The ISGS Blog is debuting a new feature called "Website of the Week!" Each Sunday, a new website will be showcased that focuses on researching Illinois ancestors.
This week's pick is a brand-new site-
African American Midwest. AAMW provides tons of multimedia resources for researching African American ancestors that settled in the Midwest. You can start by selecting your state of interest to get a list of articles, biographies, and videos about African American history in that state. There is also plenty of history about other topics such as the Great Migration, and early African American settlers to the Midwest. There's even an interactive map of known Underground Railroad locations throughout the Midwest. Check it out!
Associate Member News
Associate Members- our first Society Forum for 2022 will be held THIS THURSDAY, February 10th, at 7:00pm. Contact our new Society Liaison, Byron Holidman, for more info- isgssocieties@ilgensoc.org
The St. Clair County Genealogical Society announced the launch of a new newspaper project! The group will be working on scanning the WPA index card collection of local area newspapers. The card collection is currently held at the Belleville Public Library in 93 index card trays. The trays will be taken offsite for scanning.
SCCGS has also added NEW Church Records to their website- Burials for St. Peter, Belleville (1910-1957) and Baptisms (1957-1906) and Marriages (1858-1931) for Holy Childhood Mascoutah. Church records are available to all visitors to the SCCGS website, but members get access to even more resources- click here to find out more about SCCGS and how to join!
Upcoming Events
The Fox Valley Genealogical Society's next virtual meeting will be held Thursday February 10th at 7:00pm. Alice Hoyt Veen will present, "Making Sense of the Shambles: Organizational Tools for Genealogy." Click here for more info and to register!
The Polish Genealogical Society of America is hosting a special webinar on Sunday, February 20th. Debra Dudek will present, "U.S. Citizenship Records by WWI Military Service." There is a non-member fee of $10 to join the webinar.
Click here for more info and to register!
CAGGNI's next virtual meeting will be held on Saturday February 19th at 10:30 am. Liz Ross will present, "A Father for Patrick Ross: Indirect Evidence Proves the Papa."
Click here for more info and to register!
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