Ongoing Genealogy Drop-in Help
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Nichols Library NaperLaunch Small Meeting Room 1st Tuesday each month 6:30-8:30 p.m. 3rd Thursday each month 3:00-5:00 p.m. 95th Street Library Adult Services Department 2nd Thursday each month 12:30-2:30 p.m. Nichols Library 200 W. Jefferson Ave. Naperville, Illinois 60540 95th Street Library 3015 Cedar Glade Dr. Naperville, Illinois 60564 630-961-4100
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Online Resources Accessible on Naperville Public Library's page. All databases are available from home with your library card number and PIN, except Ancestry Library Edition which is in-library use only. No library card is needed to access these resources within the library.
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Nichols Library 200 W. Jefferson Ave. Naperville, Illinois 60540 95th Street Library 3015 Cedar Glade Dr. Naperville, Illinois 60564 630-961-4100
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James Nichols grew up a penniless orphan. Yet, upon his death in 1895, he bequeathed $10,000 to the city of Naperville to build its first public library. Who was he and how did he become so successful? Visit places relating to Nichols and his life. Meet at Nichols Library Upper Level Entrance.
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Upper Level Conference Room The topic for discussion will be related to the Fox Valley Genealogical Society's April presentation "Finding Grandma's European Ancestors." Think about sharing something that you have learned about European research, or share a research plan that you want to start on an European ancestor. All are welcome. Find more information here.
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Author Bryan Ogg discusses the unique people and memorable events that shaped Naperville from its humble founding through its current thriving state.
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Saturday, June 8, 9:30-11:30 am Nichols Community Room, 200 W. Jefferson, Naperville Find family in the world’s largest family tree at FamilySearch.org. In this hands-on lab, former LDS Family History Center Director Delray Palmer will demonstrate how to keep ancestors’ information accurate and updated. Search further together by learning to communicate with others with shared lines. Set up alerts for changes. If someone submits inaccurate information, it is easy to fix. Bring a laptop to participate. A limited number of library laptops will be available. *Registration required, click above title-link to register. (Registration opens May 20th.)
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Thursday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. Refreshments 7 p.m. Naperville Municipal Center 400 S. Eagle Street Lower Level Meeting Room B Isn’t it just Stuff? But, Grandma said so…verifying oral history myths; tracing the origins of heirlooms; analyzing the value of ephemera’s evidence. Presenter Laura Cosgrove Lorenzana is a Consulting Archivist and Professional Genealogist. She has worked in a wide variety of Archives and provided personal archives consulting to families in need of cleaning, consolidating and organizing of their family’s historical materials.
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How to Write Your Personal or Family History: (If you don't do it, who will?)by Katie Funk WiebeThis is a practical—and encouraging—how-to book from a long-time teacher of personal and family history writing. Katie Funk Wiebe helps beginning memoir writers get started collecting the stories of their lives. She gives hints for recalling distant memories and tracking down family heirlooms. This is a serious but accessible resource for undertaking your personal or family history writing.
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JamestownThis television series on DVD f ollows the adventures of the settlers at Jamestown after the arrival of several women.
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You take the high road, and I'll take the low--and your family tree will be in Scotland before you know it. This book will help you uncover your Scottish heritage, from identifying your immigrant ancestor to tracking down records in the old country. With help from Scottish genealogy expert Amanda Epperson, you'll learn about church records, civil registrations, censuses, and more, plus how to find them in online databases and in archives.
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Jell-O Girls: A Family Historyby Allie Rowbottom
| A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its façade - told by the inheritor of their stories. In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history, and the generations that followed enjoyed immense privilege - but they were also haunted by suicides, cancer, alcoholism, and mysterious ailments. More than 100 years after that deal was struck, Allie's mother Mary was diagnosed with the same incurable cancer, a disease that had also claimed her own mother's life. Determined to combat what she had come to consider the "Jell-O curse" and her looming mortality, Mary began obsessively researching her family's past, determined to understand the origins of her illness and the impact on her life of Jell-O and the traditional American values the company championed. |
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The Thread: A Novelby Victoria HislopAfter her home in Asia Minor is destroyed by the Turkish army, Katerina finds herself on a boat to an unknown destination, which brings her into the life of Dimitri Komninos, and together they witness the changing landscape of Thessaloniki, the persecution of its people, Nazi collaboration, civil war and economic collapse.
