If you were not able to attend Tuesday’s program, you can now watch Dana Kelly’s presentation at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a914jIa3Kig for the next 3 weeks.
To learn more about the Norwegian American Genealogical Center, please visit https://www.nagcnl.org
Along with cake, we will be welcoming Dana Kelly of the Norwegian American Genealogical Center. People who come in person will be meeting in the Rasmussen North room on the second floor of the Schaumburg Township District Library at 6:00 pm this evening. I look forward to seeing you there.
If you have not already signed up for this program, you can do so at https://www.schaumburglibrary.org/events?id=14000628
If you are interested in reading some old resources on the history of Illinois, you may want to look at the County and Regional Histories & Atlases: Illinois, found on our website at https://www.schaumburglibrary.org/services/genealogy (scroll down)
To give an example, type “Cook County history” in the top left search box and hit the magnifying glass.
As you can see, some of these resources are from 1894. Click on “Cook County: Genealogical And Biographical Record Of Cook County, Illinois Containing Biographical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens…” You can now see 637 pages of Illinois history that were written in the late 19th century. You can choose to search for people within the document, so type in “Ulysses S. Grant” and hit the magnifying glass.
You can now read about our 18th president as it appeared in the book.
Have fun researching everyone, and Happy New Year!
In preparation for January’s presentation, you may want to look at
The Family Tree Scandinavian Genealogy Guide: How to Trace your Ancestors in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway by David A. Fryxell. Learn about tracing your ancestors from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Discover family members and optimize your time while research. You can find it on the second floor in the 929s.
“Italian Genealogy 101” is still on YouTube, and will be available to view until Tuesday at https://www.youtube.com/@SchaumLib/videos.
If you missed Italian Genealogy 101, you can still view it for a while on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@SchaumLib/videos.
Tonight will be the last meeting for the Genealogy Discussion Group, but I will be sticking around longer after our genealogy programs since that seems to be the main time that people hang around to talk. I am available for 1 on 1 appointments, found at https://www.schaumburglibrary.org/book-librarian
Dan R. will be visiting us once more at 5:30 pm to discuss transferring VHS tapes to a digital format.
You can also e-mail me at vdixon@stdl.org
The next genealogy program is Italian Genealogy 101 on Tuesday, Dec. 9th, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. You can register for this event here: https://www.schaumburglibrary.org/events?id=14351567
Some might wonder why the Pilgrims, who are discussed in Tuesday’s video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cRimnPXAyc , chose to cross the Atlantic Ocean instead of moving to a different area in Europe during the 1620s. A part of the reason may have been the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648. Learning about the history surrounding the time period can help with genealogical studies, so consider taking a look at some of the books on that time period, like The Thirty Years War : Europe’s Tragedy by Peter Wilson, located at 940.24/PAR.
If you were not able to attend “The Mayflower Society and Early New England Research” you can see it on out YouTube site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cRimnPXAyc for the next two weeks. Cary Stone-Greenstein presented the activities of the Mayflower Society, along with genealogical resources that can be used for researching your ancestors that may have been on the Mayflower.
If you are interested in reading about the events surrounding the Mayflower, please take a look at our display on the 1600s.
I will see you all tomorrow at 5:30 pm https://www.schaumburglibrary.org/events?id=14087818
We will be meeting tonight in Rasmussen South at 5:30 pm, with cookies. You can still watch last Tuesday’s program at https://youtu.be/7uZwEyah9u8 through this upcoming Tuesday.
We will also have a special guest tonight. Dan will be demonstrating how to transfer your audiocassettes to a digital format.
Genealogy Weblog: Schaumburg Township District Library 