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BIGWILL Genealogists


British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois


Upcoming BIGWILL Events
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19 May                                              
Richmond-Burton Community High School, Richmond, Illinois                    

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Courting Your English Ancestors
a full-day seminar

Michael John Neill will present:

Thomas and Elizabeth Frame – 19th Century English Immigrants to Chicago
Court Records Besides Probate”                
The American Naturalization Process Before 1920”                         
Problem-Solving Approaches and Techniques”                         

Click here for a two-page flier giving more details and a mail-in registration form
Pre-registration (needed to help with seminar planning and to ensure luncheon availability) deadline is 9 May

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

    Current BIGWILL members:

Who we are (“about us”; includes governing documents) Linked page recently updated 19 November 2011
Where and when we meet / upcoming meeting topics Linked page recently updated 8 March 2012
How to get in contact with us Linked page recently updated 22 February 2012
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 28 November 2011
Upcoming events of regional interest (i.e., Wisconsin/Illinois area) Linked page recently updated 19 March 2012
Upcoming national and international society meetings Linked page recently updated 9 May 2012

Reviews of books, CD-ROMs and DVDs related to British Isles Genealogy Linked page recently updated27 June 2011
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, the Federation of Genealogical Societies, and the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History


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