The next meeting will be Saturday, March 14, 2026

4th Annual Workshop – America at 250: Researching Your Revolutionary Ancestors

Zion- Benton Public Library, 2400 Gabriel Avenue, Zion IL

Featuring Scott Norrick

 

Tuesday, January 20, 2026,

7 P.M. Zoom

“From Ulster to North Carolina – The Scots-Irish Settlers”

Presented by Luana Darby

 

Many Americans can trace their ancestry back to the North Carolina Scots-Irish. We will focus on who these people were, where they came from in the British Isles and where they settled in the New World. Where to find repositories and records of this unique population will also be covered.

Luana is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speaker’s Guild, the National Genealogical Society and the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (IFSHWE). She has served as past president and director of the Utah Genealogical Association and currently serves on the board of the Association of Professional Genealogists and as a director of the Genealogical Speakers Guild. In January 2015, she joined the faculty of BYU-Idaho as an online family history instructor teaching genealogical analysis and genealogy as a business course.

NOTE:  LCIGS and Zion Genealogical Society Members will receive the Zoom link and handout a few days in advance.

Non-members, please register by email at LCIGS1170@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link and handout.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

7:00 pm CT on Zoom

“Newspaper Research: The Dailies, Weeklies, and Beyond”

Presented by Paula Stuart Warren

Newspapers are one of the most important research sources. Too often genealogists use only the “generic” newspapers in their research. The ethnic, cultural, college and university, organizational, neighborhood, cultural, foreign language, and religious newspapers are often overlooked. Many of these have been indexed, though it may take some extra detective work to locate the indexes. This session presents details on the tremendous amount of information to be found in the usual newspapers and also these “other” newspapers and on how to locate them and any indexes. Visuals and the handout material show what these may hold for genealogical research, list some of the many superb guidebooks available, and identify both logical and unexpected repositories holding these newspapers. Learn how to locate the newspapers all over the U.S. and wring more information from them. Examples will also make you aware of newspaper indexes, both published and unpublished, and massive microfilming projects.

Paula is an internationally recognized genealogical educator, researcher, and consultant focusing on unusual resources, manuscripts, methodology, and analyzing records. She is a long-time coordinator and instructor for the GRIP Genealogy Institute. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, of the Minnesota Genealogical Society, a former officer of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and has been a Board-Certified Genealogist since 1988.

NOTE:  LCIGS and Zion Genealogical Society Members will receive the Zoom link and handout a few days in advance.

Non-members, please register by email at LCIGS1170@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link and handout.