BIGWILL Genealogists

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:

Membership renewal time has passed. If this deadline slipped by for you, please mail your 2010 dues ASAP to the BIGWILL PO Box so that you can receive the next newsletter and help support our full schedule of talks on British Isles genealogy.
(see the membership application for amount and our full mailing address).
IMPORTANTNOTE: BIGWILL’s library collection has been moved to the McHenry Public Library (map). Important note: The McHenry Public Library is in the midst of a renovation project. Patrons may experience some inconveniences throughout thesummer.
From time to time, the BIGWILL leadership sends brief e-mail messages to members for whom it has an e-mail address. These messages are usually notices of interesting developments on the internet or reminders of upcoming events. If you use e-mail, please let bigwillgen@yahoo.com know about your e-mail address (including any changes) and please be sure that your e-mail is configured to allow incoming messages from <bigwillgen@yahoo.com>.

Who we are (“about us”) 10 March 2010
Where and when we meet / upcoming meeting topics 11 June 2010
How to get in contact with us 19 March 2010
The BIGWILL Newsletter 27 June 2008
Information about the BIGWILL online discussion list 21 May 2007
Information about the BIGWILL library 9 March 2010
Information about digital recordings of genealogical conference lectures 4 September 2007
Upcoming events of interest to British Isles researchers 20 November 2009
Upcoming events of regional interest (i.e., Wisconsin/Illinois area) 11 August 2010
Upcoming national and international society meetings 11 August 2010

Reviews of books and CD-ROMs related to British Isles Genealogy 8 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) 11 July 2006
Links to other web sites of interest to BIGWILL members 13 August 2008

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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(The “official” URL of “http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wiilbig/” still works as well.)

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