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Join us on Tuesday, February 9 , at 8:00 PM Central, when Angela Walton-Raji, will present Reconstructing Black Community Life Through Benevolent Societies . To attend this webinar, register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8291948619192469250 . Last week's webinar, Organizing Your Genealogy Research Process , presented by Drew Smith, is now available to ISGS members in the Members Section of the ISGS website ( http://ilgensoc.org/members.php ). Upcoming Webinars February 9 – Reconstructing Black Community Life Through Benevolent Societies Presenter: Angela Walton-Raji Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8291948619192469250 March 8 – Researching in Archives & Libraries: Do’s and Don’ts Presenter: Melissa Barker Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1846416843611494402 April 12 - Letters, Ledgers, and Lodge Books: Finding Ancestors with Ethnic Resources Presenter: Lisa A. Alzo Registration: https://attendee...

The ISGS Office will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Regular hours will resume on Thursday, January 21, 2016. © 2016, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

Title : Organizing Your Genealogy Research Process Date : Tuesday, January 12, 2016, 8:00 pm Central Description : This class focuses on the genealogical research process and how to organize it. Attendees will learn to define their research goals; to create manageable projects; to break projects down into sub-projects and tasks; to track their goals, projects, and tasks using software tools; to use a research log in order to organize and record their research questions, their search strategies, and their results; to use tools for documenting the process from source to information to evidence to conclusion; and to complete the process by transferring their conclusions into genealogical database programs. Presenter : Drew Smith Drew Smith , MLS, is a University of South Florida (Tampa) librarian. He is Chair of the Family History Information Standards Organisation and President of the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa. Drew is a past Secretary of the Association of Pro...

The  January/February 2016 issue of the ISGS Newsletter is now available to both ISGS members and non-members. Visit the ISGS website at  http://www.ilgensoc.org  and click ISGS Newsletter to download the current issue (in PDF) and to view past issues going back to January/February 2008. © 2016, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society