Greater Omaha Genealogical Society has been doing a genealogy class series now for the past six years. Our first class of the seventh year will be held Saturday, Jan 17 at the Mormon Trail Center in Omaha. Genealogy basics and getting started is the initial topic. Class will start at 9:00 am. If you know anybody who wants to get started, let them know so they can sign up. We have to have pre-registration as some years we've had over 100 sign up...and don't want to come up way short on the handouts. (That's also why we're holding them at the Trail Center, since the largest library class room only holds 50.) They can sign up at Genclass@aol.com, or by calling Sandy at 344-2887 or Merrily at 706-1453. If there's questions, they can get answers there too. If you live in a reasonable driving distance, get a carload and come down together. Some are signing up several with one email, then carpooling. There will be some tours available at the library afterwards for those who want to go downtown. I'd hate to have people come up three monts into the series saying, "I didn't know those were going on." It's happened before. Press releases were sent to over 26 area newspapers, but we know that papers print what they want, when they want because press releases aren't like paid advertising, and as a non-profit, there's not money to advertise in papers since the classes are free. Also available at the class: the new, hot of the press 365 +1 Genealogy Tips. Any profit from sales of this calendar type book will purchase more genealogy materials for the W. Dale Clark library. Karen PS: Don't forget that for 2004, $1 will be donated to the library for funeral cards/memorial programs (up to $100 month for those we don't already have in the collection)from the funerals of anyone you might happen to know...especially old ones, so dig out your collection and get us copies, or an extra--if you have duplicates. We got one envelope in the mail this month with 200...most of them from the Loup City area of Nebraska. They're being indexed & filed now, so aren't yet available. Microfilm marriage records of Washington, Adams, & Hall counties in Nebraska are being added to the Omaha collection as a result. (We have Douglas through abt 1942 & Sarpy co marriages--first reel.)