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Friends of Genealogy helps people trace ancestors, find identity
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year ago70-year-old Linda McCall began looking for records of her ancestors as a teen in the 1960s. She...
Illinois’ Underground Railroad: Descendants feel profound pride as they unearth connections
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground...
24-year-old vanished a decade ago. Now his bones have been found in Illinois forest
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe body of a missing Illinois man has been identified over a decade after he vanished, state...
Map: Illinois Underground Railroad historical sites, plus what to know before you go
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIf you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a...
Will County coroner’s cold case unit, Othram partner to solve four cases using forensic genetic...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBrenda Sue Black was found April 1981 in a ditch near Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 30 in New Lenox....
‘A movement, not just a moment’: Inside the arduous work of Illinois’ reparations efforts
Tribune News Service en Español via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBorn into chattel slavery in Virginia in 1796, Adams was eventually taken to Illinois, where his enslavers forced him to toil in the salt mines near downstate Shawneetown and, later, in the ...
O’Fallon Around Town - July 6 edition
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNoon Friday, July 7, is the deadline to appear in next week’s “Around Town” listing. We must receive your event in writing with a contact phone number...
Make your plans for the week? Here are 50 things you can do for fun in our region
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNoon Friday, July 14, is the deadline to appear in next week’s What’s Happening. We must receive...
Big Belleville weekend: Shriner’s Parade, new food fest on Public Square and indie market
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNoon Friday, June 2 is the deadline to appear in next week’s What’s Happening. We must receive your...
Here are the most popular last names in SC, Ancestry.com says. See how they compare to other states
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoWhat’s in a name? And why are there so many Smiths? The genealogy website ancestry.com recently...
