> To kick off Family History Month, Mineral Area TCRC located on the > Mineral Area College campus, will be hosting a series of Genealogy > workshops starting the first Thursday in October! > > A new topic will be discussed every Thursday evening in October from > 6:30-9:30 p.m. Topics will include: > > October 2nd - Where do you start? What kind of records are available? > Where are records found? Which office holds what? How accurate are > the records? Other accounts: personal stories, bibles, county > histories, old letters/family records. Speaker: Ed Browning, UOE > Natural Resource Engineering Specialist. > > October 9th - Resources of Special Interest. Military History-Speaker > Steve Weldon. Census Data-Speaker Bob Schmitt. > > October 16th - What is available locally? Community Resources-Speaker > Ken Fiebelman, Local Historian & Author. Speakers: Patsy Luebbert, > Sr. State Archivist, State Library and Mark Stauter, Associate Dean, > UMR/Western Historical Manuscript Collection. > > October 23rd - Computer Resources for Genealogy. Internet and > Selecting a Genealogy Software Package. Speaker: Ed Browning, UOE > Natural Resource Engineering Specialist. > > October 30th - Writing and Publishing your Family History. Handling > Old Documents-Speaker Lisa Fox, State Archives. Publishing the Family > Newsletter-Speaker Jean Nelson. > > Each session will be taught by individuals experienced and highly > knowledgeable in genealogy research. Come and learn shortcuts, hints > and get help in researching your own family tree. These workshops > will be interactive video sessions with speakers and audiences from > other TCRC sites. > > Cost is $15 per session, discount for attending all sessions and > discount for family members. Fee includes workbook, handouts and > refreshments. To register please contact Tami Davenport at > 573.518.2324 or [email protected] For more information check > out our website at http://telecenter.missouri.edu/parkhills. > > Thank you >