Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Do you have a genetic genealogy story to share? Did you locate your birth parent or a new sibling by using DNA? Were you able to break through a genealogical brick wall with DNA? ISGS Quarterly  wants to know! ISGS Quarterly  is looking for personal stories to publish in our official 50th Anniversary issue in Fall 2018. Stories need to have an Illinois connection with a minimum of 300 words and a maximum of 750 words. Narrative format is preferred, no footnotes required. One photo can be included, but it needs to be clear when changed to black and white. The deadline to submit stories is August 1, 2018. ISGS Quarterly  staff will edit stories. For questions or to submit a story, please contact the Quarterly  editor at isgsquarterly@ilgensoc.org . © 2018, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society

New African-American Genealogy Data The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) is pleased to announce several new articles about African-American genealogy at its website. The articles relating to registers of slaves and emancipation of slaves in Gallatin County, Illinois, were originally written by Mr. and Mrs. H. Obert Anderson and published in the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly in 1978. They include: Register of Slaves (Indentures) and Emancipation of Slaves - Part 1 (Gallatin County) (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1978) Emancipation of Slaves and Affidavits, Gallatin County, Illinois - Part 2 (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1978) Emancipation of Slaves and Affidavits, Gallatin County, Illinois - Part 3 (ISGS Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall 1978) These articles, along with several other similar articles published in the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly during the late 1970s, can be found under Free Databases in the African-Am...

Thanks to Harold Henderson of the Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog site for his comments about the latest issue of the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly and more specifically, the "Grandmothers of Aurora" article by Michael R. Fitchel. Harold has come across a book similar to Reminiscences Prepared From Written and Verbal Recitals of the Personal Experience of "The Grandmothers" of Aurora in Early Pioneer Life in Illinois upon which the article was based.  The book he located is entitled Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve also produced during the same time period in the 1890s. As he states in his blog post, Harold wonders if there are any similar publications from the time period which used reminisces and first-hand accounts from pioneer women in Illinois and other states.  If you know of any, we'd love to know and let Midwestern Microhistory know as well! © 2010, copyright Illinois State Genealogical Society