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Genealogy at the Cross Roads of West Central Illinois

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  • May 2018

  • Mon 21
    Featured May 21, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    General Meeting

    Western Illinois Museum 201 S Lafayette, Macomb, IL

    Join us at our General Meeting at 7:00pm.  The speakers for the May meeting will be Mr. John Armstrong and Ms. Rachel Lenz, co-chairs of the 2018 Heritage Days celebration. They will be speaking about the different venues and changes from previous years celebrations.

  • June 2018

  • Mon 18
    Featured June 18, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    General Meeting

    Please join us for our General Meeting.  Rich Mathers will present, "Living in an 1830s Log Cabin". Mathers, Emeritus Faculty, the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Western Illinois University, spent some of his early years in the 1940s to early 1950s living in a log cabin in Appalachia. Still involved in research and writing in...

  • Fri 22
    Featured June 22, 2018 @ 10:00 am - June 23, 2018 @ 4:00 pm

    Heritage Days Giveaway

    Western Illinois Museum 201 S Lafayette, Macomb, IL

    Register to win a copy of Family Tree Maker! Enter to win by visiting our Center at the Western Illinois Museum during regular hours Friday June 22 and Saturday Jun 23.  While you are there, browse our library and chat with our friendly volunteers.  We are always ready to talk genealogy. We will be drawing...

  • July 2018

  • Mon 16
    Featured July 16, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Ice Cream Social

    Western Illinois Museum 201 S Lafayette, Macomb, IL

    Join us for our Annual Ice Cream Social!  Tour our Center and learn about our resources and how to use them to build your family tree.

  • August 2018

  • Mon 20
    Featured August 20, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    General Meeting

    Western Illinois Museum 201 S Lafayette, Macomb, IL

    Join us for our General Meeting.  Our featured speaker will be Julie Terstriep will be talking about transcribing old archived documents.  

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Western Illinois Museum

201 S Lafayette

Macomb, IL  61455

 

 

Hours:

Tuesday 1pm-4pm

Friday 10am-4pm

Saturday 9am-noon

 

Address:
PO Box 202
Macomb, IL  61455-0202
(309) 255-5161
Email:
mcgs@macomb.com

Monthly Meeting Dates

We meet on the third Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Western Illinois Museum, unless stated otherwise. Everyone is welcome to join us and enjoy our wonderful speakers.

MonthDateProgram
September 2025Saturday, September 6th, at the Henderson County Historical Museum at 10 a.mThe historical museum has multiple buildings. The old school building is next to the city park.
August 2025Monday, August 18th, at the Western Illinois Museum at 6 p.mLori Boyer will be presenting Job's Settlement and the Beginning Years of the Village of Blandinsville.

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