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Farming, Factories, and the Frontier: Midwest Genealogy Basics

Farming, Factories, and the Frontier: Midwest Genealogy Basics

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04

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Farming, Factories, and the Frontier: Midwest Genealogy Basics

Rockford Public Library

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Saturday, March 04

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM


Rockford Public Library

214 N. Church St., Rockford, IL 61101

815-965-7606

Rockford Public Library

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This is BOTH a in person and Zoom event. Zoom link is

https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZcrdeivrD4sGt1SieSEnKP7jrhWE...

Midwesterners make up the heart of America; we live and work among the

farmlands, the Great North Woods, and factories and industries. It’s time to take a look at the people who have called this place home by looking at the history of the region and its people and where to find the documents to fill out our ancestors’ stories.

Eleanor Brinsko, Lead Genealogist and Owner, has been collecting tools for genealogy her entire life. Raised by two historians, her passion for discovering and telling the story of her ancestors grew strong in her. Eleanor gained her training while working at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Area Research Center, answering questions by phone, letter, email, and in-person by patrons around the country. She holds a Bachelors of Music Education from UW-River Falls as well as a Masters in Music History (specializing in radio history) and a Masters in Library and Information Science from UW-Milwaukee.

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In 2020, Eleanor was made adjunct professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s iSchool where she teaches a 1-credit graduate-level course on genealogy! Her perspective when teaching this course is from both sides of the reference desk: what would a genealogist need from a librarian and what resources does the librarian need in order to help promote genealogical resources in the library.

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