The National World War I Memorial was made available to the public during its first illumination ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Friday, September 13, 2024. The arrival of this memorial has been a long time in the making. You can…
On the spookiest day of the year, visitors of all ages are welcome to explore one of the oldest pioneer burial sites in Will County. The Bolingbrook Historic Preservation Commission will host its Boardman Cemetery Halloween Open House on Thursday,…
Last week, museum curator Steven Wright from the Joliet Area Historical Museum and Old Joliet Prison Historic Site provided an overview of Illinois prison and penitentiary records. The presentation’s recording is available on our YouTube channel until Saturday, July 13. A…
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are paving the way to busting down some serious brick walls. If you watched RootsTech this year, you might have caught a session introducing the way generative AI was used to transcribe digitized court records word…
If you have been searching for rare record sets for hard-to-research relatives, you may want to pivot your attention from online search boxes to the treasure trove of resources that have yet to be transcribed! Transcribing records is a great…
In March 2023, our library uploaded a substantial collection of DuPage Township election records to the Internet Archive. This treasure trove of local poll books and election rolls dates from 1914 to 1951 and was found in the Bolingbrook Historic Preservation Commission archive….
The National Library of Medicine produced Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America, guest curated by historian, author and educator Psyche Williams-Forson, Ph.D. (University of Maryland, College Park). You can view the exhibit on our 3rd floor from…
Everyone has a favorite holiday, whether it entails presents, scary costumes, or sacrificial turkeys. But there are a number of holidays from the dustbin of history that our families may have celebrated in the past or have their roots in…
Our 2024 Genealogy Club schedule is confirmed! We will continue to meet twice a month. This year, our programs will be a mixture of virtual and in-person events. The theme of this year’s schedule is Write It Down, where you…
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where writers from around the world draft a 50,000-word novel in just 30 days. While novels are the driving force behind NaNoWriMo, you can write whatever you want! Passionate about poetry? Hankering for…