Ongoing Genealogy Drop-in Help
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Nichols Library NaperLaunch Small Meeting Room 1st Tuesday each mo. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 3rd Thursday each mo. 3:00-5:00 p.m. 95th Street Library Adult Services Department 2nd Thursday each mo. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Nichols Library 200 W. Jefferson Ave. Naperville, Illinois 60540 95th Street Library 3015 Cedar Glade Dr. Naperville, Illinois 60564 630-961-4100
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Online NPL Resources All databases are available from home with an NPL library card number and PIN, except Ancestry Library Edition which is in-library use only. No library card needed for access to resources within the library. In addition we are a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Access to much of FamilySearch.org's restricted content is available to the public when connecting to Wi-fi at NPL locations.
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Nichols Library 200 W. Jefferson Ave. Naperville, Illinois 60540 95th Street Library 3015 Cedar Glade Dr. Naperville, Illinois 60564 630-961-4100
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JANUARY 25TH EVENT TIME CHANGE! SCOTLAND'S RESOURCES WILL BEGIN AT 9:15 A.M. You can learn about the 2020 census by visiting this informative web page on the Naperville Library website. The page includes: information on what data will be collected with this census, how the data will be used, confidentiality concerns and what to expect, avoiding scams, the importance of the census, and related job opportunities. The Census Book by William Dollarhide is available remotely with a library card in the Online Resource Heritage Quest here. Besides the fascinating history of past census collections, the book is helpful for understanding the accuracy and completeness of the information found in what are sometimes copies of original census records, and where originals can be sought. On April 18, 2020, Dr. Daniel Hubbard will present the program "Developing a Sixth Census" at Nichols Library.
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Roger Liska is a retired teacher and member of CSAGSI, theCzech and Slovak Genealogy Society of Illinois. His presentation will demonstrate how to access USA and Czech basedInternet sites for researching Czech ancestry. Topics include methods to findUSA and Czech homes of interest; Czech land and historical maps; USA and Czechbirth, death, and marriage information; multiple search variations; immigrationand citizenship searches; Chicago Czech newspaper obituaries; and discoveringthe names and locations of Czech villages and cities. This program is presented by the Elgin Genealogical Society.
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Lower Level Meeting Room B 400 S. Eagle Street Share your family history artifacts and discoveries at Fox Valley Genealogical Society's ‘Show & Tell’ event. Refreshments at 7 p.m.
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Have you ever considered what will happen to your years of genealogy research once you’re gone? Through a combination of planning, common sense, and new technologies, Thomas will review how to create an action plan for preserving your genealogy research. Presented by Thomas MacEntee via webinar at a meeting of Kane County Genealogical society.
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Saturday, January 25 9:15 a.m. NOTE TIME CHANGE! Nichols Library Community Room 200 W. Jefferson Ave. Naperville There are dozens of sites available to help you in your Scottish research once you are ready to move beyond Scotlandspeople. Tina Beaird of Tamarack Genealogy will demonstrate that sites like GENUKI, ScotlandsPlaces, SCAN and the National Library of Scotland are just a few of the free websites available to you from ‘across the pond.’
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Saturday, February 22, 9:30 am Nichols Library Program Room 200 W. Jefferson, Naperville This genealogy interest group provides the opportunity to network and learn with other family history enthusiasts. We'll start off with a comparison of DNA company results, and talk about test result privacy issues. Attendees are welcome to share additional topics and enlist help for genealogical road blocks.
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American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicagoby Dominic A. PacygaDominic A. Pacyga chronicles more than a century of immigration, and later emigration back to Poland, showing how the community has continually redefined what it means to be Polish in Chicago. He takes us from the Civil War era until today, focusing on how three major waves of immigrants, refugees, and fortune seekers shaped and then redefined the Polonia. Pacyga also traces the movement of Polish immigrants from the peasantry to the middle class and from urban working-class districts dominated by major industries to suburbia. He documents Polish Chicago’s alignments and divisions: with other Chicago ethnic groups; with the Catholic Church; with unions, politicians, and city hall; and even among its own members. And he explores the ever-shifting sense of Polskość, or “Polishness.”
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The Family Tree Scottish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Scotlandby Amanda EppersonThis book will help you uncover your Scottish heritage, from identifying your immigrant ancestor to tracking down records in the old country. With help from Scottish genealogy expert Amanda Epperson, you'll learn about church records, civil registrations, censuses, and more, plus how to find them in online databases and in archives.
