Featured Speaker:  Caron Brennan

For more details, visit naperville-lib.org

Guest Speaker:  Steve Szabados. For more details, visit elginroots.com

From April through October.  A series of lectures designed to inform your research and point you to exciting developments in the field whether you are new to genealogy or a seasoned researcher. This month features presenter Diane Renner Walsh covering Genealogy 101: IRAD and ISA.

 

For more details, visit stclair-ilgs.org

Topic:  Creating and Sustaining Your Family Newsletter

Guest Speaker:  Janis Minor Forte

 

For more details, visit nsgsil.org

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a turning point in Chicago’s history. The rebuilding of the city enhanced Chicago’s (and thus Illinois’s) position on the world stage. For genealogists, the fire presents a challenge as many important records were lost – including vital records. But it didn’t all burn!  Maps, diaries, church records, directories, newspapers, and other records survived. Our speaker, Ginger Frere, will present some of these alternative sources and discuss where they can be found.

 

Online Registration:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6977633117555548675

Guest Speaker:  Maureen Brady.  For more details, visit mcigs.org

Guest Speaker: Ken Gough.  For more details, visit elginroots.com

Guest Speaker:  Laura Kovarik.  For more details, visit ilfvgs.org

Featured Speaker:  Roger Liska

For more details, visit naperville-lib.org

Featuring:  Jill Morelli, Certified Genealogist

Join us as we celebrate our 25th Annual Fall Conference and the State of Illnois' Bicentennial

 

For more details, visit ilfvgs.org

Coinciding with Family History Month, six speciality tables staffed by knowledgeable genealogists will answer your questions 1-on-1. Topics include Germany, England, Lorraine (France), treasures in the Belleville Public Library, Monroe & Randolph resources, and St. Clair County cemeteries, church records, and courthouse research. For more details, visit stclair-ilgs.org

The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 put Chicago on the map. Rising from the ashes of the Chicago Fire of 1871, a swampland was turned into an educational and entertainment region for the White City. Inventions surfaced, methods of dealing with potential epidemics were developed, and people came from around the world to learn about cultures they would otherwise never experience.

 

Listeners will find out how this event in Illinois’ history affected personal and educational lives. If your ancestor lived anywhere in the vicinity, the chances are he or she attended this monumental event. Chicago is more than the site of a horrendous fire; it rose from the ashes to become a world-famous city. Visitors today can find remnants of the Columbian Exposition all over the region and into Wisconsin so listeners will also find out how to connect personally to this exciting part of Illinois history. “The hog butcher of the world” literally became the leader of the world for six months at the end of the 19th Century.

 

Join us for this fascinating webinar presented by Jean Wilcox Hibben.

 

Online Registration:   https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3256193076836331011

Guest Speaker:  Caron Primas Brennan.  For more details, visit mcigs.org

 

For more details, visit nsgsil.org

Program:  Make the "Genealogy Organization Challenge" Work for You

Featured Speaker:  Marsha Peterson-Maass

For more details, visit naperville-lib.org

 

Featured Speaker:  Jason Kruski

For more details, visit naperville-lib.org

In addition to Illinois' bicentennial, 2018 also marks the centennial of the end of World War I. Illinois answered Uncle Sam's call and men and women from across the Prairie State served during World War I both in Europe and on the home front. Our presentator, Lisa Oberg, will highlight some of the ways the Great War changed Illinois and how to research your ancestors who may have served at home and abroad. In particular, utilizing social history resources to help enrich the story of Illinois' war contributions will be discussed.

 

Online Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5825186603980794115

Hundreds of thousands of families left the south in the 1900s, headed north. Their destinations were Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and beyond. This workshop, presented by Angela Walton-Raji, looks at communities in the urban north and will illustrate how much can be learned about the county of origin in the south, bu studying the communities where they arrived.

 

Online Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2762471676044596227