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Join us on Tuesday, December 10 , at 8:00 PM Central, where Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, will present, Miracles, Mysteries & Mayhem: Online Family Trees .  To attend this webinar, register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8253902195291921152 . Last week's webinar, Little Houses on the Prairie: Midwestern Research Techniques , presented by Diana Crisman Smith , is now available to ISGS members in the Members Section of the ISGS website ( http://ilgensoc.org/members.php ). Upcoming Webinars December 10 –  Miracles, Mysteries & Mayhem: Online Family Trees Presenter:  Jeanne Larzalere Bloom Registration:   https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8253902195291921152 January 14 – 7 Habits of Highly Frugal Genealogists Presenter:  Thomas MacEntee Registration:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5698954937817284354   February 11 – Printed Legends and Missing Footnotes: Dissecting 19 th and 20 th Century Compiled Genealogies Presenter:  D. J

Join us on November 12, where Diana Crisman Smith will give us some pointers on conducting research in the Midwest in her presentation Little Houses on the Prairie: Midwestern Research Techniques . Date : Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 8:00 pm Central Description : Do you have Midwestern ancestors? Have you found them difficult to research because they are "different" from New England, or the south, or...wherever? There are some tricks and techniques which make researching this region less intimidating. Presenter : Diana Crisman Smith Diana Crisman Smith grew up a Midwestern girl, living in Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Ohio. She has been working with clients for more than ten years, as well as teaching and presenting to a variety of organizations across the US (and at sea) for over twenty years. She has written for print and online publications including APG Quarterly , NGS Magazine , Genealogical Computing , Digital Genealogist , Journal of Online Gene