Event Calendar

EGS meets twice monthly except in December. (No evening meeting in December.) Yes, folks, that is 23 times a year! We are one of the most active genealogy societies around - offering frequent education and information for everyone interested in tracing their families

Upcoming Meetings

Mark your calendars for the first Tuesday of each month at 9:30 am and the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm and join us.

• February 7, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Becky Higgins and Panel shares what they learned at the FGS
  (Federation of Genealogical Societs) Conference
  
• February 16, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  Steve Szabados presents Mining the Census
  
• March 6, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Sarah Kirby talks about Using Newspapers online
  
• March 15, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  CIG: Using Spreadsheets for genealogy data
  
• April 3, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Becky Higgins about Scanning, Organizing and e-mailing Documents and Photos
  
• April 19, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  Karl Moore presents the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD)
• May 1, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Ginger Frere presents Using Maps in Genealogy
  
• May 17, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  Gloria Cregier Emma presents The New York Orphan Who Built Chicago in conjunction with GBPL's Author on the Fox
  
• June 5, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Ted Oestreicher presents The War that Couldn't Happen (The Civil War)
  
• June 21, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  CIG: Searching in MOCAVO
  
• July 3, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Becky Higgins tells about Genealogy Uses for Word: Transcribing, Abstracting, Letters & More
  
• July 19, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  Melissa Ziel of GBPL presents Using E-Readers and Apps for Genealogy
  
• August 7, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Ted Oestreicher presents The Last Full Measure of Devotion (The Civil War)
  
• August 16, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  CIG: Rootsweb Message Boards by Judy Van Dusen
  
• September 4, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Michael Mulholland talks about On-line Sources for Illinois Genealogy
  
• September 20, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  Dan Niemiec presents Ellis Island Immigration
  
• October 2, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Becky Higgins tells about Social Media for Genealogists
  
• October 18, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  TBA
  
• November 6, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Teresa McMillan presents Using City Directories Effectively
  
• November 15, 7:00 pm @GBPL
  CIG: Google Docs - Using for storage & collaboration
  
• December 4, 9:30 am @ GBPL
  Annual Meeting and Holiday Lunch
  
• December 20
  No Evening Meeting in December.