The Blair County Genealogical Society at 431 Scotch Valley Road, Hollidaysburg, Pa. 16648 will be holding a Genealogy Course for beginners to the experience researcher. These classes will be held on three consecutive Tuesdays in February, the dates are September 14th, 21st, and the 28th at 7:00 P. M. Each class will be approximately 1 hour in length. Although registration is not required, we ask that you register so we may have sufficient material for everyone. Please email us at: _bcgslibrary@gmail.com_ (mailto:bcgslibrary@gmail.com) or call the Society at 814–696-3492. The course is free and open to the public. September 14, the Course will include Genealogy 101, which will include obituaries, church records, cemeteries, funeral home and other informative material, also organization of your information. September 21, Genealogy 102 is a class that will cover the use of County Records. These include birth and death register, delayed birth records, marriage, tax records, wills and deeds. September 28, Genealogy 103 is a class design to use immigration, military records, state land records, maps and the use of websites in your research. These classes will be helpful as to finding new areas of research and how to use the information that is available at the library. Bring a friend and get started in your research. Also on Saturday September 11, 2010 the library will be open from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. for research. David W Seidel will be at the library for a book signing, his most recent book Postcard History Series. The book signing is from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. Books may be purchased at this time also. Dave is an Altoona citizen and has several books published by Accadia Publishing.