Kane County Genealogical Society notes

The Kane County Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the first-floor meeting room of the Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third St., Geneva.

The evening's topic will be "I Cannot Tell a Lie, I Chopped Down My Royal Family Tree," presented by Jeffrey Bockman.

Bockman will discuss how actions of royalty have influenced ancestors. Discussion will include timelines of events and links to various royal sources.

Bockman has applied his engineering, management, computer and organizational development background to help with the analyzing, problem solving and organization of records necessary for genealogical research.

He has been doing genealogical research since 1987 and has been active in societies, society management, classes, and presenting lectures since 1994.

He is the current president of the DuPage County Genealogical Society and is a contributing editor for the Everton's Genealogical Helper. He has also had articles published in the FGS Forum, Family Tree Magazine (UK), and Missing Links.

He is the author of "Give Your Family A Gift That Money Can't Buy," a book that encourages people to record and preserve their family's history.

For details, call (847) 697-1029 or visit www.rootsweb.com/~ilkcgs.