Navigating our Roots: The Impact of Rivers on Illinois Settlement - Suzanne Hoffman

Navigating our Roots: The Impact of Rivers on Illinois Settlement

by Suzanne Hoffman

This presentation will focus on the importance of Illinois' strategic location and waterway network in the historic, economic, and migration settlement of the Midwest and Northwest Territory.

Suzanne Hoffman, as the Genealogy Maven, is the current President of the Association of Professional Genealogists and Secretary of the Illinois State Genealogical Society. She focuses on Illinois settlement and Eastern European migration. She has spent more than 25 years investigating her Boston, MA heritage as well as her Lithuanian and Belorussian ancestors. She is a professional Forensic Genealogist and volunteers at the Wilmette FamilySearch Center in her spare time.