pcgspublicrelations@gmail.com E.J. was first inspired to start investigating his ancestors after he found out how large of a role his Heinz family played in the development and involvement of Kickapoo…

pcgsrecruitment@gmail.com Jennifer’s love of history began at meals with her grandmother. While dining, her grandmother would tell family stories of coming to America to homestead prairie, but later making the…

Maggie Roth, Webmaster pcgswebmaster1489@gmail.com Maggie has been researching her family tree off and on for several years. Most of her ancestors are true Peoria, Illinois pioneers. All of her 2nd…

  Tiffany has been researching genealogy since discovering her family’s German Christmas cookie recipes in 2010. She is a Peoria County native and is passionate about Rosefield and Kickapoo Township…

Born and raised in Peoria, nominee Randy Couri has been a PCGS member since 2013. During that time, he served two terms as PCGS board president. Randy has also presented…

Angie Sneeringer first began her genealogical adventure in the 1990s when her mother-in-law offered to begin her family tree. After seeing the results on paper, Angie caught the research bug. Since…

Jackie Donavan Padesky is a native of central Illinois, and now lives in Metamora with her husband, Greg, and two young sons, Gabe and Sam. She’s been an insurance agent…

Trisha Triff Noack did her first family trees as a child with her Dad and has never looked back. She earned a degree in journalism, then a Masters of Liberal…

Phillip is originally from Ferguson, Missouri and grew up in Staunton, Illinois. He remained in Staunton, living in the home built by his 2nd great-grandparents, until graduating from high school…

After Alice received her teaching degree at Bradley University, she began her career at St. Boniface Grade School in 1971 and moved on to the Peoria Public Schools two years…