Source: Postcard sent to library
Genealogy and Records
“Orphan Train” ad, children from New York Juvenile Asylum – 1863
Source: Rock River Democrat newspaper, 9/30/1863
Scottish Post Office Directories online, 1773 – 1911, searchable
Scottish Post Office Directories, 1773 – 1911, searchable
https://digital.nls.uk/directories
Golden Arrow Research – N.A.R.A. military/genealogical records – 2018 flier
Source: April 2018 Incoming Mail; flier Website: http://www.goldenarrowresearch.com
***Correspond with the business to inquire about fees
Immigration Histories of Rockford Italian Families – 2018, Mike Doyle and Frank Perrecone
Source: Immigration Histories of Rockford Italian Families, compiled by the Greater Rockford Italian American Association, edited by Mike Doyle, and Asst. Editor, Frank Perrecone
R977.331 IMMIGRATION New in Rockford Public Library’s Local History and Genealogy Dept. March 2018
Sample page below.
from “Discovering Your Roots” … Jean Lythgoe and Jan Carter, Rockford Public Library, 2018
Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2018, page 125
Finding others by last name: http://www.geni.com/last-names
Geni is like an index to find information on the internet by surnames of people. usually deceased and on a Family Tree. (heavily Ancestry database)
Http://www,geni.com/last-names
Look on an alphabetical list to find the surname for which you are searching. There are many pages full of names. Find the range of names that would include the name you want, and click on it.
The next page will show you a many choices of a smaller range of names. Find the range that includes the one you want, click on it.
The next page will show you the surname and also the Christian (First) name. If you are looking for Alice Anderson, click on Anderson, Alice. The individual record will display on your screen.
NGS Magazine, Oct. – Dec. 2017 – National Genealogical Magazine
Rockford Public Library has issues of NGS 2000 to current issue and can be viewed/read in the main library.
Many of the articles inform and teach about genealogy resources and subjects
The Review; a quarterly publication from DuPage County Genealogical Society, 2018
Source: actual issue of The Review. Rockford Public Library gets the magazine issues and keeps them in the collection.
Footprints, Dec 2017 – Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogical Society
Source: Front page of Footprints newsletter, Nov/Dec 2017. The Rockford Public Library has years of copies of Footprints. The Genealogical Society has a Facebook page/account/presence.
The Society has a “page” at Http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilwbcgs