MONROE — The Green County Genealogical Society will hold a meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 in the second floor meeting room at the Monroe Public Library.

“Using Railroad Records in Family History Research” will be presented by Craig Pfannkuche.

Railroaders were meticulous record keepers. Large amounts of family data were collected by numerous railroad companies, which spun their web of rails across the nation. Much of this material survives and is, as this presentation will show, a potential treasure of family history data to researchers.

Craig Pfannkuche has been President of Memory Trail Research, Inc. since 1993, and has been the Genealogical Archivist for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Historical Society since 1984. He is on the Board of Directors of the McHenry County, Illinois Genealogical Society and the Chicago Genealogical Society. He has presented numerous workshops in history, historical and genealogical research, and archaeological techniques at both the local and national level.

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. Other times are available by appointment. Contact GCGS at 608-328-7436 or go to www.greencogenealogywi.org for more information.