Local Voices at Maple Ridge Library 130 - 22470 Dewdney Trunk Road 604-467-7417 Fred Braches - January 20, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Whonnock historian and Whonnock Community Association web page creator Fred Braches takes us on a journey of exploration. "Inside and outside forces shape the history of our neighbourhoods. These histories have much in common: railroads, rivers, lumber, and agriculture. Fortunately, neighbourhoods have always been peopled by a rich diversity of individuals, and what they said and did is what history is about. Not surprisingly, family history plays an important part in neighbourhood history, as does material culture-the objects left to us-small objects cherished by families, but also constructions, roads, buildings, bridges, and sometimes landscapes. Uncovering the history of communities is an exciting business, a journey with unexpected surprises. Remembered history, recorded history and myth find their proper place and slowly but certainly a new and clearer image grows in our hands." - Fred Braches Alan Woodland, February 17, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Historian, poet, and Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Times columnist Alan Woodland has a unique approach to recording family history. Writing family vignettes is a personalized way to record your family's stories, experiences and history in a format that will catch the attention of future generations while it preserves the tales of past and current generations. In a presentation that will suit budding family historians, novice or experienced genealogists, or anyone who wants to put their favourite family anecdotes into print, Woodland will outline the process of creating a collection of your family's vignettes