Our Ancestors and American History

The arrival in America of our ancestors was an important event for our families. Their arrival and the arrival of the many immigrants that came before and after them are a large part of American history. Most U.S. citizens are descendants of immigrants and these immigrants contributed to the tremendous growth of America. Most were farmers or factory workers. They did not become millionaires or political leaders but the U.S could not have achieved its growth without our immigrant ancestors.

Program at Cook Memorial Library (re-scheduled for 3/19)

Winter storm Rocky has made a casualty of my program Finding Grandma’s Ancestors  I was scheduled to be at the Cook Memorial Library in Libertyville, IL at 7 PM tonight. The library just called to inform me that they will close at 2 PM today and will contact me to re-schedule the program later this year.  With 5-8 inches of snow predicted, closing the library was probably a very save thing to do.

I was looking forward to presenting tonight because there were over 60 people sign-up to attend.  For those wanting to attend in the future please look at my schedule in the next few weeks or go to the library’s calendar.