Current KCGS members will receive notification of both KCGS and Town and Country Public Library (TCPL) genealogy meetings.
Guests interested in attending any KCGS sponsored meeting encouraged to supply their name and email address to kcgsinfo@gmail.com. For TCPL programs, register with the library directly, via the provided link.
The start time for all events listed is 7:00 p.m. Central Time
08 December 2022
KCGS Holiday Social–Toys with Memories
Join us for our year-end celebration, reviewing KCGS 2022 accomplishments and sharing memories of favorite toys from our past. Attendees are encouraged to on-screen share a toy, whether their own or one belonging to someone else, with personal significance or importance.
Presentation method: Via Zoom only
05 January 2023
TCPL Sponsored: Immigration to the United States: Passenger Lists
Presented by Jaymie Middendorf
“Immigration to the United States: Passenger Lists” focuses on available records from about 1820 to 1924. We will discuss finding an ancestor’s origins, various tools for locating passenger lists, how to find images and information on ships. We’ll also look at examples of passenger arrival lists from 1820 to 1913 to see how the lists have changed over time and what information can be found on the lists, including examples of folks held for special inquiry and who were detained.
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
Registration Link:https://elburn.librarymarket.com/event/genealogy-seekers-immigration-united-states-passenger-lists
26 January 2023
KCGS Sponsored: Tracking Immigration Records
Presented by KCGS Representatives
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
02 February 2023
TCPL Sponsored: Courthouse Finds
Presented by Tina Beaird
Courthouses are great resources for personal family history. Probate files, chancery cases, land sales, and law suits are just a handful of the types of records one can find in their local courthouse files. Join Tina for tips and tricks to identify and secure these records.
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
Registration link: https://elburn.librarymarket.com/event/genealogy-seekers-courthouse-finds
23 February 2023
KCGS Sponsored: Aliens in the Army
Presented by Debra Dudek
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
02 March 2023
TCPL Sponsored: Church Records
Presented by Jenny Warner
You will learn how to find church records, use them to find your ancestors, and solve programs you may come across in your family tree. Many people forget the value that church records can provide in a person’s search for their family’s history. You may think that the only information available is records on baptism, marriage, and deaths. That may not be the case; church records can provide links to immigration or towns in which the family originated.
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
Registration Link: https://elburn.librarymarket.com/event/genealogy-seekers-church-records
23 March 2023
KCGS / Batavia Library Sponsored: The Illinois State Archives
Presented by David A Joens, Directory
Presentation method: In person only
Registration via Batavia Public Library
06 April 2023
TCPL Sponsored: Newspaper Necessities
Presented by Tina Beaird
Newspapers hold an astounding amount of genealogical and local history information other than obituaries. Learn how to find the hidden gems in newspapers like claim day notices, cards of thanks, society news, tax notices, and more. Learn how to locate digital copies of original newspapers as well as what online indexes and abstracts exist.
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
Registration Link: https://elburn.librarymarket.com/event/genealogy-seekers-newspaper-necessities
27 April 2023
KCGS Sponsored: Online Newspapers–Look Beyond the Lede
Presented by Laura Marshall Kovarik
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
04 May 2023
TCPL Sponsored: It’s Not Online! The Other 90% of Records
Presented by Suz Bates
Many useful records for genealogy research are not online. How do you find these records and then how do you access them? Suz Bates, a local genealogist, will present ways to find and use archives, repositories, depositories, historical societies, and more to expand your family history research.
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
Registration Link: https://elburn.librarymarket.com/event/genealogy-seekers-its-not-online-other-90-records
25 May 2023
KCGS Sponsored: Screening Newspaper Finds
Presented by KCGS Representatives
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
01 Jun 2023
TCPL Sponsored: To be determined
22 June 2023
KCGS Sponsored: The National Road–America’s Highway
Presented by Dr. Kimberly Ormsby Nagy
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
06 July 2023
TCPL Sponsored: To be determined
27 July 2023
KCGS / Batavia Library Sponsored: My New England Research is Done–Or Is It?
Presented by D. Joshua Taylor
Presentation method: Virtual only
Registration via Batavia Public Library
03 Aug 2023
TCPL Sponsored: To be determined
24 August 2023
KCGS Sponsored: Finessing FindMyPast
Presented by Laura Street Chaplin
Presentation method: Hybrid–in person and virtual
07 September 2023
TCPL Sponsored: To be determined
28 September 2023
KCGS Sponsored: To be determined
05 October 2023
TCPL Sponsored: To be determined
26 October 2023
KCGS Sponsored: To be determined
02 November 2023
TCPL Sponsored: To be determined
07 December 2023
TCPL Sponsored: To be determined
14 December 2023
KCGS Sponsored: Holiday Social