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Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belongingby Alex WagnerAn Atlantic senior editor and former host of NOW with Alex Wagner documents her international travels in search of answers to the mystery of her ancestry and broader questions about the American experience of race and immigration, evaluating the cost of today's obsession with race and identity and whether or not it is possible for society to forge an all-inclusive future.
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Writing Family History Made Very Easyby Noeline KyleOffering practical and innovative suggestions, this no-nonsense guide to writing family histories helps aspiring genealogists beautifully preserve their legacies for centuries to come. Featured samples of writing by family historians illustrate the range, diversity, and styles of writing that effectively capture family traditions and memories. All aspects of the writing and researching process are explained, from choosing a format to publishing a family history.
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Naperville: A Brief Historyby Bryan J OggThe settlers who followed the Napers to the DuPage River had to endure the hardships of felling trees and plowing prairies to make a place to call home. The campuses of the Research and Technology corridor might seem pretty far removed from the travails of those early years, but both are part of the same determined community. That shared tradition holds surprises even for lifelong residents of Naperville, such as the location of the Stenger Brewery or the legacy of Peter Kroehler, furniture tycoon, mayor and philanthropist. Bryan Ogg takes stock of the unique people and memorable events that shaped Naperville from its humble founding through its current thriving state.
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Morton Farrier was no longer at the top of his game. His forensic genealogy career was faltering and he was refusing to accept any new cases, preferring instead to concentrate on locating his own elusive biological father. Yet, when a particular case presents itself, that of finding the family of a woman abandoned in the midst of the Battle of Britain, Morton is compelled to help her to unravel her past. Using all of his genealogical skills, he soon discovers that the case is connected to the spyglass file -- a secretive document which throws up links which threaten to disturb the wrongdoings of others, who would rather its contents, as well as their actions, remain hidden forever. This is the fourth book in the Morton Farrier genealogical crime mystery series, although it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story.
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eAudiobook available through Hoopla
Tracing their ancestry to a small Dublin town while honeymooning in Ireland, newlyweds Regan and Jack Reilly learn disturbing information about their families, a discovery with which they are aided by Jack's colleagues at the Major Case Squad.
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Mrs. Malory and a Death in the Family: A Sheila Malory Mysteryby Hazel HoltWhen her irritating cousin Bernard comes to Taviscombe searching for information to complete his genealogical research, Sheila Malory is stunned when her pompous relative is found dead in his rented cottage and must expose a murderer who is closer than she thinks.
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Where's Me Plaid?: A Scottish Roots Odysseyby Scott CrawfordFor a guy from Ohio, whose parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were also from Ohio, the question of family roots just hadn't progressed beyond: 'What part of Ohio are we from?' This would all change in the weeks leading up to the author's first trip to Scotland, when he inadvertently discovers he is one of the 27 million Americans descended from Scottish stock - and not just any stock but a castle-storming, Viking battling line which gave rise to Scotland's most revered hero. Armed with a newfound swagger, the author transforms a much anticipated, romantic holiday with his wife into a decidedly unromantic, though highly romanticized roots tour with comic results - and ultimately discovers something altogether richer: a thriving country with the most beautiful and haunting scenery imaginable, a romantic history full of blood, intrigue and heroism, and some of the friendliest and most fiercely loyal people in the world.
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Suzie Fewings and her family travel to Lancashire to meet her husband's oldest living relative, but when a neighbor warns them not to poke too deeply into their family history, it is not long before strange and ominous events occur.
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The first volume in a cultural history of America examines the different lives and customs of the first groups of immigrants to America and assesses the importance of those traditions for contemporary American life.
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For Junior History Enthusiasts!
A magical coin leads sixth-graders Ruthie and Jack to 1753 Massachusetts and to Jack's pirate ancestor when they return to the Art Institute of Chicago's miniature Thorne Rooms on a mission to restore an African American family's reputation.
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