Share Your Favorite Illinois Farm With the FGS 2016 Conference!

Submit a photo of your favorite Illinois farm!

"Farm in Central Illinois" Credit: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

During the 2016 FGS Conference, co-host Illinois State Genealogical Society will showcase Farms and Families: Across the Decades. 

This event, Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 7:00 p.m. will celebrate farms in Illinois, especially Centennial and Sesquicentennial farms. 

"Old-style wooden windmill in farmyard of Martin Myre's farm near Seneca, Illinois" Credit: Library of Congress.

ISGS also wants to celebrate the farms that are important to you by displaying photos of your favorite Illinois farm. The farm could be one you drive by everyday, one your ancestors lived on when they first settled in Illinois, or one they farmed. 

Send a photo, past or present, of a farm that matters to you, and all photos received will be displayed at the Wednesday evening event!

"Toluca (vicinity), Illinois. Farm landscape along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois" Credit: Library of Congress.

To submit a photo, email it to conferences@fgs.org. Please only send photos you hold the copyrights to and put “farm” in the subject line. Include your name, the location of the farm (county or township is fine) and any additional information you may have.