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Thursday, March 23
Peoria County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm HYBRID MEETING: Peoria Public Library North Branch & Zoom
Program: Bringing Your Family Relics Home
Organizer: Angie Sneeringer
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Thursday, March 23
Kane County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm In-Person Meeting
Program: The Illinois State Archives
Presented by: Dr. David A. Joens
Non-members wishing to attend should contact kcgsinfo@gmail.com to register.
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Saturday, April 15
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:00 am HYBRID MEETING
Program: German Immigration to the Midwest (1848-1900)
Speaker: Scott Norrick
For more details, visit https://ssghs.org/ |
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Saturday, April 15
Computer Assisted Genealogy Group (CAGGNI) (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:30 am to 12:15 pm Hybrid Meeting: TBA & Virtual
Program: The Newberry Library's Edward E. Ayer Collection by Analu´ Lopez and Matt Rutherford
The Newberry Library's Ayer collection is arguably the world's premier source of primary documents regarding American Indians. Holding more than 100,000 digitized images, topics range from Native American archaeology, ethnology, art, and language to the history of contact between Europeans and native peoples: voyages, travels, and accounts of early America and development of cartography of the Western Hemisphere. Also covered is the history of the aboriginal peoples under the jurisdiction of the U.S. in the Philippine Islands and Hawaii. Ayer librarian Analu´ Lopez will also speak to CAGGNI specifically about some recent collaborations the library has been doing with indigenous communities.
Presenters: Analu´ Lopez and Matt Rutherford
Analu Lopez is the Ayer Librarian and Assistant Curator of American Indian and Indigenous Studies aat the Newberry Library. Matt Rutherford, MLIS, is Curator of Genealogy and Local History at the Newberry Library. He is the co-author of A Bibliography of African American History at the Newberry Library (2005)..
• Member – free
• Non-Member -- $5.00
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Monday, April 17
Zion Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm HYBRID: Zion-Benton Public Library & Zoom
Program: The Family 'Circle' – The Internet, LDS Family History Center, Libraries and On-Site Research
Presented by: Maureen Brady
For more details, visit https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilzgs/zgsmeeting_2023.html
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Wednesday, April 19
DuPage County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Wheaton Public Library, 225 N. Cross St., Wheaton, IL
Program: Irish Immigration to America
Presented by: Steve Szabados
For more details, visit https://dcgs60187.wildapricot.org/event-4893045
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Thursday, April 27
Kane County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm HYBRID Meeting: Town & Country Public Library, Elburn & Zoom
Program: Online Newspapers – Look Beyond the Lede
Presented by: Laura Marshall Kovarik
Non-members wishing to attend should contact kcgsinfo@gmail.com to register.
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Saturday, May 13
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:00 am HYBRID MEETING
Program: Show & Tell
Speaker: Crowd-sourced
For more details, visit https://ssghs.org/ |
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Monday, May 15
Zion Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm HYBRID: Zion-Benton Public Library & Zoom
Program: I Have a Civil War Ancestor – Now What?
Presented by: Brian Rhinehart
For more details, visit https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilzgs/zgsmeeting_2023.html
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Wednesday, May 17
DuPage County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Wheaton Public Library, 225 N. Cross St., Wheaton, IL
Program: A Physician's Perspective of Genealogy
Presented by: David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD
For more details, visit https://dcgs60187.wildapricot.org/event-4893058
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Saturday, May 20
Computer Assisted Genealogy Group (CAGGNI) (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:30 am to 12:15 pm Hybrid Meeting: TBA & Virtual
Program: What's New in Technology
John Stryker is back for our beloved and only annually recurring feature, What's New in Technology. John will review the latest hardware, apps, and websites, all with an eye toward turbo-charging your genealogy efforts. Don't miss this popular lecture.
Presenter: John Stryker
John Stryker recently retired from Oakton College in Des Plaines where he had been professor and chair of Computer Technologies and Information Systems. He has been a membere of CAGGNI since 2008 and was a member of the technology team for the all-virtual 2020 GeneaQuest. He holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois and an M.S. from Northeastern Illinois University..
• Member – free
• Non-Member -- $5.00
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Sunday, May 21
Polish Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Virtual
Program: Hidden Gems in Family Letters and Postcards
Presented by: Dorota Walker
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Thursday, May 25
Kane County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm VIRTUAL Meeting
Program: Screening Newspaper Finds – Workshop
Presented by: Crowd-sourced
Non-members wishing to attend should contact kcgsinfo@gmail.com to register.
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Saturday, June 10
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:00 am HYBRID MEETING
Program: Researching Online – Website and More – Updates for 2023
Speaker: Pat Kapustiak
For more details, visit https://ssghs.org/ |
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Thursday, June 22
Kane County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm HYBRID Meeting: Batavia Public Library & Zoom
Program: The National Road – America's Highway
Presented by: Dr. Kimberly Ormsby Nagy
Non-members wishing to attend should contact kcgsinfo@gmail.com to register.
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Saturday, July 8
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:00 am IN-PERSON
Program: Field Trip to Pullman National Monument
For more details, visit https://ssghs.org/ |
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Thursday, July 27
Kane County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm VIRTUAL Meeting
Program: My New England Research is Done – Or is it?
Presented by: D. Joshua Taylor
Non-members wishing to attend should contact kcgsinfo@gmail.com to register.
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Saturday, August 12
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:00 am HYBRID MEETING
Program: Making History Relevant
Speaker: Tina Beaird
For more details, visit https://ssghs.org/ |
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Sunday, August 20
Polish Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Virtual
Program: Update on Ukrainian Archives & Access
Presented by: Vera Miller
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Thursday, August 24
Kane County Genealogical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
7:00 pm HYBRID Meeting: Town & Country Public Library, Elburn & Zoom
Program: Finessing FindMyPast
Presented by: Laura Street Chaplin
Non-members wishing to attend should contact kcgsinfo@gmail.com to register.
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Saturday, September 9
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:00 am HYBRID MEETING
Program: History of Chicagolands in Maps
Speaker: Don & Tanya Smith
For more details, visit https://ssghs.org/ |
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Saturday, October 14
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (ISGS Member Society Events)
10:00 am HYBRID MEETING
Program: Mixers & Shakers: Tracing Your Bartending, Saloon Keeping, and Tavern Keeping Ancestors before Prohibition
Speaker: Debra Dudek
For more details, visit https://ssghs.org/ |
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