Breakfast fundraiser planned in Batavia
Everyone is invited to the All-U-Can-Eat Lumberjack Breakfast fundraiser Sunday in Batavia.
The event will go from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Batavia Masonic Lodge, 28 N. Van Nortwick Ave.
The menu will include pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, coffee and more.
The donation for the breakfast is $6 for adults, $3 for children age 10 and under, and $15 for a family of four. Also available is the “King Solomon’s Pass” which can be used throughout the year, and entitles the bearer to six breakfasts for the price of five.
The breakfast proceeds support local and state charities, the Guy P. Vance scholarship fund, and lodge operations, group officials said.
For more information, contact Trevor Steinbach at 630-768-2705.
Kendall Arts Guild to meet
The Sept. 27 Kendall Arts Guild meeting will feature Jamie Glaser, who will present a program on writing and illustrating her book “And Then There’s Violet.”
A former Kendall Arts Guild member, Glaser is an art teacher in Oswego. The program will follow a short business meeting at 7 p.m., club officials said. There will also be an update on the Kendall County Courthouse Mural project.
The group meets in the lower level community room of the office building at 215 Hillcrest Ave. in Yorkville.
For more information, contact Joan at 630-567-6407.
FamilySearch topic at Genealogical Society
“Understanding FamilySearch: Part I” will be the topic of the Kane County Genealogical Society meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thursday in first floor meeting room of the Geneva History Museum, 113 S. Third St., Geneva. The second half of the presentation will be Oct. 27.
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources and services each year to learn more about their family histories.
Jane Haldeman, a professional researcher, speaker, owner of It’s Relative, and author of “A Genealogist’s Guide to Springfield, Illinois” will be the speaker. She lectures in the Chicago area, including parts of Wisconsin and Indiana, as well as at state and national conferences. Haldeman was president, Illinois State Genealogical Society; president, Fox Valley Genealogical Society; registrar, Fort Payne Chapter NSDAR; and registration chair, Federation of Genealogical Societies 2016 Conference in Springfield.
Visitors are welcome. There is a participation fee requested for non-members.
For information, call 630-879-0672 or go to www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilkcgs.
