Many thanks to Linda Teather, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Lori Olson White Jean Zelka, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Bonnie Larson, who all joined me early and struggled with me as we sorted through some surprises using Substack Live. It took us a little over 5 minutes to sort through it, but I’ve just updated the video to spare you the details. (Don’t worry, a best-practices piece is in the making.)
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Today’s conversation centered on the town of Eldorado, Illinois. Surprisingly, this town’s name is truly pronounced “el-so-RAY-do” as it combined the names of the two founders, Samuel Elder and Joseph Read. Cynthia’s One-Place study is registered at the Society for One-Place Studies.
In a fun chat, Cynthia took us through the region, known as “Little Egypt,” and a few of her discoveries her talk for our All About That Place program in 2024.
Her more recent discoveries included:
One of the first female doctors in the state was born in Eldorado in 1897. She graduated from Washington University Medical School and went into practice in 1926.
The Wolf Creek Cemetery, where several of her family members were buried. We talked a bit about block houses and the Primitive Baptist church on the site.
We closed with a discussion of a curious mystery Cynthia is now chasing related to a John James who was killed in a mine, but whose family connections have vanished. More on that as Cynthia explores the story.
In Cynthia’s original talk from 2024, she shared a PDF with slides you may find useful for reference or research.
In launching this program during 2024, we presented ten featured talks in pairs for a total of five programs. You’ll find the recording and notes for several of the talks we mentioned in our conversation today in this AATP section of the Projectkin publication. Among this year’s talks mentioned:
Allison DePrey Singleton from the GenealogyCenter at the ACPL in Indiana. (Specifically for the PERCI Index)
Annette Burke Lyttle for her discussion of the map collections at the Library of Congress and her one-place study in Michigan.
Finally, we have a few more talks this week you won’t want to miss. Each of these livestream events will be short and held using Substack Live.
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