Looking Glass Prairie Genealogy Group

03/04/2023

IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN RESTARTING THE GROUP MEETING AT THE LATZER LIBRARY?

03/04/2023

And how did I not know this before?

One of the most confounding date-related events ever in history, and one that regularly impacts genealogical researchers, is the calendar change of 1752. While we can all be incredibly glad that our ancestors had the foresight to correct calculation errors that would allow for more accurate calendar...

12/22/2021

Great news for Highland history buffs.

As part of a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) initiative funded by a $2,593.90 grant from the SIUE Meridian Society, equipment that supports the Highland History Digitization project has been delivered to the city’s Louis Latzer Memorial Library...

08/01/2021

This is a great opportunity for online genealogy education for free.

05/11/2021

I thought this information might help you if you are going to a library for genealogical research. Libraries are starting to open up again and some of us are looking forward to getting out and being able to do some research.

According to the website National Today, December 10th is Dewey Decimal System Day.[1] This offbeat “holiday” got my attention because it’s the perfect holiday for a genealogist. Knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System is an important tool to rely on...

04/13/2021

You could win a free pass to the German Genealogy Conference this summer for just sharing their post.......I did.....good luck

07/23/2020

since we are not meeting this month I thought this would be a good thing to study.

Wanna Improve Your Online Newspaper Researching Skills?

Here are a Free 20 page downloadable eBook and 3 downloadable one page Quick Reference Guides that will help you to become a master historical newspaper researcher. Feel free to share with your genealogy researching friends and your favorite FB Genealogy Groups.

You can get the documents to download at https://bit.ly/2NekzYi

05/01/2020

JUST ANNOUNCED....The Missouri State Historical Society is having 2 FREE webinars on how to use the Missouri Digital Archives. May 6 @ 1 PM or May 7 @ 10 AM....follow the link to register for either day. https://shsmo.org/events/2020/using-shsmo-collections-may-6?fbclid=IwAR15iqHFlVxxaqSSOlaVQ1CwdGRBNHKkgh1MM5qM6ZqmH74h08fVK4ehT4M

02/20/2020

Genealogy meeting at 1:00 or 6:00 Thursday Feb. 20. Hope to see you there.