The Northern Waters Genealogical Society invites you to their next meeting on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 2-3 pm, at the Boulder Junction Community Center, 5392 Park Street. A brief business meeting will follow. This will be a hybrid meeting allowing participants to attend in person or by Zoom.

This month’s program is “ Scottish Family History Research: In Your Own Backyard” featuring speaker, Maureen Brady. Learn the basics of Scottish family history research, including the historical and geographical background of Scotland, language and naming patterns, record types, Internet resources, and the comprehensive collection of records available through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and its local Family History Centers. Discover that much of Scottish family history research can be accomplished “in your own backyard”.

Maureen Brady, a former school librarian and computer educator, has more than thirty years’ experience with family history research. She has traced her own Scottish roots back to the end of the 17th century and beyond, and has also pursued Chicago area, the trans-Allegheny U.S., Quebec, Irish and Swedish research.

Maureen is a professional genealogist and owner of Bare Roots Genealogical Services. Maureen has made numerous presentations to Illinois and Wisconsin genealogical societies, libraries, conferences, and workshops, including presenting at the 2002 National Genealogical Society Conference in the States and the 2016 & 2017 Central Florida Family History Conference. Her topics include Chicago and Cook County research, Scottish research, Internet sources, and using FamilySearch® and Family History Centers.

She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the Association of Professional Genealogists, and a life member of the Aberdeen and North-East Scotland Family History Society, the Chicago Genealogical Society, Ohio Genealogy Society, and the McHenry County (Illinois) Genealogical Society. She is also active in the British Interest Group of Wisconsin & Illinois (BIGWILL), the Illinois St. Andrew Society’s Scottish Genealogical Group, the National Genealogical Society, the Lake County (Illinois) Genealogical Society, and the Clan Donnachaidh Society.

This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For questions or to register for the Zoom link, please call 715-686-7339.