Join Sussex County Genealogical Society (SCGS) in-person at the library or online for this presentation. With 102 counties in Illinois, there are hundreds of locations scattered across the state where significant records collections live. Tina Beaird will help you sift through these repositories to find county resources pertinent to your Illinois ancestors including vital records, land patents, school censuses, justice of the peace records and more.

Tina Beaird is owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is also a Genealogy/Local History Librarian at the Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, IL. Tina lectures extensively on topics including genealogical methodology, military research and archival preservation. She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and the Association of Professional Genealogists as well as First V.P. of the Illinois State Genealogical Society and Board Secretary/Director for the Oswego Heritage Association. She volunteers her time with several historical and genealogical societies across Illinois. Tina has provided research assistance for nearly twenty years and has been researching her family’s history, as time permits, for over thirty years. She is a rabid baseball fan and her and her family have visited 24 out of 30 Major League Ballparks across the U.S.

NOTE: this session is available to attend in-person or through Zoom. 

If you need assistance with registration or getting your Zoom invitation, please contact the library. Basic written instructions for using Zoom may be found here and a brief video tutorial may be found here.

For more information, visit the SCGS website. This program is co-sponsored by the Lewes Public Library.