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Happy 2025!

DeWitt County Genealogical Society October 5th -  DeWitt County Genealogical Society is participating in  Community Day at Weldon Springs State Park, Clinton.  Area non-profits  have been invited to set up tables 11 am - 4 pm.  The public is asked to  bring a picnic lunch, and there will be games and treats for the kids. Our theme will be centered around gravestone cleaning and the upcoming  bus tour of historically significant cemeteries in DeWitt County. October 26 - Dewitt County Genealogical Society, in conjunction with DeWitt Clinton Chapter DAR, is hosting "Written in Stone," a bus tour of historical DeWitt County cemeteries. The cemetery visits will include graves of Revolutionary War veterans and county founders, a segment  about the supernatural, and a grave witching demonstration.  A running  narrative throughout the tour will point out a ghost town, a tract of  virgin forest and stories about the first settlers.  A...

CAGGNI has extended their registration for GeneaQuest to August 31: The Peoria County Genealogical Society is holding a free program on September 12: Registration for the Midwest Genealogy Center's Annual Lock-In has opened! For more information and the link to register, please visit  https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/events/mgc-lock-in   More information on the updated Quarterly Indexes: © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

Hi everyone, the new 25-Year Index is now on the website. It's listed in the "About our Databases" tab-  https://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=599 Visitors can view it directly here-  https://ilgensoc.org/upload/files/Indexes_%26_Lists/25_Year_Index_to_ISGS_Quarterly_Vol_26_to_50_050924.pdf © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

The CAGGNI Fall Conference is September 14 in Palatine, IL. Details in the flyer : Registration is now open:  CAGGNI Fall 2024 Conference Fox Valley Genealogical Society's Fall Conference is on September 28 in Naperville, IL. Registration is now open:  FVGS Fall 2024 Conference Peoria County Genealogical Society events can be found on their Home Page: PCGS The July-August Newsletter from ISGS is available:  ISGS July-Aug Newsletter Registration for the Fall Conference on October 26 is now open:  ISGS Fall 2024 Conference © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

The May Newsletter from CAGGNI is available now:  CAGGNI May 2024 The May Newsletter from DCGS is available here:  DCGS May 2024 Peoria County Genealogical Society presents ' Using Peoria County Digital Maps to Supplement Your Research ' on May 9. Program will also be offered virtually via Zoom at 6:00 PM. To join via Zoom, register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMufuGpqzwuGtHI7b7wIeSSaGmaeXePkW-m The May-June Newsletter from ISGS is available:  ISGS May-June 2024 © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society