Events
Free Virtual Presentations on the Event day. Funded by SCCGS. Last minute changes are on Facebook.
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Most lectures remain on the Member site for 60 days – Join SCCGS “Let’s Talk Genealogy” in-person sessions will resume in 2025, the fourth Thursday of each month. |
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| November 7, 2024, 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
Annual meeting, voting results, and round table sharing.
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| December 5, 2024, 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
“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,
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2025January 9, 2025 |
“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 |
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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, Presenter: Will Shannon, Curator of the St. Clair County Historical Society |
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March 6, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
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April 3, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
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May 1, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
Happy Birthday SCCGS – 48 Years Old!To be announced |
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June 5, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
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July 2025 |
No meeting, enjoy the holiday. |
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August 7, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
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September 4, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
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October 2, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
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November 6, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
Annual meeting, voting results, and round table sharing.
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December 4, 2025 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
2026January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
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February 5, 2026 7:00 p.m. (Central) |
To be announced |
will tell us what The Founders’ Collection contains and how it came about. This is a look at Belleville’s early literary pursuits.
(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.
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. P
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