Guest speaker Julia Johnas will explain how old family photos can be a great source of clues to help your genealogy research. Learn how to unlock the mysteries that lie in the photos by extracting valuable information to help move your genealogy research forward. Attendees are encouraged to bring photographs they are attempting to determine a time frame for.
Julia Johnas is a local historian and author of "Highland Park: Settlement to the 1920s". She has a Master of Arts in Library Science and holds certificates in archival studies and photographic collection preservation. She served for more than 20 years as the research liaison to the Highland Park Historic Preservation Commission and continues to provide research assistance on local and architectural history, as well as genealogy for authors and historians.
Doors will open at approximately 7 p.m. so you can pick-up handouts, review books and journals, and network with other participants. Tony Kierna will start the program at 7:30 p.m. with introductions of new participants and a brief review of handouts and genealogical matters.
For further information contact Tony Kierna at 847-923-3390.
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.