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Our Spring Workshop was such a success and we are looking forward to the next one on September 6! We would love to have member societies in the area join us to help promote their group. We are also looking for Door Prize donations for attendees. This is a great opportunity for smaller societies and groups to interact with the genealogists in their community.  For more information on door prizes or table setup, contact Marketing at  isgsmarketing@ilgensoc.org or Laura Chaplin at  isgsnewsletter@ilgensoc.org © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

Society News for April 2025 The North Suburban Genealogical Society  Beginners  Interest in  Genealogy Group  (BIGG) will meet monthly at the Glenview Library. Our purpose is to provide direction and talk about basic research skills in a friendly interactive group setting. Our first meeting will be April 1 at 7pm in the 2nd floor Tech Lab at Glenview Library. If you are interested, we hope you and your friends or relatives will join us. It is not necessary to register in advance but we ask that you do so at the Glenview Library event page Event Page , so that we can have enough handouts for the attendees.

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Presenting firm date and location for our Southern IL Workshop in Carterville: Hope to see you there!

SAVE THE DATE - April 26, 2025 REGIONAL GENEALOGY WORKSHOP Carterville, IL © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

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DeWitt County Genealogical Society October 5th -  DeWitt County Genealogical Society is participating in  Community Day at Weldon Springs State Park, Clinton.  Area non-profits  have been invited to set up tables 11 am - 4 pm.  The public is asked to  bring a picnic lunch, and there will be games and treats for the kids. Our theme will be centered around gravestone cleaning and the upcoming  bus tour of historically significant cemeteries in DeWitt County. October 26 - Dewitt County Genealogical Society, in conjunction with DeWitt Clinton Chapter DAR, is hosting "Written in Stone," a bus tour of historical DeWitt County cemeteries. The cemetery visits will include graves of Revolutionary War veterans and county founders, a segment  about the supernatural, and a grave witching demonstration.  A running  narrative throughout the tour will point out a ghost town, a tract of  virgin forest and stories about the first settlers.  A...

CAGGNI has extended their registration for GeneaQuest to August 31: The Peoria County Genealogical Society is holding a free program on September 12: Registration for the Midwest Genealogy Center's Annual Lock-In has opened! For more information and the link to register, please visit  https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/events/mgc-lock-in   More information on the updated Quarterly Indexes: © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

Hi everyone, the new 25-Year Index is now on the website. It's listed in the "About our Databases" tab-  https://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=599 Visitors can view it directly here-  https://ilgensoc.org/upload/files/Indexes_%26_Lists/25_Year_Index_to_ISGS_Quarterly_Vol_26_to_50_050924.pdf © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

The CAGGNI Fall Conference is September 14 in Palatine, IL. Details in the flyer : Registration is now open:  CAGGNI Fall 2024 Conference Fox Valley Genealogical Society's Fall Conference is on September 28 in Naperville, IL. Registration is now open:  FVGS Fall 2024 Conference Peoria County Genealogical Society events can be found on their Home Page: PCGS The July-August Newsletter from ISGS is available:  ISGS July-Aug Newsletter Registration for the Fall Conference on October 26 is now open:  ISGS Fall 2024 Conference © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

The May Newsletter from CAGGNI is available now:  CAGGNI May 2024 The May Newsletter from DCGS is available here:  DCGS May 2024 Peoria County Genealogical Society presents ' Using Peoria County Digital Maps to Supplement Your Research ' on May 9. Program will also be offered virtually via Zoom at 6:00 PM. To join via Zoom, register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMufuGpqzwuGtHI7b7wIeSSaGmaeXePkW-m The May-June Newsletter from ISGS is available:  ISGS May-June 2024 © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

MSIGS is back in person! Please join us for our May Meeting at MCC. As the weather warms up, we've returned to in-person meetings at the McHenry County College. Our next meeting takes place on Thursday, May 9th at 7pm. Our meetings take place in room C104. We are in the room 30 minutes prior to allow us to mingle and share recent genealogy stories. We hope to see you there! The latest Newsletter is posted:   MSIGS Newsletter CAGGNI upcoming program on May 18 CAGGNI’s very own John Stryker will be our speaker on May 18 from 10:30 am – 12:15 pm, at the Mount Prospect Public Library, 10 S. Emerson, Mount Prospect, IL, and via Zoom. His topic will be “What's New in Technology: 2024.” John keeps up with the technology news and will bring word of the best in hardware, gadgetry, applications, and websites, all with an eye on how it can best be used to pursue our genealogical hobby. He is retired from being distinguished professor and chair of Computer Technologies and Information Syst...

Find PCGS newsletter here:  PDGS April . Some cool stuff happening on the Brimfield Oral History  Project. While traveling to Macomb, Illinois may be a bit of road trip, there are good reasons to travel this Spring. Visit IRAD at Western Illinois University. For your reference, start with the indexes listed below: A complete listing of the holdings of all the depositories can be accessed through the State Archives Web site. Online indexes of selected records at WIU include: Adams County Almshouse Registers Index (1873 - 1898) Brown County Almshouse Registers Index (1882 - 1963) Fulton County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1825 - 1876) McDonough County Guardian's Case Files Index (1838-1933) McDonough County Probate Case Files Index (1833-1925) Mercer County Almshouse Register Index (1859 - 1948) Peoria County Probate Case Files Index (1825 - 1887) Rock Island Probate Case Files Index (1834 - 1899) Stark County Almshouse Register Index (1868 - 1941) Not ready to travel yet? Ch...

Check out Peoria County Genealogical Society's upcoming events on their website: PCGS Events   Be sure to sign up for CAGGNI's upcoming program on April 20 CAGGNI is hosting Suzanne Hoffman, professional genealogist and member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, on April 20, 2024, from 10:30 am – 12:15 pm, at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N Dunton Ave, Arlington Heights, IL, and via Zoom. Her topic will be "Why is Jewish Research Different from All Other Research?" Suzanne will explore why Jewish research is so difficult and why the historical impediments to research make collaborative research a must. She will explore the obstacles and the promise of solutions to solving family mysteries. This will be hybrid event, allowing in-person and Zoom attendance. But we hope anyone in the area will take advantage of the opportunity to meet with fellow genealogists in person. For information on other upcoming CAGGNI events, please visit:  https://caggni.org/Event...

The latest issue of the ISGS Newsletter is now available on the ISGS Website-  CLICK HERE  to view! This issue includes news from March-April and information on our upcoming conference in October! Be sure to check out the President's letter - new information for you. The upcoming conferences - virtual and hybrid - are on page 18. © 2020, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

The latest issue of the ISGS Newsletter is now available on the ISGS Website-  CLICK HERE  to view! This issue includes news from January-February and includes highlights about the 2023-2024 IRAD Interns, ISGS Committees Highlights, the Executive Board and Associate Societies Highlights. CLICK HERE  to view past issues of the ISGS Newsletter! © 2024, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society