Three Saturday workshops on how to gather and record family history were begun at the St. Louis Public Library on September 18. The free workshops were presented in the final phase of the library’s “Preserve Your Family History” Bicentennial project, during which the library will photocopy, without charge, through October, completed family records deposited in its collection for preservation and future research.
Designed for persons just beginning to document their family histories, the workshops presented research techniques and resources available for gathering and recording genealogical information.
Workshops were held from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, September 18, on beginning genealogy “Tools, Techniques, Tactics,” how to keep family records and use library resources, and on Saturday, September 25, when sessions focused on specialized research areas of German ancestors, land and St. Louis city records and the use of maps. Emphasis on black genealogical research and federal records will be the topics of sessions from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, October 9.
James D. Walker of the National Archives, Washington, D.C., noted authority on black genealogy and federal records, will speak at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 10, in a special program at the Main Library. The event will be open to the public, with reserved seats available to registered workshop participants.
Originally published in The Paper, October 1976.
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