Tazewell County
Genealogical & Historical Society
Presents the
Second Annual
“Harvest
Time for Genealogists”
Genealogy Workshop
Pekin Knights of Columbus Hall
715 North Eleventh Street
Pekin, Illinois
Saturday, October 9, 2004
8:00 am-4:00 pm |
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Our Speaker
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Craig
L. Pfannkuche, BA, MA
- Nationally recognized instructor, lecturer, and author
- President of Memory Trail
Research, 1993-Present
- Board of Directors, Chicago
Genealogical Society, 1996-Present;
President, 1999-2001; Corresponding Secretary,
2000-Present
- Board of Directors,
Illinois State Historical Society, 1999-2002;
Advisory Board, 1997-1999, 2002-2003
- Genealogical Archivist for the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Historical Society, 1984-present.
Craig is listed as a railroad resource
in
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy
- Board of Directors, McHenry
County Historical Society, 1986-1988, 1997-2002
- Board of Directors,
McHenry County Illinois Genealogical
Society, 1993-Present;
Corresponding Secretary, 1997-Present.
- Taught American History and
Anthropology for over 30 years. Craig believed
student interest could be stimulated and sustained by studying local
history and personalities. He continues to put that theory into practice
in his presentations and writings.
- Has been researching his family history for over
40 years
Sign up now using our Registration Form |
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Cost |
Registration is $26
per person which includes all lectures, lecture handouts, refreshments,
and a buffet luncheon. Sign up using our Registration Form.
Walk in registrations will be accepted but cannot be guaranteed an immediate copy of the course handouts if demand exceeds supply. |
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Topics |
Join us for the
following slide-illustrated lectures, all designed to aid your research:
- Analyzing 19th
Century Photos
How to analyze 19th-century
photos for family history clues
- dates, meaning,
and other data.
- Using Maps in
Family History Research
How to use American maps for property record research
as well as following ancestral migration
patterns.
- Researching
Railroad Records
Why railroad records should be searched by the
family historian. The archives of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway Historical Society will be used as an example of how railroad
records can be used.
Craig will specifically review the history and data available for
ancestors who worked in South Pekin for the C & NW.
Finding a lot of very valuable family history
artifacts in privies; both rural and urban - what one can expect to find
and how to do it! This humorous lecture
covers finding family data not available in the usual paper resources!
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Questions? |
Email the Society or call (309)
925-3865 or (309) 241-3748 |
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Vendors |
National
and local vendors of new and out-of-print genealogical and historical
reference books, maps, supplies, and computer
software will be offering their merchandise for sale. You are invited to
come and see their material.
The vendors exhibit will be open from 8:00 am to
4:00 pm. Vendors tentatively scheduled
include:
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