🌳🔎📜 ROOTS & RECORDS: A Full Day of Genealogy! 📜🔎🌳

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Whether you’re just beginning your family tree or you’ve been chasing elusive ancestors for years, join us for a full day devoted to family stories, historical records, cemeteries, research strategies, and the people who came before us!

📅 Friday, October 16

⏰ 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. | Registration begins at 8:30

📍 Marshall Public Library

💲 $25 — lunch catered by Simply Stacey included

Our 2026 Roots & Records Genealogy Conference brings together a fantastic lineup:

🌿 “Telling Family Stories” — Keynote Speaker Brian “Fox” Ellis

📜 Illinois Regional Archives Depository — IRAD Supervisor Barbara Heflin

🔎 “Chasing Dr. Chaplin: A Wild Genealogical Ride through wives, lies and swindles” — Head Librarian Jamie Poorman

🪦 “Cemeteries as Family History” — Local Expert Dalanne Miller

🌳 “On Beyond Genealogy” — Brian “Fox” Ellis

It’s a day for learning, discovering, sharing, and connecting with others who love digging into the past.