WINNEBAGO & BOONE COUNTIES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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The Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society exists to:
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
WBCGS holds monthly meetings that are open to the public. We do not have meetings in December, January, and July.
Each month, one of our Members or an outside speaker makes a presentation about a specific topic related to genealogy or research.
DUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH COVID-19, ALL IN-PERSON MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
For the time being, we are continuing with online meetings using Zoom. Meeting invitations will be sent to all WBCGS members with an email address.
If you’re not a member and are interested in attending, please send us an email at wbcgensociety@gmail.com. You can also contact us at:
WBCGS, PO Box 10166, Loves Park IL 61131-0166.
Each month, one of our Members or an outside speaker makes a presentation about a specific topic related to genealogy or research.
DUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH COVID-19, ALL IN-PERSON MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
For the time being, we are continuing with online meetings using Zoom. Meeting invitations will be sent to all WBCGS members with an email address.
If you’re not a member and are interested in attending, please send us an email at wbcgensociety@gmail.com. You can also contact us at:
WBCGS, PO Box 10166, Loves Park IL 61131-0166.
MAY MEETINGSaturday, May 7, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.
“The Home Archivist: Preserving Family Records Like a Pro!” Speaker: Melissa Barker Learn from a professional archivist how to preserve, protect and archive family records, photographs and artifacts. Best practices for organization, purchasing archival materials and practical records preservation that any home archivist can achieve! Learn how to process your collection of genealogical records from start to finish. Learn the steps archivists use to process small and large records collections at the archives and how you can use these steps to get a handle on your family records collections! Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 17 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 32 years. 
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JUNE MEETINGThursday, June 2, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.
“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Overturning Every Stone to Break Through Your Brick Wall” Speaker: Tina Beaird Whether due to a courthouse fire, natural disaster or late records collection date; each of us has that one ancestor, place or era where the records remain steadfastly elusive. Tina will share success stories and offer tips and strategies to break through that brick wall and find that evasive ancestor. Tina Beaird, owner of Tamarack Genealogy, is a genealogy & local history librarian at a mid-sized Chicagoland public library. She holds a Masters of Library and Information Science degree with a specialization in Archives/Preservation from Dominican University in River Forest, IL. Tina has won multiple research and digitization grants over the years to preserve and digitize historic documents and photographs. She lectures nationally on topics including genealogical methodology, military records, Scottish research and photo and archival preservation. Tina has assisted researchers for over 15 years, and occasionally still finds time to conduct her own family research, which she has been pursuing for over twenty-five years. Tina is the First Vice-President of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, a board director for the Northern Illinois Historic League, the Illinois State Historic Records Advisory Board and the Oswegoland Heritage Association, as well as the Museum Operations Chair of the Plainfield Historical Society. She is also an active member of the American Library Association and the Society of American Archivists. She volunteers her time, when available, with several Chicago area historical and genealogical societies. 
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AUGUST MEETINGThursday, August 4, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.
“Industrial Buildings in Rockford, 1850-1930" Speaker: Gary Anderson |
ISGS Associate Member
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The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) was formed in 1968 through the cooperative effort and forward thinking of Illinois genealogical society representatives, who envisioned a statewide genealogical organization. ISGS is a not-for-profit, nonsectarian, educational organization.
Visit their website for more info www.ilgensoc.org |
