Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Schaumburg
by Betsy Armistead and the Village of Schaumburg
I was poking about my parent's house and happened to find this one sitting on their shelf. An entire book about my ancestral lands, complete with a picture of some of my ancestors! Like Seattle's Beacon Hill, this book documents the history of Schaumburg, Illinois via pictures and text. It was fascinating to get a little glimpse as to how my forebears lived, but it was also depressing to read how their way of life was transformed into the type of suburban community wherein I grew up and then left behind. All the more reason to try and get my own copy of the book to enjoy and pass on.
LibraryThing link
I was poking about my parent's house and happened to find this one sitting on their shelf. An entire book about my ancestral lands, complete with a picture of some of my ancestors! Like Seattle's Beacon Hill, this book documents the history of Schaumburg, Illinois via pictures and text. It was fascinating to get a little glimpse as to how my forebears lived, but it was also depressing to read how their way of life was transformed into the type of suburban community wherein I grew up and then left behind. All the more reason to try and get my own copy of the book to enjoy and pass on.
LibraryThing link
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// posted by John @ 10:23 PM 
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