The Illinois Genealogical Society Announces Their 2017 FREE Monthly Webinar Program

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The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) just announced the continuation of its popular FREE monthly webinar program in 2017. FamilySearch sponsors the program, allowing the webinars to be free to all. Registration for the 2017 webinars is now open.

Following is the schedule. Click here to go the their blog, where you will find all the details, and sign up for the classes.

ISGS 2017 Webinar Schedule

January 10 – Finding Dirk: Records of Insane Asylums in Illinois – Presenter: Jill Morelli

February 14 – Freedmen’s Bureau Records – Valuable to ALL Southern Research! – Presenter: Diane Richard

March 14 – Nurse, Matrons, Laundresses & Cooks. Documenting Women in the Civil War – Presenter: Angela Y. Walton-Raji

April 11 – Tracing Slave and Slaveowner Ancestors with DNA and Genealogy – Presenter: Nicka Smith

May 9 – Cause of Death: Using Coroner’s Records for Genealogy – Presenter: Lisa A. Alzo

June 13 – Preserving Old Family Letters: Tips From An Archivist – Presenter: Melissa Barker

July 11 – The Watchfires of a Hundred Circling Camps – Presenter: Peggy Lauritzen, AG

August 8 – Ten Years is a Long Time: Census Substitutes for the In-between Years – Presenter: Amy Johnson Crow, CG

September 12 – Luxembourgers on the Prairie: Researching your Luxembourg Ancestors – Presenter: Lisa Oberg

October 10 – Funeral Homes and Family History: They’re Dying to Meet You – Presenter: Daniel Earl

November 14 – Illinois Gold: Hard to Find But Valuable Prairie State Resources for Genealogical Research – Presenter: Thomas MacEntee

December 12 – Ephemera: Genealogy Gold – Presenter: Sharon S. Atkins

Thanks to Cyndi Ingle for the heads-up.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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