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More about SSGHS
SSGHS: A “home” for those interested in
genealogy,
family history, and the history of
our area.
The Society’s prime area of interest
is the 20 townships of southern
Cook
County and eastern Will County with
its total population of 1,000,000 and the adjoining Chicago communities of Roseland,
Pullman, and Kensington.
Within
this geographic area, we continue to
provide a center where
genealogists, beginning and
advanced, can share
their enthusiasm,
growing knowledge, and family
search problems and solutions.
Our
library facilities with meeting rooms close
at hand—all in the Hazel Crest Municipal
Center—provide bright
and functional quarters where we may engage
in
these activities. We are just completing our
fifth year in Hazel Crest.
Our core programs: library, Pullman, programs, publications, and
outreach/education.
Our library now includes more
than 11,000 books and related materials—CD’s, microforms, pamphlets,
and other research materials. While
the emphasis of the library collection
is
on our prime area of interest,
we have considerable materials on northwestern
Indiana,
downstate Illinois, and the rest
of the United States
as well as general how-to-do-it
genealogical books. The library
is open from 21 to 26 hours a week.
The Pullman collection is located immediately adjacent to the library
is
the This contains
200,000
employee files covering 50
years of the operations of the Pullman Corporation.
Our monthly schedule of programs operates from February to November.
There are no General meetings in December and January. During the year our mix of
programs of genealogical and historical subjects included programs on
Research into African-American
Genetic Genealogy; The
Alpha Wreck Odyssey (an Indiana
Dunes shipwreck with
possible ties to the Underground Railroad);
Do-It-Yourself Photo Restoration
Basics; Jane Reed – How does
the genealogist/historian prove a story of murder,
deception, and revenge in
frontier Ohio of 1820?; and Favorite Genealogy
Websites.
Our schedule of publications
includes 11 monthly newsletters (February
through November with a combined
December-January issue), our quarterly
publication Where The Trail Cross,
and special publications such as
First
Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (Blue Island-Alsip),
the result of reading of
tombstones conducted
by SSGHS
volunteers.
Outreach/Education:
Activities for the 2007-2008 program year included the
taping
of two TV programs on
SSGHS for
the Hazel Crest Public Service Channel;
the display of our information boards at the Homewood, Dolton,
and New Lenox public libraries with upcoming displays at the Crete, Riverdale, and other libraries; an information
and
research afternoon at the library for Illliana
Jewish Genealogical Society members;
and speaking engagements to outside
groups.
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