Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

As many of you know, the Federation of Genealogical Societies is working to raise money in order to digitize the War of 1812 pensions.  The goal is to raise $3.7 million and to have the digitization of records completed in 2015. You can help by […]

One of the newest features of the Illinois State Genealogical Society’s website is a Surname Database.  Anyone can search the database and make contact with the person who submitted the listing, however, only ISGS members may submit a name to the database.

No identifying information for this gentleman, who is likely from the Bangor, Maine area.  The cabinet card imprint on the front reads: Weston, Bangor.  On the back it reads:  F. C. Weston, Artistic Photographer, 2 Smith Block, Bangor, ME.

This week’s challenge from Randy is: Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either software on your computer, or an online family tree) and figure out how to Count how many surnames you have in your family tree database. Tell us which GMP you’re using […]

Unfortunately there is no identifying information for this family depicted in this cabinet card, likely from the Meadville, Pennsylvania area.  The imprint reads:  I. E. Hall, Meadville, PA.

This cabinet card features a handsome young man, probably from the City of New York.  The imprint reads:  Rud Bachmann, 6 East 14th St., New York.

The Illinois State Archives has two different statewide death record indexes on their website.  One is for deaths that occurred from 1916-1950, the other is for deaths prior to 1916.  The first is a complete index, but the index prior to 1916 is still a […]

I’ve been working on my Cahill line for the last few days, mainly because I’m in the process of planning a research trip to Kane Co., Illinois to do some heavy-duty research on this line.