Presented by Debra Dudek, MS-LIS
The practice of divorce in the southern United States can vary by location and time period. Get an overview of divorce laws and practices from 1780s-1860s. Continue reading “Meeting, Tuesday, September 12, 2017”
Past Conflict Repatriation:
The Role of Genealogists and Methodology in Fulfilling Our Nation’s Promise
Learn about the repatriation program and the techniques genealogists use to locate family members and DNA reference samples for missing service members from past conflicts.
World War One has been called the most musical of all wars. In a joint Pritzker Military Museum and Library and Illinois State Library project, Andrew Bullen has converted scanned musical scores from Pritzker’s collection to playable files using optical musical
Henry Steren was a German immigrant who lived in Quincy, Illinois. Resources available about him only indicate that he was from the Province of Hanover in Germany. This lecture will walk through the process of identifying his town of origin and his parents. Continue reading “Meeting Tuesday, June 12, 2017”
This program summarizes a project Nancy Schumm has been working on for over three years to trace the path, mythology, facts and families involved in the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois, and particularly Lake County. Continue reading “Meeting Tuesday, May 9, 2017”
Good genealogical research means we must do “reasonably exhaustive” searches for information about our ancestors, going beyond the data we find online. Continue reading “Meeting Tuesday, April 11, 2017”
We think of identity as something fixed and simple, but as we try to reconstruct the identities of long gone people we need to realize that identity is a much slipperier concept. Continue reading “Meeting Tuesday, March 14, 2017”
Finding European ancestors is a challenge but this program covers a method that tries to simplify this daunting search. The program will focus on German resources but will also include other countries Continue reading “Meeting Tuesday, February 14, 2017”
While today’s family records are most often printed or computer generated, records of the past were handwritten. As handwriting styles have changed over time, and also differ from region to region, reading these records can be a challenge. Continue reading “Meeting Tuesday, January 10, 2017”