The Sangamon County Genealogical Society host a research day Saturday, March 31 from 9 am to 1 pm at the society's office 2856 South 11th, Springfield, Illinois. The topic of the day is Finding Lost Ancestors Through Newspaper Research. The office is located three blocks north of Stevenson Drive on 11th Street and Knox and three blocks south of Bunn Park on 11th Street. Members of the society's board will be available to answer research questions throughout the day. Family history materials from the society's library are available for all to view including microfilmed copies of birth (1877-1916), marriages (1821-1925) and death certificates (1877-1940s) for Sangamon County. Surname and obituary files, Auburn Citizen (1874-1965) and other area newspaper microfilms are also available to view at the office. There will also be examples of what can be found in local newspapers while doing research including tips on where to find your ancestors in these valuable resources. Everyone is welcome to visit the library, a $2.00 donation is suggested. Tuesday nights in April we will also be open from 6 to 8 for those who can't make it to this event. Come learn how to find those elusive ancestors through newspaper research. Dan Dixon - President/Editor PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) Springfield, IL 62705-1829 Email: [email protected] Phone: 217-529-0542 Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive and approx. 2 1/2 blocks south of Bunn Golf Course) Springfield, Illinois Phone: 217-529-0542 Email: [email protected] Open Tuesday Nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Thank you for the info Dan. This past week Bob Crouch from Carlinville came here to ask some questions of the Gates family. I have invited him to the reunion this year and he is interested! He is from the line of Andrew Peter Gates, brother to my great grandfather Frank W. Gates. He had the lines all wrong, pictures mislabeled and just went from things people had told him. We need to help him before he spreads the wrong info. I told him perhaps one day we could all get together and discuss the family. I think that helps anyone who is trying to get started. He has done this for awhile, but put it away for awhile too. His grandmother was Daisy Gates Kates. He had Henry and Sallie Gates' photos labeled as Kates family members. I told him they were not, so he is changing the names now. Is there a time we could try to get together? Thanks, Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:56 AM Subject: [ILMACOUP] Finding Your Ancestors Through Newspaper Research Sat.31 March 9-1 at SCGS > > The Sangamon County Genealogical Society host a research day Saturday, > March > 31 from 9 am to 1 pm at the society's office 2856 South 11th, > Springfield, > Illinois. The topic of the day is Finding Lost Ancestors Through > Newspaper > Research. The office is located three blocks north of Stevenson Drive on > 11th > Street and Knox and three blocks south of Bunn Park on 11th Street. > Members of > the society's board will be available to answer research questions > throughout > the day. Family history materials from the society's library are > available > for all to view including microfilmed copies of birth (1877-1916), > marriages > (1821-1925) and death certificates (1877-1940s) for Sangamon County. > Surname > and obituary files, Auburn Citizen (1874-1965) and other area newspaper > microfilms are also available to view at the office. There will also be > examples > of what can be found in local newspapers while doing research including > tips > on where to find your ancestors in these valuable resources. Everyone is > welcome to visit the library, a $2.00 donation is suggested. Tuesday > nights in > April we will also be open from 6 to 8 for those who can't make it to > this > event. Come learn how to find those elusive ancestors through newspaper > research. > > > > Dan Dixon - President/Editor > PO Box 1829 (Mailing Address) > Springfield, IL 62705-1829 > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 217-529-0542 > > Sangamon County Genealogical Society Office Library > 2856 South 11th Street (approx. 3 blocks north of Stevenson Drive and > approx. 2 1/2 blocks south of Bunn Golf Course) > Springfield, Illinois > Phone: 217-529-0542 > Email: [email protected] > Open Tuesday Nights 5:30 to 9:00 or by appointment > Web Address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs.htm > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message