Ongoing Genealogy Drop-in Help
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Listed here are times when a volunteer from the Fox Valley Genealogical Society will be available in the adult services department to help any interested individuals who wish to obtain assistance either to get started on a genealogy project or to complete difficult genealogical research challenges. Nichols Library Adult Services Department 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 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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Illinois Bicentennial is December 3! Celebrate Illinois’ Bicentennial with William Pack in the program "Illinois at 200". See program details under 'Events'.
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While much of the content in the online resource HeritageQuest comes directly from Ancestry.com, the U.S. Congressional Serial Set is unique to HeritageQuest. The Serial Set collection contains materials published in “serial” form from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, as well as select committees, commissions, and government bureaus. HeritageQuest provides those portions of the Serial Set that pertain to people. These are hand-selected sources from private relief actions and memorial petitions with genealogical significance. This collection covers 1789-1969, which includes documents from the predecessor to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, the American State Papers. Included in this collection are reports from veterans seeking pensions, personal accounts by private citizens requesting remuneration for material loss during war, women's suffrage committee memos, settlements for property damage during infrastructure construction, and more. In these reports family researchers may find personal information such as: an ancestor's military experiences, their community friendships and business partners, background details such as abolitionist activities, or personal political testaments. Search this collection with your ancestors' names, or with their locations, and you may be surprised to find some colorful details that you have not found elsewhere. Look here for help decoding the U.S. Serial Set.
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Every year, the National Archives hosts a virtual Genealogy Fair via live webcast on YouTube. The sessions offer family history research tools on Federal records for all skill levels. Recordings of the fair’s presentations by National Archives experts are now available on YouTube. Links to the videos, and presentation slides and handouts, are accessible from the fair webpage https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair. You will also find materials from past years' fairs available there.
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7-8 p.m. Nichols Library Community Room Celebrate Illinois’ Bicentennial with William Pack and this exciting program that is part history, part storytelling and part trivia game with a little dash of William’s love for the odd and unusual.
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Show & Tell EventThursday, January 10, 7 p.m. Naperville Municipal Center 400 South Eagle St. Lower Level, Meeting Room B All are welcome to share their family history artifacts and/or stories with other genealogy enthusiasts at Fox Valley Genealogical Society's 'Show & Tell' event. This is a great time to see what other attendees have discovered.
Park on the lower level of the parking deck for easy access to the lower level lobby and Meeting Room B. We'll begin with refreshments and conversation at 7 p.m.
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This genealogy interest group provides the opportunity to network and learn from other family history enthusiasts. Genealogy hobbyists who would like to talk about their discoveries, share collection tips, and learn from other family historians are encouraged to attend. We'll start off the conversation with the topic of free resources. Register here
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Nichols Library Community Room Professional genealogist and educator, Suz Bates, will provide two classes:
My Ancestry DNA Kit is Back! What do I do now? Q: I have my DNA results and it's a list of people. What do I do with it? R: You have your Ancestry DNA test results. How do you use your results to rev-up your family history research? Learn about the settings and tools to help your family history tree grow. Suz, will walk through using your Ancestry DNA test results concentrating on Shared Matches with time to respond to your questions. My DNA Kit is Back! Part 2 Now explore Family Tree DNA Family Finder, 23andMe, and MyHeritage tools for using your autosomal DNA results to further your genealogical research. Suz, will continue the DNA research quest by also demonstrating the beginner’s free tools available through GEDmatch.com as well as allowing time to respond to your questions.
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From Father to Fatherby Émilie VastLooking back at Baby's ancestors, Father describes how long, long, long, long ago, his father's father's father's father welcomed to the family his father's father's father. And so it goes, describing Baby's lineage through to present day. Russian nesting dolls (matryoshka) illustrated on each spread get smaller with each page turn, and each is a different color decorated with animals, flowers, and other nature-based items.
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The Lost Quilter
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Master quilter Sylvia Compson investigates her ancestry and discovers unexpected connections to a runaway slave and quilter who traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm before she was captured and returned to Virginia.
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From Mother to Motherby Émilie VastLooking back at her child's lineage, a mother uses intricately detailed Russian nesting dolls (matryoshka ) to illustrate how their women ancestors gave birth to subsequent generations of daughters.
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Forgotten Ellis Island
In the era before antibiotics, tens of thousands of immigrant patients were separated from family, detained in the hospital on Ellis Island, and healed from illness before becoming citizens. 350 babies were born, and ten times that many immigrants died on Ellis Island and were buried in pauper's graves around New York City.
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Who Do You Think You Are?With the help of genealogists, historians, and researchers, stars travel the world to trace their family roots through history.
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Crafting Your Own Heritage Album
by Bev Braun
Learn to create an elegant album of family history that weaves genealogy, family lore and tradition with cherished photos, documents and memorabilia.
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Finding Family : My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA
by Richard Hill
This 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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