2017 Programs

All of our library genealogy programs are held on the 2nd Tuesday evening of each month at the Central Library located at 130 S. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, Illinois starting at 7:30 PM.

The meeting room can change but we are almost always in The Classroom located on the 2nd floor of our library building right next door to the Extension Services Office.

The doors to the room open by 7 PM.  The program itself starts at 7:30 PM.  From 7:30 PM until 7:45 – 8 PM, I will have introductions of new participants and review handout material and review general genealogy issues.  I will also answer any questions during this time.  By 7:45 – 8 PM we will start with our speaker or have our Breakout Groups depending on what is scheduled for the evening.

We will start ending the program between 9:15 PM and 9:30 PM.

We must end the program by no later than 9:30 PM.

Here are the scheduled programs we have on tap for 2017:

• January 10, 2017 – “Newspaper Necessities” Presented by Tina Beaird

•  February 14, 2017 “Searching Genealogy Websites Successfully” Presented by Jane Haldeman

•  March 14, 2017 Break Out/Small Work Groups by Ethnic Interest/Beginners Table/DNA and Adoption Table
  (No Speaker)
  

• April 11, 2017 “Ancestral Stories, Fact or Fiction?: Researching the Legends” Presented by Barbara Peterson

•  May 9, 2017 “Navigating the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court Archives” Presented by Raymond Johnson

•  June 13, 2017 Break Out/Small Work Groups by Ethnic Interest/Beginners Table/DNA and Adoption Table
  (No Speaker)
  

•  July 11, 2017 “Using Timelines to Break Down Brick Walls” Presented by Ginger Frere

•  August 8, 2017 “Transcribing Records for FamilySearch: You Can Do It!“ Presented by Jeffrey Bockman

•  September 12, 2017 Break Out/Small Work Groups by Ethnic Interest/Beginners Table/DNA and Adoption Table
  (No Speaker)
  

•  October 10, 2017 “Developing a Sixth Census: Finding More in the “Census” Than Meets the Eye“ Presented by Dr. Daniel Hubbard

•  November 14, 2017 “Behind the Scenes: How PBS Genealogy Roadshow Solved My Family Mystery” Presented by Gail Lukasik

•  December 12, 2017 Break Out/Small Work Groups by Ethnic Interest/Beginners Table/DNA and Adoption Table
  (No Speaker)

I hope this provides you with a snapshot view of 2017 so you can plan your schedule to attend our programs this year.

I invite you to join us at these programs that I know will help you in your own personal genealogical research.  Pick out a few of interest to you or join us for all of them!!

I look forward to seeing you.

Tony Kierna
Genealogy Coordinator
Schaumburg Township District Library