Public Library, is open to the public for research Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and other times by appointment. The phone number is 608-328-7436 and the website is www.greencogenealogywi.org.