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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National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair Every year, the National Archives hosts a free, virtual Genealogy Fair via live webcast on YouTube. The sessions offer family history research tools on Federal records for all skill levels. The live event is on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, and the entire day of videos will be available afterwards on YouTube. Download and view each presentation and handout at your convenience. Try-it IllinoisIllinois library users may now request a login and password for this year's database trials, ' Try-it Illinois', sponsored by the Secretary of State and the Illinois State Library. Free access to popular databases covering a variety of subjects including but not limited to genealogy, newspapers, and history will be available to registered participants October 1 through November 30. Database options vary from year to year.
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200 W. Jefferson, Naperville, 60540 This genealogy interest group provides the opportunity to network and learn from other family history enthusiasts. Attendees are encouraged to join in and share topics, discoveries and questions. We will start out this session by sharing ways to present legacy discoveries at family gatherings. This includes comparing software reports, charts, books, and mementos. No registration is required.
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Lower Level Lunch Room 400 S. Eagle Street The October Fox Valley Genealogical Society program focuses on the rich symbolism displayed in cemeteries of the Victorian Era. Headstone art during this time period was carefully chosen by family members to properly represent the deceased. Many clues about the lives of the dearly departed can be discovered by learning the language of cemetery art symbolism. Presenter Laurel Mellien is a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies, and the author of History and Stories of the McHenry County Cemeteries.
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1801 North Naper Blvd., Naperville, IL 60563 This is the llinois State Genealogical Society's fall conference. "With 20+ sessions presented by nine expert and well-known genealogists, we are confident there is something for everyone at this year's conference. Our hope is that after attending, you will come away with new tools and techniques to help you connect the dots." Find more information and registration at the link above.
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Saturday November 2, 9:30 a.m. Nichols Library Community Room 200 W. Jefferson Naperville 60540 Family researchers often encounter problems with conflicting information about identity, dates, and places. They encounter situations where no one document plainly states a parent-child relationship. They must assemble the evidence into proof arguments. Using case studies, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG will demonstrate how to successfully weave proof arguments into family tapestries. Jeanne, is a full-time professional researcher specializing in Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, forensic genealogy, problem solving, and multi-generational family histories. Her interest in genealogy began much earlier. Rather than having her grandmother read her a story before naptime, Jeanne would ask to hear a story about when she was a little girl.
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A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Deepest Secretsby Stephen F. AndersonIn an effort to discover the truth about his family, the author uses DNA testing and interviews to learn the real story behind his paternity and that of his eight brothers and sisters. What the DNA reveals, and how the author and siblings handle it, serves as a lesson to anyone undertaking ancestry research.
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eAudiobook available on Hoopla Jayne Sinclair has only three clues to help her: a photocopied birth certificate, a stolen book and an old photograph. And it soon becomes apparent somebody else is on the trail of the mystery. A killer who will stop at nothing to prevent Jayne discovering the secret hidden in the past.
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The Distancers: An American Memoirby Lee SandlinThe author presents his own epic, real-life American story that follows seven generations of his Midwestern family through The Great Depression, WWII and the dust bowl years in a time and place long since vanished where he learned the value of family and the art of keeping one's distance.
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Two hundred years ago a loyalist family fled to England to escape the American War of Independence and seemingly vanished into thin air. American genealogist Jefferson Tayte is hired to find out what happened, but it soon becomes apparent that a calculated killer is out to stop him.
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogyby Blaine T. BettingerNewly revised and updated, this easy-to-understand one-stop resource on genetic genealogy for family histories walks you through the benefits of DNA testing, which is the most cutting-edge tool available to discover the answers to your family history mysteries.
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Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNAby Richard HillThis highly suspenseful book is a page-turning saga of personal detective work that will appeal to anyone who loves a good mystery. But this isn't fiction. It's an engrossing account of an adoptee trying to reclaim the biological family denied him by sealed birth records. This fascinating quest, including the author's landmark use of DNA testing, takes readers on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride and concludes with a twist that rivals anything Hollywood has to offer.
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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Millionby Daniel Adam MendelsohnThe author describes how his family was haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust and how he embarked on a determined search to find the remaining eyewitnesses to his lost ancestors' fates.
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Available from NPL partner libraries through Link-in Morton Farrier, the esteemed English forensic genealogist, had cleared a space in his busy schedule to track down his own elusive father finally. But he is then presented with a case that challenges his research skills in his quest to find the killer of a woman murdered more than one hundred and eighty years ago.
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