DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society
27th Annual Conference

Saturday March 2, 2002

Hilton Lisle/Naperville Conference Center
Lisle, Illinois

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The Hilton Lisle/Naperville Conference Center is located at 3003 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL 60532

Program

Time Title Presentation
9:00AM Finding Aids in the National Archives (1A) Covers general organization of archival materials. Discusses finding aids, both published and those available on site at the National Archives. How to develop a research strategy for locating the records.
Craig Scott
9:00AM Patchwork Quilt: Irish Genealogical Research (1B) This introduces the researcher to the various levels of records in Ireland, such as political and ecclesiastical districts, counties, provinces, etc.
Patricia Geyh
9:00AM 20th Century Censuses (1C) What's in the 1900-1930 records? Using other records to find people "not in the census". Why doesn't it all agree?
Jeff Bockman
10:30PM Pension Research: You Stopped Too Soon (2A) Military pension records are a rich source of family information. This lecture covers three main types of records and where to find them: Pension applications, Pension Office ledgers and cards; and final or last payments.
Craig Scott
10:30PM Hunting for Ancestors in the Rhineland-Palatinate (2B) Researching the 18th century parish registers and the emigration indexes in this region.
Ed Brandt
10:30PM Primary Sources Available to French Canadian Researchers (2C) A successful research trip is the result of careful preparation and organization of your family data, research objectives and utilization of your precious time. Actually going to the location of your ancestral home can provide a clearer picture of your ancestor and may provide unexpected rewards. This lecture provides helpful travel tips.
Patricia Geyh
11:45PM Luncheon and browsing, 11:45
1:15PM Researching Your Civil War Ancestor (3A) Provides steps for conducting research about both Union and Confederate soldiers. How to analyze records for clues to further sources.
Craig Scott
1:15PM Researching Ancestors in East and West Prussia (3B) Finding basic record repositories and their inventories. Covers the history of East and West Prussia.
Ed Brandt
1:15PM All SSDIs Are Not Created Equal (3C) Learn what to expect from the various web sites featuring the Social Security Death Index.
Larry Olson
2:45PM Researching Your World War I Ancestor (4A) Identifies federal and local resources for researching World War I soldiers.
Craig Scott
2:45PM Tracing Ancestors From East Pomerania, Posen, and Silesia (4B) Provides guidance for locating resources and records in the former Germanic states now in Poland.
Ed Brandt
2:45PM Real Research on the Web (4C) Where to find images of "real records" or the indexes that will help you get the records needed to do real research.
Jeff Bockman

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