Welcome to CAGGNI!SPECIAL ALERT - CAGGNI Events are now at a variety of library venues. In-person attendees should make note of the location of each event. July 19 Monthly CAGGNI Presentation:
by Tina Beaird
10:30 a.m. CT Saturday, 19 July 2025 Hybrid event – Zoom and Arlington Heights Memorial Library The NPRC - National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis has many records pertinent to your soldier's service. OMPFs (Official Military Personnel Files), monthly regimental rolls, courts martial, and Graves Registration Service files (WW I) or IDPFs (Individual Deceased Person's Files WW II) all offer clues into your veteran's military experience. NPRC also houses civilian and government employment files as well. Was your dad in the Civilian Conservation Corps? Was your grandmother Postmaster? These records are available as well! Tina will describe the types of information to be found in these records and how you can access them in person. Tina Beaird is owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is also a Genealogy/Local History Librarian at the Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, IL. Tina lectures extensively on topics including genealogical methodology, military research, and archival preservation. She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild as well as First Vice President of the Illinois State Genealogical Society and Board Secretary/Director for the Oswego Heritage Association. She volunteers her time with several historical and genealogical societies across Illinois. Tina has provided research assistance for nearly twenty years and has been researching her family's history, as time permits, for over thirty years. She is a rabid baseball fan and she and her family have visited 25 out of 30 Major League Ballparks across the U.S.
For more info and to register: Spirit of St. Louis: Military & Civilian Records at the National Personnel Records Center
It's always a great time to join CAGGNI!Join now and you’ll enjoy all the perks of membership, including access to meeting handouts, videos, current and past newsletters, and the online meeting links to CAGGNI Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The program committee has produced an exciting lineup of presentations for 2025. Meetings in the coming year may be in-person only, online only or a combination of both (hybrid). Please note, non-members are charged a $5 guest fee for the Zoom link to regularly scheduled monthly meetings. Per library policy, any guest attending meetings in person at one of our host libraries will be welcome for no charge. Join CAGGNI | Upcoming Events
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CAGGNI (The Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois) is a group of amateur genealogists who are committed to effectively using technology and the internet in support of their research activities.
Monthly meeting topics cover a broad range of subjects of interest, including software, tools, techniques and methodologies. Additionally, monthly newsletters, support for computer and genealogy issues and internet surname exposure are among the benefits of membership.
A wide variety of genealogy software packages are used by the members as well online trees and database websites. We are also interested in personal websites, digital photography, handheld apps and other ways to share our family histories.
For questions about the group, comments and suggestions, contact secretary @ caggni.org. To report problems with the website, contact webmaster @ caggni.org.