FAMOUS
IROQUOIS
COUNTIANS
Updated March 2009

Sep Palin

Baroness Fern Andra

The Watseka Wonder

Timothy Webster

Henry Bacon

The Famous Meara Case

Mary Agnes Meara Chase
More of the story

Harold Gray

Allan Pinkerton and Larch Farm

Bulletin Board
Updated September 2016

Notices and Things

One on One Program
We will be having our very popular One on One Program
The Week of February 13th - 17th, 2017 from 10 to 4.

This program is set up in 2 hour sessions
with a researcher to help you do your research
or to teach you how use the paid research sites.
These sessions are free for the first 2 hours.
You only pay for any copies you want.

Princess Wach-E-Kee Chapter DAR
with the Iroquois County Genealogical Society
will co-host an open house
to observe the 90th Anniversary of the founding of
the local Princess Wach-E-Kee chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution

Saturday, February 25, 2017
At 2 p.m.
The event will take place in the Old Court House Museum 103 W Cherry, Watseka

Quilt Show
March is Quilt Month.
To celebrate this ICGS is planning
a Quilt Program presented by Joan Marion
of the Donovan/Beaverville area

Notorious and Infamous of Iroquois County
Where: the Old Courthouse Courtroom
When: April 25th at 2:00pm

Just to whet your interest we will be reporting on
. . the strange death of Peter Larson,
. . the double murder of Royalene Hinkle and Lowell Gray,
. . the suicide of Mrs. John,
. . the jealously of a young teen named Edwin Kaniewski,
. . and two youths caught in a potato patch.

If you enjoyed last year's program, you will not want to miss the presentation this year.
This program is free but donations will be accepted.

One on One Week
May is another popular One On One Program

Watseka 150th Celebration
We will be ponsoring a speaker for Watseka 150th birthday celebration

Fair Week
We will be at the Iroquois County Fair

Irish Day
In August the Iroquois County Genealogy Society
and the Kankakee Valley Genealogy Society
are planning to present a day of Irish history

2017 Cemetery Walk
Our Cemetery Walk this past year was so well accepted, with over 80 in
attendance eager to learn the stories and secretes of families. We would
like the public's input about which cemetery you would like to learn about
this coming year.

We have compiled a list of the cemeteries suggested to us:
. . Quaker Cemetery near Cissna Park
. . Old Texas Cemetery east of Watseka
. . Sheldon Cemetery at Sheldon
. . Pitch In Cemetery north of Cissna Park
. . Sugar Creek Cemetery east of Milford

Which of these cemeteries would you be most interested in?
AND what person or family who rests there
would you like to know more about?

Email ([email protected]) or call (815-432-3730) to place your vote

Harvest Daze
We will be serving Ham and Beans again this October in the Big Tent.

Friday the 13th
We will be inviting you to come visit Friday, October 13th

Annual Meeting
November 2017

Christmas Party
December will be our Christmas Party for all Volunteers