Tazewell County
Genealogical & Historical Society
Presents the
Third Annual
“Harvest
Time for Genealogists”
Genealogy Workshop
Pekin Moose Lodge
2605 Broadway Road
Pekin, Illinois
Saturday, October 8, 2004
8:00 am-4:00 pm |
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Our Speaker
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Michael
John Neill, BS, MS
- Nationally recognized instructor
and lecturer
- Weekly columnist for
Ancestry's ezine,
Ancestry Daily News
- Course instructor/coordinator
since 1994 for the
Genealogical
Institute of Mid-America (GIMA), a nationally recognized week-long program held each July
at the University of Illinois at Springfield
- Board member,
Federation of Genealogical Societies
- Has lectured at annual
conferences for the National Genealogical Society, Federation of
Genealogical Societies, and GenTech.
- Leads an annual research trip
to the Allen County Public Library co-sponsored by the St. Charles
Community College and the St. Charles County (Missouri) Genealogical
Society
- Teaches a week-long series of
genealogical workshops each spring at Carl Sandburg College in
Galesburg, Illinois
- Teaches mathematics at Carl
Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois
- Michael has researched his own
family for over twenty years and has also actively researched his
children's ancestry as well. By ancestry, Michael is one-half
Ostfriesen (many early Tazewell County settlers were also Ostfriesen).
The bulk of his family's ancestry is centered in the American Midwest
and points east. Many of his children's ancestors were post-1850
European immigrants from a variety of countries, including: Belgium,
Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland. There are also lines
from Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and Maryland.
- Michael has spent numerous
hours in local courthouses, archives and libraries working on these
families.
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 lectures, all designed to aid your research:
- Land Records
(Public Land States)
This lecture provides an
overview of land records in public land states, concentrating on
terminology, township/section layout, and indexes. Aimed at those who
have no or little experience with these records.
- Locating
Emigrant Origins
This lecture discusses a
series of general ways to determine where your emigrant ancestor
originated.
Research suggestions for locating and using
newspapers in your own genealogical research.
- Organization
of Information
How you organize your
information plays a major role in what facts
you notice. This lecture discusses effective and easy ways to organize
your information in order to make the most of the data you do have.
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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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