Illinois State Genealogical Society Blog

Join us on Tuesday, March 10 , at 8:00 PM Central, when Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A. will present Finding Your Femme Fatales: Exploring the Dark Side of Female Ancestors . To attend this webinar, register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7159116276516038146 . Last week's webinar, Basic Scandinavian Research , presented by Diana Smith, is now available to ISGS members in the Members Section of the ISGS website ( http://ilgensoc.org/members.php ). Upcoming Webinars March 10 – Finding Your Femme Fatales: Exploring the Dark Side of Female Ancestors Presenter: Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A. Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/792741648604580353 April 14 – Using Evernote as Your Primary Tool for Capturing Notes and Ideas Presenter: Drew Smith Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8189883145839699201 May 12 – Need Direction? Try City Directories! Presenter: Jean Wilcox Hibben Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6094939660972982529 ...

The Illinois State Genealogical Society is looking for a new Education Committee chairman to start ASAP. The ideal person should have a passion for helping genealogists and family historians learn new things to make their research journey more exciting and successful. While the committee does a variety of things, the immediate concern is taking over the webinar program for the remaining 2014 schedule and working to build the 2015 schedule. Managing the webinars requires about two hours per month (this includes the one hour for hosting the actual webinar). We would also like to see the committee grow. In addition to the webinars, this committee either writes or solicits articles of an educational nature for the ISGS blog. There are other projects the committee would like to implement down the road including educational presentations/videos focusing on various Illinois research facilities. We have a list of ideas that perhaps a new chair and their committee members would like to take...

The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) is happy to announce the continuation of its popular monthly webinar program in 2014. The 2014 ISGS Webinar Series would not be possible without the generous contributions received throughout 2013 and sponsorship provided by FamilySearch . Registration for the 2014 webinars is now open! You’ll find a fantastic lineup of presentations and speakers and we hope you will join us for a wonderful educational experience. The ISGS webinars, which are live lectures/presentations that you can attend via a computer with an internet connection, are held as a live broadcast on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 PM Central . The live broadcast of our webinars are free to the public. ISGS members who are unable to attend the live broadcast are able to access recordings of all past webinars through the Members Section of the ISGS website, to watch at their convenience. So what does 2014 have in store? Here is our amazing lineup! Jan...

2013 Family History Conference and Book Fair 8:00 am to 4:00 pm - John A. Logan College Route 13 & Greenbriar Road, Carterville, IL Presented by Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D. Web: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgssi/conf2013.html Registration: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgssi/reg_form.html The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois and John A. Logan College Saturday, August 10, 2013 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Ray Hancock Conference Center John A. Logan College Route 13 & Greenbriar Road, Carterville, IL Featured Speaker Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D. Certified Genealogist & Certified Genealogical Lecturer Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS, has edited the National Genealogical Society Quarterly since 2002. He is a trustee and a past president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, past board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and recipient of its 2011 Professional Achievement Award and its 2004 Grahame T. S...

Genealogy Day at the Fountaindale Public Library 300 W. Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL Web: www.fountaindale.org Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:30 am to 4 pm Join us for fantastic free program and learn the skills you need to make a difference in your family history research! Door Prizes! Society Booths! Author Book Signings! Tina Beaird Homesteading Records Steve Szabados Naturalization – Beginning of your U.S. Family Heritage Craig Pfannkuche Using Railroad Records in Family History Research 300 W. Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL Phone: 1-630-759-2102 ddudek@fountaindale.org Space is limited, please register online at www.fountaindale.org or by calling the library at (630) 685-4176. Participants are asked to bring a brown-bag lunch or preorder a lunch from Brooks Café. (Form on back of this flyer) Beverages will be provided. Due to limited parking, please carpool or make arrangements to be dropped off for this event! Call the library for more information.