GeneaQuest Updates

MAUREEN TAYLOR and DIAHAN SOUTHARD 

will have 

PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE

at

GENEAQUEST! 

RAFFLE PRIZES valued at over $900

DOOR PRIZES valued at over $400

Lot's of FREEBIES!

COMPLIMENTARY COFFEE and TEA is available 

from 8-9am during registration

HANDOUTS will be included in the syllabus - 

print your copy or bring your laptop/pad to access

And don't forget to visit our GeneaUs bars for information on:

CHICAGO ANCESTORS

 FIND MY PAST

LEGACY FAMILY TREE 

NEWSPAPERS.com

REUNION for MAC

ROOTS MAGIC 

GeneaQuest Raffles and Door Prizes!

Each registrant will receive 5 door prize tickets with their Name Badge.

Check out our list so far.......

DOOR PRIZES

PhotoGrafix Gift Certificate

3-generation name tag

Book: Unpuzzling Your Past

University Archival Products Gift Certificate

Family Tree Maker software (both Windows and Mac versions)

Set of archival manuscript folders (in four different sizes)

Book: What Did They Mean by That? - a dictionary of historical and 

genealogical terms old and new

Book: Newberry 125: stories of our collection

Northwest Suburban Genealogical Society 1-year membership

30-minute lesson on Forever Artisan or Forever Historian

Book: Trace Your German Roots Online

Book: Historical Atlas of East Central Europe

Book: Write Your Family History - easy steps to organize, save, and share

RAFFLES

AncestryDNA kits

1-year FamilyTree Webinars membership

6-month U.S. Discovery subscription from ancestry.com

1-year Fold3 subscription

1-year Newspapers.com subscription

1-year Ancestry Academy subscription

3-month ArkivDigital subscription

1-year FindMyPast World subscription

Legacy Family Tree Deluxe 8.0 software 

RootsMagic 7 software and book

1-year GenealogyGems Premium membership

(Raffle tickets are 2 for $5.00 or 5 for $10.00; cash only)

GeneaQuest Conference Attendees

Individual Photo Consultations with The Photo Detective

Got a mystery photo and need some expert advice? 

You can sign up for a 15 minute consultation with Maureen Taylor. 

Because she employs a variety of diagnostic techniques she's known as The Photo Detective.

The Wall Street Journal called her "the nations foremost historical photo detective" and featured an extensive profile of her work.

This opportunity is for GeneaQuest Conference Attendees only!

Once you've registered for a consultation by following the link for Maureen Taylor, here's how the process works:

• Think about which photos you'd like her to look at. If you have additional information about the pictures please bring that with you.
• It's helpful to bring a family history chart with you as well.
• For note taking purposes Maureen suggests making a photocopy of each image and bringing it with you.

Our Fourth Genie is.........

 Our fourth GENIE is LARRY OLSON

NEWSPAPERS.COM

The Newspapers.com website is a subscription service containing digital images of over 3600 papers published in seven English-speaking countries from 1700 to date (US, Canada, England, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Australia, and Panama).  The holdings include images of 14 papers in Chicago alone.

Larry will demonstrate navigating the site, how to perform searches, and how to create, download, and share clippings via social media and/or Ancestry.

Larry Olson is a Minnesota native who lived on both coasts before settling in Chicagoland thirty years ago.  He began his research in the 1970s, when his grandmother told him he was related to March King John Philip Sousa through Sousa’s German mother.  Larry has never proven that legend, but he has discovered many other interesting facts, and become the historian for his and his wife’s families.  He hopes his immediate family will someday appreciate what he accomplished while neglecting them for dead relatives.

GeneaQuest exhibitors

Check out the fabulous 

GeneaQuest 2016 exhibitors

And while you're there don't forget to register for the conference!

 ArkivDigital

www.arkivdigital.net

Photo Grafix

www.photografix.pro

DuPage Genealogy Society

www.dcgs.org

 Newberry Library

www.newberry.org

 Federation of Genealogical Societies

www.fgsconference.org

Illinois State Genealogy Society

www.ilgensoc.org

Our Next Genie Is.......

 Join members of the GeneaUs Bar team during the breaks to learn a little more about some of the software available and using specific websites in your research.

Come and join our experts for great pointers and advice in an intimate lecture style format.

Our third GENIE is GRACE HORNER

CHICAGO ANCESTORS

ChicagoAncestors.org is a free database manned by librarians at the Newberry Library.  There is an interactive map with lots of hints that can help you do research on anyone who has lived or worked in Chicago.  There are also lots of helpful links that can also help with your genealogy research.  Helps like street name changes, the numbering changes in especially 1909, some city directories and other census helps.  You can also make suggestions on things that might be helpful to others doing Chicago research.

GeneaQuest Raffle!

Here are just a few of the fabulous raffle prizes 

that you could win at GeneaQuest on June 18:

Ancestry DNA Kit

12-month World subscription to FindMyPast.com

12-month subscription to newpapers.com

12-month subscription to fold3.com

6-month US Discovery subscription to Ancestry.com

3-month subscription to Arkivdigital.com