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“Let’s Talk Genealogy”

This will be the last session for 2024. Come one, come all to this session of “Let’s Talk Genealogy,” an in-person discussion group gathering at the Belleville Public Library (BPL), 121 East Washington St., Belleville, Illinois. Kindly call the BPL to hold your spot (618) 234-0441. 

Sponsored by the St. Clair County Genealogical Society (SCCGS), please bring questions or documents for discussion on topics such as census data, deeds, immigration, methodology, naturalization, occupations, military, and vital records. Suggestions on how to avoid pitfalls or break through an ancestral brick wall may ensue. Please email sccgsoffice@stclair-ilgs.org if you have specific questions.

This is the last in-person gathering for the 2024 year.

Annual meeting, voting results, and round table sharing.

Register for this meeting.

“The Founders’ Collection”

On July 17, 1836, the German Library Society of St. Clair County was founded at Dr. Anton Schott’s farm in the Shiloh Valley. Register at this link.

Christina DeBoer, Supervisor of Archives and Reference at the Belleville Public Library, will tell us what The Founders’ Collection contains and how it came about. This is a look at Belleville’s early literary pursuits.

2025

January 9, 2025

“Beginning Research in Illinois and St. Clair County”

Register in advance for this virtual meeting.

Presenter: Diane Walsh, webmaster for the St. Clair County Genealogical Society (SCCGS)  and past President and Quarterly Editor for the Society. She is the author of two books on her ancestors in this county and two research guides.

February 6, 2025

7:00 p.m. (Central)

“Recreating a Community: Dr. Carter Woodson and Early African-Americans in St. Clair County”

Register for this free virtual presentation.

Carter G. Woodson is credited with the eventual establishment of Black History Month, marked every February since 1976. Born to former slaves in 1875, his thirst for education led to positions as teacher and a school principal before obtaining a bachelor’s degree. There is more to this story, and that of the Blacks living in St. Clair County. Please join us this evening. The presenter is William Shannon IV, Curator of the St. Clair County Historical Society.

Presenter: Will Shannon, Curator of the St. Clair County Historical Society