North Suburban Genealogical Society

North Suburban Genealogical Society http://nsgsil.org Our meetings are the second Saturday of the month on Zoom. Its purposes are:
1. To promote an interest in genealogy.
2.

The North Suburban Genealogical Society (NSGS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1975. To encourage and instruct members in careful, documented genealogical research.
3. To publish genealogical and historical information.

10/03/2025
09/22/2025

Get down to business with this day-by-day guide to finding your ancestors fast. Each day in this genealogy research plan covers a different record group.

09/19/2025

Where do you fit in with your DNA matches? Triangulating a known relationship with unknown matches can reveal the answers. We'll show you how to do it.

09/06/2025

We're just two weeks away from our grand opening. We can't wait to show off the new exhibits in our 160-year-old farmhouse. Make plans to join us!

Are you interested in dual citizenship? It is time to register for our September 13th meeting, "Applying for Dual Citize...
09/06/2025

Are you interested in dual citizenship? It is time to register for our September 13th meeting, "Applying for Dual Citizenship by Descent." Rhonda McClure will be the presenter. This meeting is co-hosted by NSGS and The Wilmette Public Library.

While most countries base citizenship on place of birth, parentage, and marriage, some countries also offer citizenship by descent—meaning if you have ancestors who were citizens of that country two, three, or even four generations back, you might qualify for dual citizenship! Two well-known exa...

08/31/2025

From the Illinois Writers’ Project, Curtis D. MacDougall, State Supervisor, 433 East Erie St., Chicago, IL 25 February 1941 Release 669
What it Cost to Start Farming 100 Years Ago
The cost of establishing a prairie farm in the 1840s ranged from about $300 to $500, an account prepared at that time reveals, according to the Illinois Writers’ Project, W.P.A.
The price of 160 acres at $1.25 an acre was reported to have been $200; breaking 40 of the prairie acres at $2 each came to another 480; fencing with post and rails at about $1 a hundred added $32. The cost of building a cabin ranged from $50 to $150 and stables and sheds brought the total figure to about $500. So fertile was the soil that settlers asserted that 80 acres in Illinois would yield as much as 200 acres in the East.
Production figures of an acre showed 50 to 80 bushels of Indian corn, 35 to 40 bushels of wheat, and 70 to 80 bushels of oats.

08/20/2025

Website founder Jenny Joyce of Cite-Builder.com shows the value of a proper citation and how Cite-Builder makes citation more manageable.

08/18/2025

If you’re curious about building your family tree but unsure how to do it, this guide can help you.

Registration is open for the Illinois State Genealogical Society Conference - October 24-25 - ilgensoc.org
08/14/2025

Registration is open for the Illinois State Genealogical Society Conference - October 24-25 - ilgensoc.org

08/12/2025

Learn some basics of cluster and collateral research—two key research strategies for studying your ancestor and their community.

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The North Suburban Genealogical Society (NSGS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1975. Its purposes are: 1. To promote an interest in genealogy. 2. To encourage and instruct members in careful, documented genealogical research. 3. To publish genealogical and historical information.