Piece together your family puzzle with help from Helen Plum Library.
Genealogy Club
Helen Plum Library Genealogy Club meets on the fourth Monday of every month at 7pm. Genealogy Roundtables are held in the Library's 2nd Floor Conference Room and Workshops are held in the Plum Meeting Rooms. Both events are open to everyone. Please visit our calendar to see upcoming programs.
Upcoming Events
Israel Blackburn: A Journey from Enslaved Person to Founder of Downers Grove
Israel Blackburn, born into slavery in 1818 in Kentucky, moved to Downers Grove after serving with the Union forces in the Civil War.
Online Resources
Access approximately 145,000 maps at your fingertips. This combination of proprietary maps and maps from other reputable sources gives you a “one-stop-shop” for content that can be downloaded and used without any copyright restrictions.
*In-library use only. The world’s largest online family history resource offers instant access to hundreds of years of history in millions of documents and photos from all over the world.
First compiled and produced by publishers and subscriptions agents for area residents and patrons, these original histories represent difficult-to-find materials.
Explore the many stories, photos ,and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military.
Explore your family history with this collection of U.S. obituaries and funeral home notices from 1704-today.