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Tina Beaird covered a lot of resources and records during her “Using School Records In Your Family Tree” lecture on September 22, 2021. In her presentation, Tina highlighted a few things you should add to your research checklist: Alumni Directories…

The Fountaindale Public Library Genealogy Club 2021 schedule is confirmed! The club will continue to convene twice a month, and we can’t wait for you to enjoy our upcoming programs. Due to the global pandemic, all Genealogy Club meetings for…

Kick-off your fall research season with the Try-It! Illinois Database Trial! If you’re an Illinois resident with internet access, you are eligible to access the immense amount of information available during this year’s trial. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of…

Thank you to all the attendees of our virtual Genealogy Club programs who have attended and watched the recordings of our sessions. All of our Genealogy Club programs will remain in a virtual webinar format for the remainder of the…

Registration is open for our new summer Genealogy Club webinar series. We are thankful for all the speakers for allowing 30 day access to each lecture, as many of you may not be able to attend the webinars in-person. And…

We are at the halfway point of May, and it is time to take a look at our current list of Genealogy Club webinars. We are really thankful for all the speakers for allowing 30 day access to each lecture,…

This April turned into an A+ month for our Genealogy Club! When the governor’s shelter-in-place order was issued in March, Fountaindale Public Library’s annual Genealogy Day was cancelled. But instead of chucking this up as a loss, our library team…

After a delay, the March meeting of the Fountaindale Public Library Genealogy Club is now available for you to watch for free through Thursday, May 3. This month’s webinar features techniques and methodology for researching German ancestors with Dan Jungclas,…

Social distancing may be keeping you from getting out of the house, but it shouldn’t keep you from pursuing genealogical research! While you and your loved ones are at home helping to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, there…

What a difference three years can make! In the summer of 2016, I wrote a blog post about Algorithmia’s free online photo coloration tool and how it offered a really promising option to colorize black and white photos quickly and…