Happy New Year! - Upcoming Genealogy Events for January 2021

ISGS wishes everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year! Here's to finding new family discoveries about your Illinois Ancestors in 2021!

Mark your calendars for these upcoming genealogy events in Jauuary!

Join the Fox Valley Genealogical Society on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM for Adam Pratt's webinar, "Best Practices for Organizing Photos."

 

Gathering and scanning family photos is an important step in building a Family Photo Archive, but what’s next? Learn best practices from a professional photo organizer for organizing your photos, following industry standards, to ensure your photos are safe and searchable for generations to come. This talk will also include the use of metadata for organizing photos.

Adam Pratt loves people, photography, and a good story! He has experience as a photographer, book author, software trainer, and photo organizer. He’s also the founder of Chaos to Memories where he helps people enjoy their photos again by turning their photo chaos into precious memories they can enjoy and share.

Click HERE to register for this webinar!

ISGS Webinar hosted by our friends at the Kane County Genealogical Society- Part 2 of Laura Street Chapin's DNA Series!

Join us on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 at 7:00 PM Central for the 2nd part of Laura Street Chapin's DNA series – "What Do I Do with It Now that I Have it? Working with DNA Test Results." This webinar, hosted by the Kane County Genealogical Society and member speaker, Laura, will explain the next steps once DNA test results are received and discuss some available analysis tools.

Click HERE to register for this webinar!
After you register, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Do you have ancestors from St. Clair County? Don't miss the St. Clair County Genealogical Society's next Zoom meeting on Thursday January 7th at 7pm, where SCCGS members will help you "Break Through your Genealogy Brick Wall!"

This will be a Q & A for our attendees. Participants will be allowed to submit problems to SCCGS members who will provide suggestions for general research or specialized records to help you break through your brick wall. You never know, you may be able to help someone else with their brick wall! 

Click HERE to register for this meeting!

When you register, you will be asked if you have a brick wall you need help breaking through. If you respond yes, you will receive a separate email asking you to provide detailed information regarding your brick wall problem.

The Polish Genealogical Society of America, Polish-American Foundation of Connecticut and the Association of Polish Professional Genealogists are pleased to announce a series of 12 webinars by 6 Poland-based genealogists covering a range of topics in Polish genealogy and research. See below or click the image for details!

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