Past Events
2011
November
Algonquin Area Public Library District - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: the Search for Marriage Records
October
The Newberry Library Seminars Program - Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: Strategies for Every Stage of Life
September
FGS Annual Conference in Springfield, IL
The Newberry Library Seminars Program - It Didn’t All Go Up in Flames: Exploring Pre-Fire Chicago at the Newberry
August
Newberry Library Seminar - Getting Acquainted with Your Chicago Ancestors
Schaumburg Township District Library - Searching Electronic Databases
June
Chicago Genealogical Society - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: the Search for Marriage Records
May
Lake Villa District Library - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
Algonquin Area Public Library District - Finding Your Catholic Ancestors: Using Church Records in the Archdiocese
April
Evergreen Park Public Library Genealogy Lock-in
1) Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: the Search for Marriage Records
2) Mining the National Archives
Fountindale Public Library - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: the Search for Marriage Records
Palatine Public Library - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
Bartlett Public Library - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
LaSalle County Genealogy Guild - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: the Search for Marriage Records
March
North Suburban Genealogical Society - Mining the National Archives
February
McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society - “Speed dating” for Genealogists
Genealogical Forum of Elmhurst - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Northwest Suburban Council of Genealogists - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
January
University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program - Climbing Your Family Tree
2010
November
National Archives, Great Lakes Region - Discovering the Past Block-by-Block: Using ChicagoAncestors.org
October
October 2nd
Polish Genealogical Society of America Annual Conference - Searching Electronic Databases
Polish Genealogical Society of America Annual Conference - New Tools for Finding Old Stuff
September
Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society - Mining the National Archives
Northwest Indiana Genealogy Society - Researching Your Catholic Ancestors: Using the Records of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Helen Plumb Library in Lombard - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
August
Schaumburg District Public Library - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Review in Tony's Blog
June
Chicago Genealogy Society - Pioneer Ancestor Certificates: Submitting Proper Documentation (Co-presented with Craig Pfannkuche )
May
Lake Villa Public Library - Discovering the Past Block-by-Block: Using ChicagoAncestors.org
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGSI) - Discovering the Past Block-by-Block: Using ChicagoAncestors.org
April
Newberry Library Seminar - Advanced Ancestry.com
March
British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
Newberry Library Seminar - Advanced Ancestry.com
2009
November
Arlington Heights Memorial Library - Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: Strategies for Every Stage of Life
Zion Genealogical Society - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
Newberry Library Seminar - Researching Pre-fire Chicago
October
Algonquin Area Public Library - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
Elgin Genealogical Society - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Dupage County Genealogical Society - Searching Library Catalogs and Databases
September
Newberry Library Seminar - Searching Library Catalogs and Databases
August
Schaumburg Township District Library - ChicagoAncestors.org
June
Loyola University - 2009 Northside Women's Resource Fair
May
Lake Villa Public Library - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Palatines to America - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
April
North Suburban Genealogy Society - Searching Library Catalogs and Databases
March
Zion Genealogical Society - Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places
February
McHenry County Genealogical Society - ChicagoAncestors.org
Chicago Genealogical Society - Searching Library Catalogs and Databases
2008
October
Lake Villa Public Library - Mining the National Archives
September
Elgin Genealogical Society - Mining the National Archives
August
Polish Genealogy Society of America - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Schaumburg Township District Library - Mining the National Archives
July
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois - Mining the National Archives
June
McHenry County Genealogical Society - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Place
April
Elgin Genealogical Society - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
March
North Suburban Genealogy Society - Cobbler, Tailor, Trunkmaker: How My Grandpappies Made a Living
February
Newberry Teachers Consortium - Researching Pre-Fire Chicago