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. Because Naperville Public Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, customers that access FamilySearch.org through our library's Wi-Fi will be able to view an additional 400 million records on the free FamilySearch.org website. FamilySearch.org has many digitized records that are not yet indexed for search with an individual's name, so it's recommended that you also search in the 'Catalog' section. In the Catalog search by 'place'. Then browse within the resulting record collections. An article available here contains a chart that displays the meaning of the icons used to distinguish types of record access. Helpful Websites for New ResearchersHere are some free websites that offer assistance with genealogical research. Cyndi's List is a starting point with more than 332,000 genealogy links, categorized & cross-referenced, in more than 200 categories. The wide range of categories cover genealogy tools, resources, locations, and ethnicities and religions. Cyndi's list is a useful site for learning about what is available on a topic, and for locating resources for lesser publicized locations such as Korea, Mexico, or the Baltic States. https://www.cyndislist.com Stephen Morse's “One-Step” Webpages began as an aid for finding passengers in the Ellis Island passenger database. It expanded to other ports and to help with searching census records, then added several hundred web-based tools divided into various categories. The search tools on these pages allow you to perform a sophisticated database search, using numerous pieces of information, combined into one simple step. Other tools include translations of the codes found in census records, and the prediction of DNA haplogroups. https://www.stevemorse.org David Ramsey Historical Map Collection “contains more than 150,000 maps. The collection focuses on rare 16th through 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Digitization of the collection began in 1996 and there are now over 94,000 items online, with new additions added regularly. The site is free and open to the public. Here viewers have access not only to high resolution images of maps that are extensively cataloged, but also to a variety of tools that allow users to compare, analyze, and view items in new and experimental ways.” https://www.davidrumsey.com/home Genealogy educators throughout the U.S. have been writing about an exorbitant fee hike for historical records obtained from U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS). "From 2008-2016, we could ask USCIS to search its records and tell us what it held with respect to our ancestors for a search fee of $20. If it found records, and we wanted a copy, it’d cost us $20 for a record from microfilm and $35 if the record was on paper....n 2016, USCIS raised those fees. An index search went to $65 and the record copies were the same....Now USCIS proposes to vastly increase all records-related fees. To get a file under this proposal will cost — are you ready for this? — no less than $240 and more likely as much as $625." To read more from this article go here. A PDF on the issue is here. The collection now includes cards from New York, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Vermont. "The cards in this collection are registration cards and do not necessarily indicate that the individual served in the military." Access Fold3 here.
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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. Attendees are welcome to share additional topics and enlist help for genealogical road blocks.
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A Genealogist's Guideby Sunny Jane MortonThis 2019 publication is a unique, peer-reviewed guide that takes researchers step-by-step through the process of identifying, locating, and gaining access to genealogical gems. Included in this book are hundreds of links to church research resources, as well as chapters devoted to specific resources for the major Christian denominations before 1900. More than 30 archivists, historians, and genealogical experts in specific faith traditions have contributed their knowledge to these denominational chapters.
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy 2nd Editionby Blaine T. Bettinger Newly revised and updated, this easy-to-understand one-stop resource on genetic genealogy for family histories walks you through the benefits of DNA testing, which is the most cutting-edge tool available to discover the answers to your family history mysteries.
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Incarnations: A History of India in Fifty Livesby Sunil KhilnaniThe author of The Idea of Indian presents an entertaining and provocative account of India's past via a series of portraits of emperors, warriors, philosophers, film stars and corporate titans some famous, some unjustly forgotten, but all important in the country's rich history.
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Atlas of the Civil War, Month by Month: Major Battles and Troop Movementsby Mark SwansonA detailed collection of fifty full-color maps, each one representing a single month of the Civil War, chronicles the war's progression on all fronts, including battles, sieges, infantry campaigns, naval operations, cavalry raids, and shifts of national frontiers, accompanied by others documenting the political state of the union on the eve of war and the western campaigns.
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I, Eliza Hamiltonby Susan Holloway ScottAlexander Hamilton’s wife, Eliza, supports and assists her brilliant husband through the American Revolution and afterwards, when he becomes one of the new country’s most important figures and even after his untimely death, ultimately forging her own extraordinary path.
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracyby Ramachandra GuhaDocuments the dramatic conflicts that have shaped modern India while evaluating the factors that have helped maintain stability and democracy throughout the region, in a post-Partition history that offers insights into the lives and contributions of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and lesser-known citizens. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktownby Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake--fought without a single American ship--made the subsequent victory of the Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability. In a narrative that moves from Washington's headquarters on the Hudson River, to the wooded hillside in North Carolina where Nathanael Greene fought Lord Cornwallis to a vicious draw, to Lafayette's brilliant series of maneuvers across Tidewater Virginia, Philbrick details the epic and suspenseful year through to its triumphant conclusion.
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Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World Warby Christine E HallettOffers a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the allied cause between 1914 and 1918, on both the Western and the Eastern Fronts.
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The Adoptee's Guide to DNA Testing: How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Familyby Tamar WeinbergReconnect with your roots! Adoptees, foundlings, and others with unknown parentage face unique challenges in researching their ancestors. Enter this book: a comprehensive guide to adoption genealogy that has the resources you need to find your family through genetic testing. Inside, you'll find: strategies for connecting your genealogy to previous genealogists, detailed guides for using DNA tests and tools, plus how to analyze your test results and apply them to research, and real-life success stories that put the book's techniques into practice and inspire you to seek your own discoveries.
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An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. |
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History of ScotlandNeil 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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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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