Columbus Library

The Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society's African-American Interest Group will be holding it's second annual genealogy day (Saturday, September 18, 2010, here at the Main Library.  The theme is "What Didn't You Ask Your Grandmother, Reclaiming Your Heritage".  Anyone from beginners to seasoned researchers are welcome to attend this all day mini-conference.  Classes offered this year include:  Beginning Genealogy, Writing Your LIfe Stories & Oral Histories, Voices From Our Elders, Using Google, Military History, African American Timelines Directories 1870-1900 and African American Settlements, Schools, Churches and Cemeteries.  During lunchtime you'll have the opportunity to do research in the library, take a brief orientation to the library's genealogy collection, or attend several roundtable sessions on doing African-American research in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, and West Virginia.

 

Date:  September 18, 2010

Time: 10am-3:30pm

Where:  Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main LIbrary (Downtown at 96 S. Grant Avenue)

Cost:  FREE  (bring your own lunch or visit area restaurants)

 

You may register by telephone at 614-849-1242 or visit  the Genealogy, History & Travel Division at the Main Library (downtown at 96 S. Grant Avenue).