Genealogy Club (Drop in & Online)

Taming the Wilderness of Northern Illinois

Author and amateur historian Pat Camalliere will discuss the background behind her book The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods. This program is part of our "Write it Down!" genealogy author series.

Author and amateur historian Pat Camalliere will discuss the background behind her book The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods. Northern Illinois was the last part of the state to be settled. Learn about the lives of the Potawatomi who lived here at the time settlers arrived, how the land was surveyed for purchase, the first non-indigenous people to arrive and the importance of Northern Illinois to the settlement of everything west of the eastern seaboard.

This program is available in a hybrid format for in-person and virtual attendance. Doors open ten minutes before the program.

To attend virtually, please use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88225651964

A handout for the program will be available for download during the session.

A prize drawing and book signing will follow the presentation. 

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