Limping Pheasant Genealogy

09/24/2025

Come see me and bring your genealogy questions!!

05/30/2024

This should be a great event, please join us and support two great local service organizations and have a wonderful time doing it!

02/05/2024

Got the Monday blues? Try this: send a message (via work chat, email, text, doesn’t really matter) to 10 people. Just say “Hi, how was your weekend?” That’s it. See what happens. 🥰

08/22/2023

***Monee Historical Society/CSCVB Facebook Takeover***

"A Peaceful Autumn Day"
Andrew Severin Gunderson was a renowned Monee artist and resident. Most of his works are landscapes, drawn from his incredible imagination. The Monee Historical Society is proud to display many of his works at the Monee Heritage Center.

The Village of Monee recently installed a round-about on the corner of Egyptian Trail and Court Street, named in his honor. The home where Andrew lived still stands at this corner. Coming in 2024, the Monee Historical Society will participate in the dedication of the round-about.

Stop in and take a look at all the beautiful artwork as well as the historic limestone building, which we are proud to call our home.

11/28/2022

True.

10/30/2022

10/09/2022

Interested in learning more about Illinois genealogy. Sign up for our 2022 virtual conference!

02/22/2022

Rearranged and labeled the bookshelf. Not enough books. I want MORE!!

01/17/2022

Had a great day of researching my own family. This is a portrait of my 6th Great Grand Uncle William Duguid. His will is the reason I have been able to piece together my Scottish side. The painter of this portrait (that is on display at the Met in New York) was Prince Demah Barnes, the only enslaved artist working in colonial America whose paintings are known to survive. An amazing find!

William Duguid, a Scottish immigrant textile importer based in Boston, is the subject of this engaging portrait. In 1773 he sat for Prince Demah, a painter of African descent, who was the "property" of merchant Henry Barnes. Impressed with his talent, Barnes took him to London in 1771, where he stud...

09/21/2021

Though much of genealogy these days can done online and remotely, there’s still plenty of times you need to hit the road and go to the courthouse, historical society, or cemetery. In addition, the perspective you get actually being in the towns your ancestors were from is priceless and can’t be fully appreciated from your couch.

08/08/2021

Tom brings me pretty (and yummy) drinks as I play with dead people. ❤️