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January 19, 2006
Attention, Family History Researchers!
"It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry."
---John P. Marquand in The Late George Apley
The Great Lakes Region of the National Archives wants to help you identify your honest, hard-working forebears (and even the ones who weren’t). Now through May 6, it will be open on the first Saturday of every month for microfilm and historical records research. Saturday hours may be continued if enough researchers attend. NARA’s Great Lakes Region is located at 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago. Reservations for the microfilm readers are advised. For more information phone Peter Bunce at (773) 948-9009 or email chicago.archives@nara.gov.
Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives lists some of the kinds of records in the National Archives and how they can help in family history research.
The DuPage County Genealogical Society also wants to make your search easier. It will hold its 31st annual conference on Saturday, March 4, in St. Charles. Click [Conference] in the menu bar at the top to see the program.
You can do quite a bit of research without leaving town, using Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest. Did you know that we also subscribe to the Chicago Tribune Historical Archive? This database has obituaries and death notices from 1870 to 1985. With your Hinsdale library card you can search HeritageQuest and the Tribune from home.
The library has added several books to fill out our genealogy collection. Here’s a selection.
Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide to Family History in the City and Cook County, by Grace DuMelle
The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women’s Genealogy, by Christina K. Schaefer
State Census Records, by Ann S. Lainhart
Ancestral Trails, by Mark D. Herber
The reference librarians would be happy to help you follow your own ancestral trails. Please ask us! Visit the library, phone (630) 986-1976, or email reference@hinsdale.lib.il.us.
Posted by hinsdalereference at January 19, 2006 1:25 PM