Members Another request has been requested for help with this project for March 4th at the downtown library from 9:00 am - 11:00 am. We need some one to show these students how to search on computer for genealogy and how to google your ancestors. Some one to explain how to search Father Hebert's Books. Some one to take them on a tour of the genealogy books and show them some of whats in them. And someone to keep track of the students requests. Show them how to document their sources. We would like to give all students and teachers a pedigree chart for them to fill out for their family. If they like we could show them how to search some websites for their family records and the books in the library. Earl Gates ____________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Librarian, Thank you for agreening to help with our grant project! Classes from St. Martin, Iberia, and Lafayette parishes will be participating in the Acadian Memorial¹s Let the Children Speak! project this Spring. This $9,979.00 project was funded by the History Channel¹s Save Our History Initiative, launched in 2004 to make a substantive contribution to local history education and support historic preservation efforts in communities across America. At the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, a Mural - The Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana - portrays the arrival of the Acadians after their cruel Deportation from Nova Scotia, and many children are featured in it. Our project will engage students in research to gather accurate historical facts, then develop ³first-person² stories about the lives of actual children depicted. The best will be developed into scripts, translated into French, and recorded in both languages by the students, then incorporated into our Audio Interactive program, presently featuring four adults in the Mural. Holbrook Multi-Media, Inc. will produce the program. Our Ensemble Encore database will provide much of the facts that the students need for their stories, but it is crucial that they search important Primary and Secondary documents to ascertain that the scripts are historically accurate. Since these important documents usually are not available for loan, students are being encouraged to to visit your library and reference them there. These students are in the 6th - 8th grades, so they will need assistance. We would deeply appreciate it if you and your staff could help them to: 1) locate appropriate books they need from the attached bibliography; 2) show them how to use these references and help them find what they need; and 3) assist them in using your Family Tree and/or other genealogy databases and CDs pertinent to their searches. 4) have students sign the attached Sign In Sheet when they work at your library. Please call me if you have any questions: Sylvia Bienvenu - 367-9613 or 280-8502 (Cell) You may want to visit the Save Our History webpage <http://www.saveourhistory.com > to find out more about this initiative. We are all looking forward to working with you and know that the project will be rewarding and beneficial for all.