DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society May Meeting

Join the DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society for their general meeting on May 21, 2014 to hear Jennifer Holik present La Famiglia.

Location: Wheaton Public Library

Join us for an overview of how to begin researching your Italian ancestors in the U.S. before jumping across the pond. Learn about naming patterns, tips of locating the village or origin and surnames.

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DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society April Meeting

Join the DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society for their general meeting on April 16, 2014 to hear Steve Szabados present Mining Census Records.

Information to enrich your heritage Census records are constantly being used by genealogy researchers to add ancestors to their family trees. This session will looked beyond the first couple of columns and review the wealth of information that can be found in the US census records. It will discuss ways that you can garner each morsel of information from records from 1850 to 1940. A second area discussed will be ways of finding those missing census records. To have a more complete understanding of your family history, all census records should befound. This presentation will discuss methods to find the census records that were indexed incorrectly and now are “missing” when using normal search methods. The presentation will also discuss ways to deal with the lack of information in the census records for 1790 through 1840 and give you ways that may help you identify which records belong to your family.

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Genealogy Consultation Appointments Available in April

1 On 1 Genealogy Consultation

The Casa Italia Genealogy Department is again offering one on one genealogy assistance in our library on Mondays. We are not only assisting with Italian research, but any ethnic background. To register for a 45 minute session please email to set an appointment ( Karen Bogdan at karenbaleno@comcast.net) or (Terri O’Connell at terri@findingourancestors.net) with your top two preferred dates and times, name, email, phone number and short description of what you are looking for (beginning help, genealogy problem, etc.)

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DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society March Meeting

Join the DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society for their general meeting on March 19, 2014 to hear Nancy Thomas speak on Tech Toys for Genealogists.

Location: Wheaton Public Library

Come see a demonstration of some useful hardware and software “toys” that will help you “play” in today’s genealogical sandbox.

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Genealogy Consultation Appointments Available

1 On 1 Genealogy Consultation

The Casa Italia Genealogy Department is again offering one on one genealogy assistance in our library on Mondays. We are not only assisting with Italian research, but any ethnic background. To register for a 45 minute session please email to set an appointment ( Karen Bogdan at karenbaleno@comcast.net) or (Terri O’Connell at terri@findingourancestors.net) with your top two preferred dates and times, name, email, phone number and short description of what you are looking for (beginning help, genealogy problem, etc.)

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Finding Ireland – Special Genealogy Presentation

The Genealogy Department is presenting another special weekend program, Finding Ireland on Saturday, March 8,  2014  – 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. in the Florentine Room.

Find some Luck O the Irish and learn how to trace your elusive Irish ancestors! Listen to Terri O’Connell, of Finding Our Ancestors, an area genealogist talk about persistence, patience and creativity. These are the keys to Irish research. Finding Ireland will show that researching your Irish ancestors is a project that you need to stay dedicated to. This program will discuss different ideas to help you move your research forward.

There is a $10 fee for this program.

Click Here to Register for Finding Ireland
Click Here to Sponsor Finding Ireland

Terri O’Connell is a professional genealogist, lecturer and freelance writer who has been researching her family roots since the 1990’s. Her primary research focuses are Irish and Midwestern United States genealogy. Terri is also the Co-founder and Executive Director of the In-Depth Genealogist; a digital community for all genealogists.

You can find Terri online at www.facebook.com/tracingmyfamily and www.twitter.com/tracingmyfamily or blogging at http://www.findingourancestors.net.

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February Genealogy Meeting with the North Suburban Genealogical Society

The North Suburban Genealogical Society invites the public to attend its Saturday, February 8th meeting at the Northbrook History Museum (1776 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL).   Guests are welcome and are invited to bring a friend and enjoy refreshments.

The meeting will feature  Tina Beaird

Military Genealogy

Tina will explain the significance behind using original records for tracing your ancestor’s military service. Records from the American Revolution to WWII will be discussed as well as some sources for modern records. Learn what types of documents are available within federal, state and local archives.