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A Guide to Chicago and Midwestern Polish-American Genealogyby Jason KruskiChicago has been the historic stronghold of Polish-Americans. Poles came to Chicago for the opportunities it offered, and then scattered across the Midwest and the United States. Learn to access the records, whether using paper records or the wealth of information available on websites.
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History of Scotland [DVD] Neil Oliver, archaeologist, broadcaster and charismatic presenter of the award-winning documentary series Coast, charts the birth and growth of the Scottish nation in a compelling and comprehensive series. In ten thought-provoking, episodes Neil Oliver brings a fresh perspective to Scotland's past and challenges many of the perceived notions of Scottish history. With stunning, BAFTA-winning cinematography and mesmerizing narrative the series tells of battles and allegiances, political intrigue and religious conflict. The series charts the journey from the diverse tribes' first stirrings of identity around 2,000 years ago through to devolution and the reopening of the Scottish Parliament. It reveals the fascinating struggles, power brokers, incidents and characters across the years from William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and Sir Walter Scott to the Highland-lowland rivalry, the Covenanters, the Darien disaster and the tobacco lords. Using the very latest in historical research, a History of Scotland is a sweeping and insightful chronicle of an often turbulent, but continuingly fascinating, nation.
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The Scots: A Genetic Journeyby Alistair MoffatHistory has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century, with a new census appearing in 2011 and after more than ten years of a new parliament. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies and we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us. The mushrooming of genetic studies, of DNA analysis, is rewriting our history in spectacular fashion. In The Scots: A Genetic Journey, Alistair Moffat explores the history that is printed on our genes, and in a remarkable new approach, uncovers the detail of where we are from, who we are and in so doing colour vividly a DNA map of Scotland.
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Available in Print and Audio formats
An illuminating study of the genetic history of the British Isles, based on a systematic, decade-long DNA survey, traces the genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants, taking into consideration such events as the Roman invasions and Norman conquest and ranging from prehistoric times to the genetic heritage of Americans of British descent.
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Where's Me Plaid?: A Scottish Roots Odysseyby Scott Crawford
| For a guy from Ohio, whose parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were also from Ohio, the question of family roots just hadn't progressed beyond: 'What part of Ohio are we from?' This would all change in the weeks leading up to the author's first trip to Scotland, when he inadvertently discovers he is one of the 27 million Americans descended from Scottish stock - and not just any stock but a castle-storming, Viking battling line which gave rise to Scotland's most revered hero. Crammed into their tiny rental car (a Fiat Crumb or some such model), the couple scour the countryside, from castles to trailer parks, looking for something more to commemorate Crawford history than a family crest refrigerator magnet - and ultimately discover something altogether richer: a thriving country with the most beautiful and haunting scenery imaginable, a romantic history full of blood, intrigue and heroism, and some of the friendliest and most fiercely loyal people in the world. |
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Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historiansby Ian MaxwellRevised and updated second edition of this best-selling guide to Scotland's family history. throughout and with an extended records section * Information on all the relevant national and local archives * Insight into Scotland's people in the past - their lives and times.
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Scottish roots : the step-by-step guide to tracing your Scottish ancestorsby Alwyn JamesA step-by-step guide to tracing your Scottish ancestry, this title illustrates how easy it is to commence the research process and gradually compile a worthwhile family tree. It navigates the reader through the first steps of sourcing family details, making contact with distant relatives and preparing to collate any new information.
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A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Deepest Secretsby Stephen F. AndersonIn an effort to discover the truth about his family, the author uses DNA testing and interviews to learn the real story behind his paternity and that of his eight brothers and sisters. What the DNA reveals, and how the author and siblings handle it, serves as a lesson to anyone undertaking ancestry research.
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The Human DNA Manual: Understanding Your Genetic Codeby Dr. Irving, MelitaThis book brings together all the fascinating strands of genetic science and explains in an accessible way how DNA is being mapped, classified, utilized and understood. With chapters on sequencing the human genome, genetic disorders, gene editing and therapy, human ancestry and cloning, this book shows how outstanding breakthroughs in genetic science are informing us about our past and defining our modern lives.
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Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Projectby Spencer WellsA scientist and explorer describes his ambitious genetic research project to map the ancient roots and mystery of human origins, explaining how an individual's DNA can provide a key piece in the puzzle of human history and his landmark efforts to test genetic profiles of people from around the world to trace the depths of our common origins. Reprint.
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Junk DNA: a Journey through the Dark Matter of the Genomeby Nessa CareyProvides an introduction to junk DNA--the ninety-eight percent of the human genome that was long dismissed as having no purpose--and its involvement in genetic diseases, viral infections, evolution, and other phenomena.
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