Lillian's Diaries: Whispers From Galena's Past - Paperback

by Sheryl Trudgian Jones (Author)

Imagine the joy of visiting an ancestral home and discovering diaries describing your family, a town, and a country from 1913 through 1931. This Eureka! experience befell Sheryl Jones at her great-great grandparents' home in Galena, Illinois, a river port town sustained in the early 20th century by its booming lead-mining industry. The diaries were the work of young Lillian Trudgian, the editor's third cousin once removed. This edition of Lillian's Diaries: Whispers from Galena's Past is an expansive and fascinating history of the Trudgian family, their neighbors and the everyday pattern of life found in the first seven years of these diaries. An index of surnames mentioned in the diaries is included for readers interested in northern Illinois genealogy. For all those aficionados of family genealogy, for everyone interested in the history of northern Illinois and its place in the growth of this nation, and for all readers who simply love a good read, this is the book.

Author Biography

Sheryl Trudgian Jones spent her entire work career working with children and their families as a teacher and social worker. Her mother interested her in tracing family genealogy after Sheryl and her husband, Dennis, had added three daughters to their family. Sheryl soon combined her curiosity of how families work with an interest in her own roots. She earned a Masters in Social Work (MSW) with a concentration in family life from Aurora University in Illinois while continuing to research the Trudgian family, both in the U.S. and in Cornwall, England. She currently is semi-retired and resides with her husband in Portage, Michigan.