The meeting begins at 1:00 PM and is free and open to the public.  Refreshments are served.  The meeting room is handicap accessible.

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Free Genealogy Consultations

1 On 1 Genealogy Consultation

The Casa Italia Genealogy Department is again offering one on one genealogy assistance in our library on Mondays. We are not only assisting with Italian research, but any ethnic background. To register for a 45 minute session please email to set an appointment ( Karen Bogdan at karenbaleno@comcast.net) or (Terri O’Connell at terri@findingourancestors.net) with your top two preferred dates and times, name, email, phone number and short description of what you are looking for (beginning help, genealogy problem, etc.)

 

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2014 Man of the Year Gala Dinner Dance Honoring Dominic Sergi

Dominic Sergi

Casa Italia will be honoring Dominic Sergi, CEO of Rex Electric & Technologies, LLC, as this year’s honoree at the Annual Gala Dinner Dance. The Dinner Dance will be held Saturday February 15, 2014 at Alta Villa Banquets
 located at 430 N. Addison Rd.  ~ Addison.

TICKET PRICE – $85 ea.

5:30 p.m. cocktails and spectacular appetizer buffet,

7 p.m. presentation, followed by dinner

Entertainment by Phase 4

Open Bar

Click Here To Purchase Dinner Tickets

CONTRACT FOR SPONSORSHIP/ADVERTISING

Congratulatory notes or business ads can be purchased to be placed in our Celebration Book honoring Dominic Sergi.  Please e-mail your camera ready ad or the wording of your ad to gala@casaitaliachicago.org .  Please visit our website for further   details.  Approximate finished size of celebration book is 5 ¼ x 8 ½.

Prestige Border Page in Color $1,000 | Gold Border Page in Color $500 | Silver Border Page in Color $300 | Full Page Color (No Border)  $100 |

Full Page (Black and White) $100 | Half Page (Black and White) $75 

AD Deadline:      February 1, 2014

Click Here To Purchase an Ad

RAFFLE: $100 PER TICKET (Your ticket will be mailed)

– Raffle Prizes:

1st Prize: $ 5,000 Cash, 2nd Prize:  $ 2,500 Cash, 3rd Prize: $ 1,500 Cash, 4th Prize: $ 1,000 Cash

Call 708-345-5933 for tickets

BECOME A GALA EVENT SPONSOR:

The Michelangelo for $5,000
The Michelangelo includes signage recognition at the event, logo placed on dinner dance page of Casa Italia’s website, two tables of 10 to the event, 3 raffle tickets and a color page in our celebration book.

The Leonardo da Vinci for $2,500


The Leonardo da Vinci includes signage recognition at the event, logo placed on dinner dance page of Casa Italia’s website, one table of 10 to the event, 2 raffle tickets and a prestige page in our celebration book.

The Dante for $1000

The Dante includes signage recognition at the event, logo placed on dinner dance page of Casa Italia’s website,  2 tickets to the event, 1 raffle ticket and a prestige page in our celebration book.

Call (708) 345-5933 or Click Here To Become a Sponsor

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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Italian Immersion to be Offered in February

Adults seeking a healthy dose of language learning – in* italiano* and *all’italiana* -should sign up for Casa Italia’s  Full Immersion Day

 Saturday, February 22, 2014

Location: Italian Cultural Center in Stone Park

Dr. Anna Clara Ionta will lead participants on a journey to Italy without leaving the comfort of their own metropolitan area. Ionta sees it as “a unique opportunity to dive into the Italian language and culture.” Knowledge of the Italian language at the intermediate and advanced level is needed. Games and activities all conducted in Italian. Session will run from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Florentine Room at the Italian Cultural Center.

Fee is $ 65.00; Lunch is included

Space is limited.

Registration deadline is February 14, 2014.

Click here to Register On-line

Click here for a Flyer/Registration Form

Click here to Sponsor the Immersion Program

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