To celebrate the Bicentennial of Illinois Statehood, Fox Valley Genealogical Society in collaboration with the Naperville Public Library will host Illinois Road Scholar, John Hallwas. Illinois’s monumental literary heritage is particularly rich in autobiographies and memoirs, including the first noted…
Be sure to check the cemetery records because there may be more below ground than there appears to be. What you can find at a cemetery and clues to help you find and document them. Photographs of unique tombstones and…
There are numerous sources that give our ancestor’s legal land description; where are they and what do they mean? Learn where to look and how to convert section and range into Google Earth to see how that property looks today.
Bring your questions and topics for which you would like answers. We will have a round table discussion of those questions/topics by expert members of our Society.
Let’s rethink how the genealogy interview is conducted. Names and dates are an important part of genealogical research. However, to create context for our ancestors, we need more than just names and dates. Interviewing family members allows genealogists to create…
The stacks of Chicago's Newberry Library bulge with maps, family papers, genealogies, railroad archives, and much, much more. Learn what's available for your U.S. and European forebears and how to access it in person or from a distance. Grace will…
Show and Tell by FVGS Members Bring that special family artifact that led you to seek discoveries about your ancestral roots. Each person will have the opportunity to tell the group about the item they've brought and to display it.