Showing posts with label Volunteering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Volunteering. Show all posts

Monday, September 30, 2013

New Volunteer!

The Genealogy & Local History Room has a new volunteer. Linda Dooley will be volunteering with us on Fridays from 10-2pm.

Please stop by the room on Fridays for help with your genealogy research!

Volunteers staff the Genealogy & Local History Room on the following days:

Tuesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm
Wednesdays, 9:30am-12:30pm
Thursdays, 10:00am-2:00pm
Fridays, 10:00am-2:00pm

If you are interested in becoming one of our volunteers, you can download an application or contact Kimberly Schlarman.

Friday, July 5, 2013

New Volunteer

We have a new volunteer in the Genealogy & Local History Room. Susan Mayer will be working with us on Wednesdays from 9:30-1:00.

The Genealogy & Local History Room is open the following hours:

Mondays, 9:30-12:30
Tuesdays, 10:00-2:00
Wednesdays, 9:30-1:00
Thursdays, 10:00-2:00

Please drop by to work on your research or to browse our interesting collection.

And remember that we still have volunteer opportunities available. You can fill out an application or contact Kimberly Schlarman for more information.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Genealogy & Local History Room

Just a reminder that the Genealogy & Local History Room is open throughout the summer. We have volunteers who keep the room open and who are willing to help you with your research.

Volunteers staff the room on:

Mondays, 9:30-12:30
Tuesdays, 10:00-2:00
Thursdays, 10:00-2:00

Please drop in and say, "hi!"

If you have an interest in genealogy or Glenview history, we have volunteer opportunities available. You can fill out an application or contact Kimberly Schlarman for more information.


Tuesday, July 24, 2012

MEET OUR VOLUNTEERS

Our Genealogy Local History Room (847-729-7500 x2709)  is staffed by wonderful volunteers.

Come meet Jane, who is here today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Jane has interesting connections!

Tomorrow come and say "Bonjour" to Martine from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., who can help find your French ancestors.

Susan will be here on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., helping us grow the wonderful Glenview Obituary database.

And on Friday, Sarah can help you with your Jewish family history. She will be here from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

We are grateful to our talented genealogy volunteers for helping the GLH Room be open more hours!



Friday, June 22, 2012

NEW GENEALOGY VOLUNTEER

Please welcome our newest genealogy room volunteer, Sarah Golden!

Sarah attends Lawrence University, and is currently on summer break. She will staff the Genealogy Room on Fridays this summer from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Sarah has performed extensive research of her family's origins and history. She has discovered and contacted many relatives, several of whom are Holocause survivors.  Sarah has become very good at doing Jewish genealogy and family history research, and will be happy to help people in this area.

Please stop by the Genealogy Room and meet Sarah. You can also call at (847) 729-7500 x2709.

Monday, June 18, 2012

NEW GENEALOGY VOLUNTEER

Please welcome our newest genealogy volunteer, Donna Roginski.
Donna will staff the Genealogy and Local History Room at the Glenview Public Library on Mondays from 9:30 to 12:30.

You may know Donna from the Wilmette Family History Center, where she also volunteers.  She is very knowledgeable and experienced with genealogy, and we are happy and grateful to have her on board here at the Library.

Please stop by and meet Donna….or call the G and LH Room at (847) 729-7500 x2709 and say "Hello!".

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Meet Jane Marmet, Our New Genealogy Volunteer

The Glenview Public Library is pleased to announce that Jane Marmet will be volunteering in the Genealogy & Local History Room on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Feel free to stop by and introduce yourself to Jane, or call the Genealogy Room at (847) 729-7500 x2709.

Jane has lived in Glenview since 1974, and raised three children here.  She has a great interest in history as well as genealogy.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Genealogy Volunteers

We are pleased to introduce our two genealogy room volunteers, Barbara Coughlin and Susan Groff.

Barbara will be in the Genealogy Room on most Mondays from 1 pm to 4 pm. She has been working on her family history for five years, and is knowledgeable about US and UK records. Barbara is experienced in using online genealogy databases such as Ancestry, and with Family Tree Maker software for managing her family trees. She is also an experienced vital records indexer, and plans to help us index our historic Glenview newspapers.

Susan Groff has been volunteering at the Library for several years on our Glenview Obituary Index. Susan updates the index, which now contains more than 11,000 entries.  She will staff the  Genealogy Room from 10 am to 2 pm on most Thursdays.

Call the Genealogy Room at (847) 729-7500 x2709, or stop by.

Welcome, Susan and Barbara!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Giving Is Better

At this special time of remembering others in a spirit of generosity, give something back to the genealogical community.

There are numerous free online genealogical web sites that have helped all of us advance our family history research.

Here are some ideas for how to give others a boost up their family tree:

--become a volunteer for the FamilySearch indexing project

--adopt a state or county, do lookups, or help with other projects at U.S. Genweb and World Genweb

--do a Random Act of Genealogical Kindness for others

Where would these wonderful free websites be without the generosity of genealogical volunteers? This holiday season, pay it forward: give something back to them.

For more ideas, visit About Genealogy.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Family Search Pilot Site and Indexing Project

You are probably aware of the Family Search website. But are you aware of the Family Search pilot website?

The pilot site is used to test new search engine technologies or applications that will ultimately be implemented on FamilySearch.org. Anyone can access, free of charge, millions of records, and feedback is encouraged by using the Feedback utility on the test site.

Records are constantly being uploaded. Join thousands of volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.

Click here to find out how to become a Family Search Indexer.