Tamarack Genealogy

09/03/2025

Upcoming webinars for September, Hope you can join me!

09/01/2025

Thank you to our trades and labor unions; construction workers, farmhands, librarians and teachers, 'tech guys', nurses and technician, plus everyone else who keep us healthy, educated, clothed, fed and housed! Happy Labor Day!

08/26/2025

What kind of pet parent would I be if I didn't post the obligatory pet photo on National Dog Day! Happy made-up holiday, Dodger, the bestest genealogy dog!

08/18/2025

This is so much fun. This building is one of Chicago’s first “skyscrapers” and was pretty environmentally friendly when completed. They had to devise some new innovative strategies to keep if from sinking under it’s own weight. That is why the lobby is below modern ground level.

The historic Auditorium Theatre in Chicago is between productions and undergoing some important restoration work, which in turn has revealed pieces of its storied past.

08/13/2025

More upcoming programs for August. Please contact the host agency to register.

08/13/2025

ISGS Fall Conference Registration is now open! Come join us October 24-25th in Rockford for some fabulous workshops and conference sessions. https://www.ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=620

08/06/2025

Excited to be presenting my program Brick by Brick, Tracing Your House History at the White Oak Library, Crest Hill Branch tomorrow, August 7th! I can't wait to see one of my favorite humans, Branch Manager, Evangeline Stephenson!
In the area? Register to join us:

If walls could talk… Was your home moved, damaged by fire, or enlarged to accommodate a growing family?

07/24/2025

At t exahisct time 110 years ago, the SS Eastland tipped in the Chicago River with 2570 passengers and crew onboard. In a matter of minutes 844 persons lost their lives, and became one of the most deadly maritime disasters in U.S. History.

Chicago’s working poor were expecting a day in luxury. They instead faced a horrific calamity on Lake Michigan

07/16/2025

Join me this Saturday, July 19th, at 10:30 a.m. the Arlington Heights Public Library to learn more about accessing records at the NPRC- National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO. Sponsored by CAGG-NI, there is a small $5.00 fee to attend (in person or virtually) for non-members. Visit https://caggni.org/event-6055333 to register.

CAGGNI, the Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois, holds regular meetings online and at various libraries in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago.

07/14/2025

A million thank yous to all of the sponsoring genealogy groups who hosted a FABULOUS conference yesterday! I had so much fun, and met so many amazing people. All of you are rock stars and I am lucky to know you. Thanks for including me in your big day. I don't often get to brag about running out of chairs for a session!🥰🥰

07/10/2025

This is really exciting!

Newly restored material from vast archive destroyed in civil war takes in Anglo-Norman conquest and 1798 rebellion

07/04/2025

Happy Independence Day, America!
Have a safe and fun holiday!