Ancestry Basics Class---Registration is Required

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Trace your family history using Ancestry Library Edition, in-library only online genealogical database.

This introductory class will give participants a basic overview of Ancestry Library Edition.  Bob Conklin, Adult Services Librarian, discusses and demonstrates basic features of the database which contains over 10 billion genealogical records.  Collections within Ancestry Library include birth, marriage, and death records; military records; census and immigration records and much more.

Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience is a project of City Lore in collaboration with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society and the International Coalition of the Sites of Conscience.  The project has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities:  Exploring the Human Endeavor.”

Registration is required in person at the 2nd floor Information Desk or by phone at 309-524-2470, seating is limited.