GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY Discover your roots.
Monday, June 6, 7–8 p.m. / Zoom
Join the citizen archivist program and contribute to the National Archives Catalog by tagging, transcribing and adding comments to records, making them more accessible and searchable.
Beginning Genealogy
Genealogy Discussion
Friday, June 10, 2–3 p.m. Wednesday, August 24, 7–8 p.m. Cardinal Room
Tuesdays, June 28 and July 26, 3–4 p.m. Shackley Room
Learn techniques for finding your ancestors and essential genealogy databases.
Attend this monthly meeting to discuss genealogy projects, family history research and share resources.
Swedish Genealogy Research Help
Getting to Know Ancestry Library Edition
Thursday, June 16 and Wednesday, August, 17, noon–7 p.m. / Zoom Thursday, July 21, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. / Zoom
Wednesday, July 13, 1–2 p.m. / Zoom
Sign up for a virtual appointment with genealogist Kathy Meade to get help with your Swedish genealogy research. Half-hour appointments available. Register at ahml. info/attend/events.
Explore one of the largest online family history resources, Ancestry Library Edition. This online session will discuss how you can effectively use Ancestry Library Edition to support family history.
Feminine Mystique: Finding Female Ancestors Wednesday, June 22, 7–8 p.m. / Zoom
This presentation examines the legal, historical and cultural factors that shaped feminine lives and how those factors influenced the records they created. Discussion includes identifying and accessing relevant sources for reliable kinship determination and resources for adding depth to personal stories through social context.
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