British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois
Where and when we meet:
BIGWILL’s meetings are held at:Grace Lutheran Church
6000 Broadway Street
(West of U.S. Route 12, accessible from Illinois Route 173/Kenosha St.)
Richmond, Illinois
10am until noon on the third Saturday of the months of
January, March, May, July, September and November.
Visitors as well as members are always welcome. Refreshments are available for a donation at each meeting.
Marching toward Richmond (area map)
Getting to the Church On Time (village map)
Upcoming meeting dates and topics:
20 September 2008: “It Wasn’t a Cruise Ship – Immigrant Voyages” by Marian Richter Schuetz.
Marian is an instructor of genealogy at Waubonsee Community College, located in Sugar Grove, Illinois; she is also a Past-Presidenet of the Illinois State Genealogical Society.
She will explain the experiences, conditions, and types of vessels which transported our immigrant ancestors to the New World. She will explain the excitement, the wonder, and the often frightful voyage that your immigrant ancestor experienced. She will provide sources of pictures of vessels which transported the ancestors.
15 November 2008: “Collections and Services of the Wisconsin Historical Society” by Lori B. Bessler.
Lori is the Microfilms Librarian and Outreach Coordinator of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) Library Archives, located in Madison, Wisconsin. The Library Archives is always adding collections and services to better serve the public. Lori will speak on new collections, new services and highlights of hidden treasures that can help the genealogist research their family history more effectively and thoroughly. Elections for 2009 will take place at this meeting. Please volunteer now to serve as a BIGWILL officer or committee member for the next two years – contact Peg Gleich for more information about the possibilities.
17 January 2009: TBA
21 March 2009: TBA
16 May 2009: TBA
What would you like to hear about? What would you like to talk about?
BIGWILL is always on the lookout for program ideas, and Peg Gleich is our chief scout. Have you taken a trip to England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man? If so, consider giving a presentation to BIGWILL about what you saw and did. Have you heard a good talk at some other society’s meeting which was related to British Isles research? Or do you just know a topic you’d like to learn more about, even if you don’t know who could give a presentation on the topic? If your answer is “Yes” to any of these questions, help put Peg hot on the trail of another BIGWILL meeting topic. You can contact her by email, by phone (at 608-752-8816) or in person at almost any BIGWILL meeting. You can make a difference!There have been
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