Galva, Illinois Genealogy

01/30/2019

01/30/2019

If you get stranded DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE!!!!! You will be leaving your best shelter and easiest thing for emergency personnel to find. These temps are going to drop so low they will cause injury within less than five minutes. Call 911, and keep track of your location to help us get to you sooner.

01/30/2019

345 AM update: We are now at -25°F here at the office with a wind chill of -57°F!

01/14/2019

It's cold out side. Many of us don't like this time after the holidays. It seems the holidays give up many things to do and enjoy that we need to decide which one to take in. After the holidays seem like a let down. What a wonderful time for genealogy. We have the time to get all those old bibles, family papers and old photos out to enjoy. Put together your family tree. Find out what information you need. When the weather is nicer we can know what place to visit to gather our family genealogy. Remember the genealogical information you have at hand is a good place to start.

12/24/2018

Merry Christmas from our family to yours. With our family gatherings may we share with each other our family genealogy.

12/18/2018

Our Christmas holidays are with us. Our families get together and share important time with each other. The little ones get many photos taken of then for future remembrances . Don't forget the older folks. When the little ones are grown all they will have are photos to remember their older relatives. If able have the older folks write them letters about themselves. Yes they are creating a time capsule. How great the feeling when one can open them up and be proud to know of their family. Merry Christmas / God Jul

08/04/2018

What a great season of Reunions. They are either family or school class reunions. Both can be very helpful in finding and knowing our family genealogy. Get peoples addresses and give them a call if you forgot to ask them about a person. Be willing to share your knowledge on someone. Small get together's help when people can share where people went. It is all a challenge but a very rewarding one when we can help someone. We can help who is in Galva, past and present.

08/01/2018

This is so important. Older people have photos of new family babies which is right. When we are gone do the children have photos of us. Children love to know their Great Grandparents. What they looked like and who they were. Make sure we have photos of us with them so they have something to cherish.

07/09/2018

We thought this is fitting with Galva Illinois and the people that made and are making it up. We all grow in different directions but our roots remain as Galva, Illinois. Many have lived in Galva and come to visit family and friends. A visit to Galva straightens both the city and the people who live here. We are Proud to be from Galva, Illinois.

07/05/2018

Our 4th of July celebrations are over, I think. We met with family and friends who gave us a great feeling of belonging together. Now we sit back and wonder about what we could have asked someone about our family history and genealogy. While it is still fresh in our minds and hearts call them and ask. Or if someone was asking and now you remember call them and say now I remember and give what they need in their research. Sharing our family's information can and will straighten our families. What a wonderful and enjoyable way to be together.

06/20/2018

We are always busy here at Galva, Illinois Genealogy. Keeping files of all buried in the Galva, Illinois Cemetery is the main source of information. With those files we have vital information on Veterans and the wars they served in. Emigrants from other countries are also vital information. Who and where they came from is very important. Families in those countries are wondering where their family members ended up at. We can help, we know them.

06/20/2018

Knowing your family is a life treasure. Finding who they are is the gold. We are here to help. Many family stories can help but having useful information can set things straight. The joy is the challenge to find your family. Let us help in your joy. Tell us who you are looking for. We know them.

04/30/2018

Where have your leaves led you?

03/23/2018

Remembering the difference between a “second cousin” and a “cousin once removed” is one of those facts that I have filed away in my brain as non-essential. I think I know the difference, but then I get fuzzy on the details. Luckily I now have a handy chart to bookmark in

02/17/2018

Three day weekend can only mean one thing...

What will you be researching this weekend?