For immediate release Contact: Irene Wainwright 504 596-2610 [email protected] NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY'S LOUISIANA DIVISION OFFERS CLASS FOR BEGINNING GENEALOGISTS NEW ORLEANS -- Beginning genealogists can learn how to research family history at a free one-day class offered by the Louisiana Division of New Orleans Public Library, home of the city's most extensive genealogy collection. "Genealogy Basics: How to Research Your Family's History" will be offered October 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the auditorium of the NOPL Main Library, 219 Loyola Avenue. The Louisiana Division staff will introduce the most common family research sources from the division's own in-house records to online databases such as Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. The class also will detail how to mine information from books, newspapers and obituaries, vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates), census records, burial records, immigration and naturalization records, and probate records. Members of the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans, co-sponsor of Genealogy Basics, will be on hand to assist participants who would like to begin their research immediately after class. In addition to its extensive genealogy collection, NOPL's Louisiana Division houses the City Archives, which is the official repository for New Orleans municipal government records (1769-present) and the original records of the Orleans Parish civil (1804-1926) and criminal (1830-1932) courts. A detailed guide to the genealogy collection is available at neworleanspubliclibrary.org/guides/genguide/gguide4.htm> Since seating is limited, call 504 596-2610 to register for Genealogy Basics. Light refreshments will be served during the morning session. Darnell Marie Brunner Beck {Dee} "The Woman who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything." Edward J Phelps 1822 - 1900 Orleans Parish Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans.htm **New Address** My Home Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~darnellbrunner/home.htm