How DNA Helped with My Irish Roots
Bureau County Genealogical Society 629 S Main St, Princeton, ILMichael John Neill will present "How DNA Helped with My Irish Roots." Michael John Neill's DNA results helped him to pinpoint his Irish connection and to discover additional Irish relatives. He will discuss how he sorted through his results, determined his likely Irish matches, and located his 1864 immigrant ancestor's brothers who stayed in Ireland. Along the […]
Finding Ida: A Search for the Early History of Ida Person/Persson/Pierson/Pearson Bryant of Bureau County, IL
Bureau County Genealogical Society 629 S Main St, Princeton, ILThis month's speaker is David W. Peterson, a member of BCGS, who has an extensive background in mathematics and computers. David’s presentation is entitled “Finding Ida: A Search for the Early History of Ida Person/Persson/Pierson/Pearson Bryant of Bureau County, IL.” Using family records of the Fundell family of Bureau County, Swedish parish records, and sources […]
Fort Dixon
Bureau County Genealogical Society 629 S Main St, Princeton, ILHeinz Suppan will present a program on Fort Dixon. Suppan teaches German, U.S., European, state and local history at Marquette Academy in Ottawa and at Joliet College. Fort Dixon, named after Dixon's Ferry, was built in 1832 during the Black Hawk War. It was midway between Fort Dearborn in Chicago, Fort Armstrong in Rock Island, and […]