Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

ISGS Members- Please check your email inbox tomorrow morning for this exclusive discount offer from MyHeritage! We're excited to share an exclusive offer for ISGS members: 50% off the MyHeritage Complete plan, our best plan for discovering family history! This time of year is all about family, and with this incredible offer, you'll gain access to all the tools you need to explore your roots and connect with your family's story at an unbeatable price: 18.8 billion historical records, sophisticated automatic matching technologies, unlimited use of our popular photo tools, and much more. But hurry, this exclusive deal expires on 12/4/2022! Not an ISGS member- or has your membership lapsed? Now is a great time to join or renew your membership to take advantage of this huge offer! Visit the ISGS Join/Renew Page to set up your membership with just a few clicks! Contact the ISGS Marketing Chair with any questions- isgsmarketing@ilgensoc.org . © 2022, copyright Illinois State Gen...

Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children's School Thanksgiving, Normal, IL 1945; Pantragraph Negative Collection, 1940-1945, Illinois Digital Archives (https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll62/id/48795/rec/5). ISGS wishes you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving filled with good food and family history memories! Getting ready for holiday shopping? Stay tuned for a special MyHeritage offer exclusively for ISGS members- more details coming November 28th! © 2022, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

The November/December 2022 issue of the ISGS Newsletter is now available! CLICK HERE or on the image below to read the latest issue! In this issue, learn about our new ISGS Board members, our Honors & Awards winners, a new Civil War indexing project from Civil War Bluejackets, and much more! You can view past issues of the ISGS Newsletter by visiting our website. © 2022, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

Time is running out to access  Try-It Illinois!  Don't miss your opportunity to check out dozens of FREE research databases! Try-It Illinois! is a free trial service for Illinois library users, that runs until November 30, 2022. Try-It Illinois is sponsored by Secretary of State and the Illinois State Library. Try-It! offers a wide variety of databases for you to try- and many of them relate to genealogy and historical research! Check out this year's list of databases  HERE! Don't miss your chance to check out these research tools- you may find some surprises to help your family history research!  To register for Try-It! Illinois, visit   http://www.finditillinois.org/tryit/   and click "I am an Illinois librarian or a library user and would like to access Try-It! Illinois" on the right hand side of the screen. Enter your contact information, and the name of your local library. You will be contacted with login information. © 2022 copyright Illi...

Check out these upcoming events and resources! The North Suburban Genealogical Society will hold their next meeting this Saturday, November 12th, at 1:00pm via Zoom. Matthew Rutherford will discuss "Newberry Library Genealogy Resources." Don't miss this informative lecture to learn more about the vast collections of family history resources available at the Newberry Library in Chicago- CLICK HERE for more info and to register! CLEBRATE VETERAN'S DAY! Members of the U.S. Armed forces, both active duty and veterans, will receive FREE admission to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum TOMORROW, November 11th! Museum guests will enjoy a free performance by the Airlifters Brass Ensemble from Scott Air Force Base. Fold3 is offering FREE access to its collections now through Sunday- a great opportunity to search for records to honor your military ancestors- CLICK HERE to search now! November is Native American Heritage Month! Check out these online resources for researc...

Here are just a few of the many upcoming genealogy events this month! For more events, check out the ISGS event calendar and the ISGS Facebook page. Mark your calendars- the DuPage County Genealogical Society's 45th Annual Conference will be Saturday March 11th, 2023! Featured speakers will be Jane Haldeman, Karen Stanbary, and Paul Milner.  CLICK HERE for more info! And don't miss the next DCGS meeting on Wednesday, November 16th at the Wheaton Public Library, where ISGS' own Suzanne Hoffman will present, "Mayhem on a Manifest." CLICK HERE for DCGS meeting info! The Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society will hold their next meeting this Saturday, November 5th- in person only at the Spring Creek United Church of Christ in Rockford. The society will hold their elections and share personal research stories from Lynell Cannell and Diane Schoppe McCue. CLICK HERE to visit the WBCGS website! The Northwest Suburban Genealogy Society will hold their next...