What's New?

Monthly Meeting Changes:

Regular meetings of the Great River Genealogical Society will be at 7:00 pm on the fourth Thursday of the month, September through October and January through April, at the Quincy Public Library, Meeting Room, 526 Jersey Street, Quincy, IL 62301. At times the Program Chairman may arrange for monthly meetings to be held at other locations or so that a dinner may be served. The time and place of such meetings are announced at the previous meeting. Visitors are always welcome.

Thursday, May 25th at 7:00 p.m.

Arts Quincy (Quincy Society of Fine Arts), Presented by Jenna Benz Seaborn, Arts Quincy Marketing Director

Thursday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Join us in the Illinois Room at the Quincy Public Library on Thursday evening (Sept. 28) at 6:30pm for some family research. There are many resources on the shelves for all types of information about your ancestors; where they lived, where they worked, etc. Bring the name you're researching, any dates that you have, and research log sheets. The library will be open until 8:00pm.

Historical Society Members Provide Column for Local Newspaper

A series was begun in 2011 for the Quincy Herald-Whig newspaper by members of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. Similar to the longtime series by Quincy's historian Carl Landrum, the articles cover a variety of topics.

For those living in the Quincy area, the Sunday issue each week provides the latest article. If you live outside the area and are not a subscriber to the Herald-Whig, you can still read the articles and see the sources used by the writers by visiting the website of the Historical Society: http://hsqac.org/. The articles are found in the "Once Upon a Time in Quincy" Archive. In addition to information on the sources used, there are photographs not used to illustrate the articles but relevant to the subject.

We are an Associate Member of the Friends of Log Cabins.

Please see logcabinvillagequincyil.com/ for information about this Lincoln-era village in Quinsippi Island Park.