Ļć½¶Ö±²„Libraries hosts annual Genealogy Fair
Contact: Pattye Archer
STARKVILLE, Miss.āLearn how heirlooms tell family stories during the annual E.O. Templeton Jr. History and Genealogy Fair, scheduled for June 2 at Mitchell Memorial Library.
The free event is open to anyone interested in learning more about genealogy and will feature a keynote speaker and interactive workshops.
āThere will truly be something for everyone to learnāwhether you have been doing genealogy for 20 years or you are not even sure where to begin,ā said Jennifer McGillan, Ļć½¶Ö±²„Librariesā coordinator of manuscripts. āAnyone interested in improving their skills in genealogy research or learning how heirlooms speak to us from the past should attend.ā
Sharon Leslie Morgan of the Noxubee County Historical Society is this yearās keynote speaker, and her discussion, āPrecious Things: Telling Family Stories with Heirlooms,ā will begin the event.
Attendees are encouraged to bring an heirloom to discuss.
āPrecious heirlooms speak to us from the past. They are physical evidence of our family stories. This session will help you appreciate their significance,ā Morgan said. āTo participate, bring a special object that you use to tell a family story to share with the group.ā
Following the opinion session will be two workshops: āGenealogy 101: Getting Started and Tips and Tricks for Mississippiā and āFamilySearch 101.ā
Led by DeeDee Baldwin, assistant professor and history research librarian, āFamilySearch 101ā will teach attendees how to use the free resources at FamilySearch.org to create and manage your tree and effectively search their records, including Mississippi records not found on Ancestry.com.
āWe believe this yearās GenFair is going to be a great day with a lot of good information,ā McGillan said. āWe are looking forward to a large crowd.ā
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