From our August General Meeting Topic: TRANSCRIBING HISTORY by Julie Terstriep (Terstriep@yahoo.com)   Would you like to volunteer to transcribe old documents?  Here are a few places looking for your expertise.     Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum – ChroniclingIllinois.org Smithsonian Institute    https://transcription.si.edu/ The National Archives  https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/registerandgetstarted University of Minnesota – Civil War documents…

Monday, August  20, 2018 The August General Meeting of the McDonough County Genealogical Society was brought to order at 7 pm at the Western Illinois Museum. The speaker for the evening was Julie Terstriep, who spoke about “Transcribing History” and shared how she transcribes old documents for the National Archives, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, University…

Our Genealogy Center will be closed Sep 1 2018 for the Labor Day Weekend.

We would like to announce that we are now a Family Search Affiliate Library.  Recently the main Family Search library in Salt Lake City discontinued its practice of sending out microfilm to focus on digitizing their entire collection.  However, due to copyright constraints, they are not allowed to make every document available online.  As an…

The Western Illinois Museum is undergoing remodeling which is including new, energy efficient windows.  We are trying to remain open during the construction but some hours may be limited due to work in the area. We are excited to get the new Pella windows.  Those of you who have done winter research with us will…

We are giving away a copy of Family Tree Maker! Family Tree Maker is one of the premier software packages for your genealogy research.  See more information at Family Tree Maker Register to win by stopping by our center during regular hours and fill out an entry blank.  We will be drawing the winner at…

GeneaQuest 2018 Saturday, June 23, 2018, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Northern Illinois University (NIU) Conference Center, Hoffman Estates, IL https://caggni.org/GeneaQuest ====================================================================== Family History Fanatics Summer E-Conference A Summer of DNA eConference August 4, 2018 https://www.familyhistoryfanatics.com/summerdna ====================================================================== St Louis Genealogical Society Summer 2018 Speaker Series Making Sense of DNA Saturday, 28 July 2018 Orlando Gardens,…

Acclaim Press Publishing has just informed the Society that the History Book is now targeted for the end of August. Postcards will be mailed to everyone that purchased a book, giving everyone one last chance to order an additional copy at the pre-sale price of $59.95 and letting them know that early September  is the…