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On Thursday, May 8th, 2025, the Peoria County Genealogical Society will hold its monthly member meeting at the Peoria Public Library North Branch to hear from Monica Vest Wheeler, local author and Peoria history aficionado. Monica will join us for an evening of discussion about the tender side of genealogy research. Most researchers can relate to this topic after interviewing family members about sensitive family history topics. Monica will be joining us in person, and this will also be on Zoom! See the link below. In this interactive and engaging presentation, Monica will cover a unique approach to perhaps heal some old wounds of the past and discover the reasons why certain family and individual decisions were made “back then,” when life was much different from today. This program is designed to give audiences the courage to ask the who’s, whats, whens, wheres and whys of family history and address the feelings attached, which is like tapping on glass and trying not to break it by filling in the hidden emotional gaps on your family tree. Monica will teach her signature method to connect emotionally with a variety of family members, which will encourage the healing of old wounds and perhaps help someone to understand at long last how AND why to “forgive and forget” and reach an understanding of the reasons as to why some life altering decisions were made in the first place.
Monica Vest Wheeler is the author of a dozen Peoria area history books, including recreation, business, medical, education, religion and more topics in articles during the last 45 years in Peoria. A journalist by trade, she has tied her love of history with a desire to delve deeper into the human emotions, including interviews with Holocaust survivors. Monica also writes and speaks about the emotional and everyday challenges of brain-related injuries, illnesses and diseases, and advocates on behalf of individuals and families coping with these challenges.
Free and open to the public. No registration is needed if attending in person.
Zoom registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zBecql44TgW14XJ3ctUL-g
More Information:
Email: monicavestwheeler@gmail.com
https://monicavestwheeler.com/
https://monicavestwheeler.com/the-blog/
https://monicavestwheeler.com/all-the-ways-you-can-connect-with-a-dead-ancestor/
https://www.facebook.com/monicavestwheeler
Previously recorded presentations:
https://www.peoriacountygenealogy.org/passport/recorded-presentations/
Event information on our website:
https://www.peoriacountygenealogy.org/event/tapping-on-glass-the-emotional-side-of-genealogy/
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Peoria Public Library North Branch, Peoria, Illinois, United States
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