February’s Genealogy Club Meeting Webinar “Family History Resources at the Library of Congress” Now Online!
Did you miss your local genealogical society meeting this month? Our February Genealogy Club recording is available for you to watch for free, now through Thursday, March 12. This month’s meeting featured Family History Resources at the Library of Congress…
Fire in the Local History Room: Book Scanner
As many of you know, the library offers several scanners for patrons to use. The bullet scanners are perfect for standard 8.5″x11″ documents and the flatbeds will take care of almost everything else. However, if a patron has something brittle…
Using Newly Digitized WWII Records To Research Will County Veterans
Next year marks the 75th commemoration of the end of World War II. As we move closer to this anniversary, I have been fielding more questions from patrons about researching World War II ancestors and what local resources are available….
November’s Genealogy Club Meeting Webinar “Using Newspapers.com” Now Online!
Did you miss your local genealogical society meeting this month? Our November Genealogy Club recording is now available for you to watch for free, through Thursday, December 12. This month’s meeting features Using Newspapers.com with Jennifer Warner. Newspapers.com is a…
Your WWI Veteran Ancestor Never Went To Europe? Find Them Online Now in the VA Master Index!
Just within the past two years, a vast amount of Great War era records have gone online and were made searchable to researchers. This was in no small part due to the need to have more items available to commemorate…
Two Easy Photoshop Tools Any Genealogist Can Use
I had a Genealogy Christmas Day last weekend, and it was glorious. For nineteen years, my parents have been hoarding a ton of older photographs from my grandmother’s estate in their basement. Everything was housed in plastic tubs, while not…