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Try-It Illinois
ZoomInterested in discovering your family history but don’t know where to start? “Try-It Illinois” is an annual Illinois State Library sponsored event where hundreds of genealogical databases are available free to try. It runs every fall, from October 1 until November 30, giving family historians unprecedented access to genealogy and history sites. Join Oswegoland Heritage […]
On the Trail of Eliza Steele – Virtual Program
ZoomIn July, 1840, New York writer Eliza Steele traveled by stagecoach from Chicago, through Cook, DuPage, Will, Kendall, and LaSalle Counties, to Peru where she boarded a river packet to the Mississippi. Recounted in her 1841 book, "A Summer Journey in the West," she provides vivid details of the people, and of the prairie, on […]
Casting a Historic Vote: Suffrage in Illinois
ZoomPrior to 1920, women were denied the vote in the majority of elections in the United States. The struggle for enfranchisement began with the birth of our nation and was strategized differently in our local, state, and federal elections. Despite what people today believe to be a straightforward goal, the path to women’s suffrage was […]