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British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois


BIGWILL News has won another award!

BIGWILL News was awarded the runner-up award in the 2009 NGS (National Genealogical Society) “County/Local Genealogical and/or Historical Societies” newsletter competition; the award was presented on 28 April 2010 at the NGS Family History Conference in Salt Lake City.
BIGWILL extends congratulations and thanks to BIGWILL News editor Karen Glass and to the BIGWILL members who have contributed articles for the newsletter!



Important Note!
The location for BIGWILL’s bimonthly meetings has been permanently changed.
Our meetings are now being held in the lower level of the Community Church, 5714 Broadway St., Richmond, Illinois. This is two blocks west of U.S. Route 12. (There is a map on the BIGWILL meetings page)


Come!   Be part of our merry band! (Click here to get membership information)

    Current BIGWILL members:

Who we are (“about us”) Linked page recently updated 10 March 2010
Where and when we meet / upcoming meeting topics Linked page recently updated 11 June 2010
How to get in contact with us Linked page recently updated 19 March 2010
The BIGWILL Newsletter Linked page recently updated 27 June 2008
Information about the BIGWILL online discussion list Linked page recently updated 21 May 2007
Information about the BIGWILL library Recently added link9 March 2010
Information about digital recordings of genealogical conference lectures Linked page recently updated 4 September 2007
Upcoming events of interest to British Isles researchers Linked page recently updated 20 November 2009
Upcoming events of regional interest (i.e., Wisconsin/Illinois area) Linked page recently updated 11 August 2010
Upcoming national and international society meetings Linked page recently updated 11 August 2010

Reviews of books and CD-ROMs related to British Isles Genealogy Linked page recently updated8 July 2010
Reviews of books and CD-ROMs (One-book-at-a-time version) (still experimenting with this)
Surnames in the British Isles that our members are researching (access to the BIGWILL Register) Linked page recently updated 11 July 2006
Links to other web sites of interest to BIGWILL members Linked page recently updated 13 August 2008

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We’re proud to be an affiliate of the Illinois State Genealogical Society and of the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society

BIGWILL is a member of the National Genealogical Society and of the Federation of Genealogical Societies


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