Leann Johnson is a member of the African American Heritage Center, Special Collections/Morris Library, SIUC. Volunteer member of the Williamson County Historical Society.  Member of the DAR and GSSI and a retired community college business teacher.  She will be presenting the story of John Ellis, "A Man of Colour".  The history of a Revolutionary War Soldier who fought for NC, 10th Reg., and resided in Williamson County as a farmer in the early 1800's.

Please join us at the GSSI Library located in the John A. Logan College Library, 700 Logan College Drive, Carterville, IL for a morning of researching your family history.  We will be there from 10am cst until 2pm cst for researchers to come and use our holdings at the library.  We will be staffed to help with your research questions and brick walls.  

The Daniel H. Brush Chapter of NSDAR hosted by the Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois presents to you Audra Gray.  Audra is a Illinois State Conservation Committee Chairwoman. The topic of her presentation will be on Invasive Species of Illinois.  This presentation is open for members and to the general public as well.  Following the presention GSSI will have the library open for anyone wanting research in their holdings until 2pm on that day.