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Genealogy Workshop the Oak Park Arms
Genealogist Daniel Kane of Oak Park will help participants get started in the process of identifying their family tree.
A genealogy workshop will be held from 2 – 3:30 p.m., Friday, April 8, at the Oak Park Arms retirement community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. Genealogist Daniel J. Kane of Oak Park will help participants get started in the process of identifying their family tree.
Genealogy is the study of one’s family by tracing lineages and history to determine kinship and pedigree of family members. This can be done a number of ways including oral interviews, historical records and genetic analysis.
Among genealogists, it is understood that most seniors carry with them a library full of family lore than has never been written down or recorded. Although each individual has his or her own motivation for studying family history, there is often a desire for people to carve out a place for their family in a larger historical picture and to preserve the past for future generations.
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Kane himself is a native Chicagoan with Irish, French, English and Scottish roots. He graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and is the founder and sole proprietor of Extended Family Ties.
Kane is a lifetime member of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, the Chicago Genealogical Society, and a number of other genealogy organizations in Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New York. In addition to having served on the Chicago board, he has served as first vice president of the British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois, and was the local society liaison for the Illinois State Genealogical Society.
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In 1989 he joined the Chicago Genealogical Society and discovered the joy of research at the Newberry Library. Despite not becoming “serious” about his research until his mid 30s, Kane considers himself among the fortunate genealogists who got an early start.
The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay - a weekend, a week, a month or longer.
The workshop is free and open to the public. For more information call 708-386-4040 or visit http://www.oakparkarms.com.
