From time to time I will post tips for using the FamilySearch website. It is a vital website, and you will want to use it to the fullest extent.Today's Tip:Register for a free account. Sign in every time you use the site.Why? Some information and some images are restricted, accessible only to registered users. Don't…
Last night at the Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society meeting, Maureen Brady gave an information-packed presentation on doing genealogy in the British Isles. If you have ancestors from the British Isles (loosely defined for our purposes as England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland). Here are…
Here's something to watch out for when you're searching and finding records in an online database like Ancestry: look and see if there is a page 2 to the image that you have found. The two examples below should tell you why. Example 1: A World War II Draft Registration card for Charles Peterson gives…
Local Author Appears on PBS' Genealogy RoadshowLibertyville author Gail Lukasik filled out an application for PBS' Genealogy Roadshow, saying, "I'm a mystery writer with a family mystery I couldn't solve." The producers of the show interviewed her and accepted her for their program which will air on January 20, 2015 on WTTW, Channel 11 at 10…
Our Genealogy 101 class this Saturday will be held in the Meeting Room at Cook Park Library in Libertyville. I apologize for giving the wrong information in the previous post. See you at Cook Park Library on January 10, 2015, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.~Sonia
If you're curious about getting into genealogy research but don't know where to start, here's your chance. Attend our Genealogy 101 program this Saturday morning, January 10, 2015, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., at Aspen Drive Library . We'll start at the beginning with home sources, talk about the building blocks of genealogy, make sure you…
So you've heard about this genealogy craze and how much fun it is. Or maybe you have some burning questions about your ancestors that you just HAVE to answer. The desire to find your ancestors is there, but where do you start?There are as many answers to this question as there are genealogists. Here are…
While helping a patron with her Chicago genealogy recently, I came across a few other very helpful websites that anyone doing Chicago genealogy should know about and use. The Newberry Library has a great page on Chicago Genealogy. But don't overlook their research guides page, either, which has many helpful links to researching Chicago history.…
Finding an obituary, marriage notice, or news article about your ancestor in a newspaper can be thrilling, giving details to an event that the official record doesn't convey. But where and how can you find these gems?The answer is three-fold: Some newspapers have been digitized and are available through subscription databasesSome newspapers have been digitized…
I hope some of you out there will be able to take advantage of some free databases this weekend: Find My Past, which is primarily English records, and ArkivDigial, which is Swedish records. Read Dick Eastman's blog with more details on FindMyPast and ArkivDigital.Have a happy and successful genealogy weekend!~Sonia
