Past Meetings: Notes

Below are highlights and notes from previous meetings, which take place quarterly.

HIGHLIGHTS

April 2002--Getting started; learning about each other's genealogy resources; how can we help and support each other.

July 2002--Continuing to learn about each other's resources, developing group resources.

November 2002--CAGG-NI prersentation; Newsbank demo

January 2003--Designing the NSLS Community of Practice; continuing to learn about each other's resources

April 2003--Family Search training by Maureen Brady

July 2003--HeritageQuest training and demo

October 2003--Tour and demo of NSLS Community of Practice

January 2004--Ancestry Plus training and demo

April 2004--IRAD presentation

July 2004--Our experiences using Ancestry Plus: workarounds and troubleshooting

October 2004--NARA presentation

January 2005--Genline presentation

April 2005--

July 2005--Genetic genealogy project, by Jeffrey Bassett

October 2005--St. Viator program, NSLS plans

January 2006--NSLS Genealogy Blog, by Kristin Smith; Irish genealogy.

April 2006--Recommendations for genealogy speakers and prersenters; planning; ethnic genealogy resources

July 2006--Wikis for genealogy librarians, presentation by Ellen Jennings

October 2006--

January 2007--Jewish Genealogy, by Harriet Rudnit of JGSI

April 2007--Post-Adoption Research, by Dorothy Weaver

July 2007--Privacy discussion; Genealogy 2.0

October 2007--FamilySearch updates by Susan Anderson

January 2008--DAR Presentation by Jane Lahey

April 2008--Lake County Courthouse resources, by Barbara Decker and Willard Helander

July 2008--Ancestry Library Edition training and demo

October 2008:  Demo of professional development calendar; RUSA-HS; creating a genealogy newsletter.

January 2009--canceled due to weather

April 2009--No formal presentation. Discussion of FamilySearch, Footnote.

July 2009--"How To Work Well With Your Local History Society," by Arlene Lane.

October 2009--NGS reports; digitization; cemeteries; oral histories

January 2010--general reports and discussions

April 2010--general reports and discussions

July 2010--Tour of Barrington Library local history room; networking in future; general reports and discussions

October 2010--Tour of Fremont Library G&LH collection; Pioneer Press bound volumes

January 2011--Tour of Arlington Heights Library genealogy room; Jane Rozek local history blogging

April 2011--Tour of Wauconda Historical Society and Library G&LH collections; general discussions and reports

July 2011--Tour of Schaumburg Library G&LH collection; updating Digital Past collection for IDA by Frances Brady

October 2011--Tour of Mount Prospect G&LH collection; CONTENTdm / IDA training using Adobe Connect by Alyce Scott

January 2012--Repeat of CONTENTdm training by Alyce Scott

April 2012--Tour of Wilmette PL and Wilmette Family History Center Resources

July 2012--Tour of Ela PL resources, and genealogy conference reports 

October 2012--Tour of Glenview PL Genealogy and Local History Room

January 2013--Meeting at Schaumburg Township DL

April 2013--Tour of revamped Arlington Heights PL Genealogy and Local History Room