Monthly Archives: June 2011
Thankful Thursday – RAOGK
Hit a brick wall in your family history research? Need that one record to help prove a fact? Are you searching for a particular record in another county in Illinois or area of the country but cannot get there to obtain it? Not interested in hiring a professaionl researcher to track down your document? Then [...]
Tuesday’s Tip – Check Out the FGS2011 Resources
Are you attending FGS 2011 or still thinking about it? Time is running out to register for the early bird discounted rate! Here are some great resources and informational posts about the conference if you are still on the fence about attending. Research Opportunities: Illinois State Archives See the Sites: Museums in Springfield Pathways to [...]
Sorting Saturday – FGS 2011 News
Our power was out from Wednesday evening until about 2:30 a.m. Friday morning. So today I am sorting through all the emails, blog posts, Tweets and such I missed while we were down. There are several new things to report concerning FGS 2011. The deadline to register for the early bird discounted rate is July [...]
Follow Friday June 24, 2011
Do you read Marian’s Roots & Rambles blog? If not, take a peek. This is what she does in her business. Very interesting. http://rootsandrambles.blogspot.com/2011/06/what-exactly-do-i-research.html And stop by Amy’s We Tree Blog and see what she’s up to. I’d like to be where she is now. http://wetree.blogspot.com/2011/06/vacation-from-my-ancestors.html Tweet
FGS2011 – Visit Prairie Archives
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Treasure Chest Thursday – A Genealogy Meeting
Last night I attended the Fountaindale Public Library‘s Genealogy Group meeting which is overseen by Debra Dudek, the Adult and Teen Services Manager. Debra has a fantastic high-energy, outgoing personality that livened up the beginning of the meeting. She introduced the speaker, Steve Szabados, a local genealogist. Steve spoke on Finding Grandma’s Ancestors. In May [...]
Italian Ancestors