Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society October Meeting

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The speakers for the October 11th meeting of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society will be the Father-Son team of Chuck & Burt Dancey.  Their presentation will center on the business and social life of the Pekin-Peoria area in the mid 1800s.  Chuck Dancey is the retired editor of the Peoria Journal Star where he worked for some forty years.  Chuck's son Burt is a local attorney with the law firm Elliff, Keyser, Oberle & Dancey, PC.  The 7:00 PM presentation will be followed by normal society business meeting.   For more information about TCGHS visit www.tcghs.org or phone 477-3044 or drop by the Ehrlicher Research Center at 719 N 11th Street.

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