From: [email protected] (Collin Hamer) To: [email protected] (DON - LOUISIANA GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOHNSON) Hi! Don: The New Orleans Public Library will again offer Beginner Classes in Family Research. They will be held on Saturday, March 18 & Saturday, April 15, 2000 in the audirorium on the third floor the the Main Library at 219 Loyola Avenue. Topics will include basic research methods and record keeping as well as local genealogical resources such as vital records, obituaries, military, census, naturalization records and passenger lists. Of special interest to beginners will be an introduction to the records in the New Orleans City Archives and the Orleans Parish Civil & Criminal Court Collections. Insturctin will include a tour of the genealogy collection as well as a demonstration of the Library's world class Internet web site known as NUTRIAS (http://www.gnofn.org/~nopl). The classes are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Reservations must be made by calling the Louisiana Division at 504-596-2610 during the regular hours of service: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. I appreciate any mention you can make of these events in your publication. /Collin