May 24, 2012, (Thursday) at 7:00 PM will be the next meeting of the St Clair Shores Genealogy Group. The group meets the fourth Thursday of the month in the St Clair Shores Public Library-Local History Room, on the lower level. Please use the stairs or elevator. The Topic will be: OPEN GENEALOGY DISCUSSION! Bring your research problems, brick walls to finding lost relatives, and success stories to this discussion session. May 19, 2012 (Saturday) at 10:00 AM to Noon, Glenn Ruggles will present a mini-workshop on improving your oral history gathering skills. He is an educator, author, filmmaker and oral historian. Mr Ruggles was the 2011 Historical Society of Michigan recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. His oral history project credits include the Sterling History Public Library, the Walter P. Reuther Labor Library and the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society. This workshop will be held in the William R Gilstorf Meeting Room, first floor of the St Clair Shores Public Library. The SCSPL-Local History Room will be open for research on the following dates: Tuesday, May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26, -- 1 PM to 4 PM Thursday, May 31, June 7, 14, -- 5 PM to 8:45 PM FRIDAY, June 8, 22, -- 10 AM to 12 Noon, 1 PM to 4 PM Stop by with your Family History questions. Check out the collection of Detroit and other city directories, local phone books, local high school year books, maps of Detroit and southern Macomb County and the other resources. Web Site: http://_www.scslibrary.org_ (http://www.scslibrary.org/) Sue Hieber Genealogy Volunteer