NEWS Seattle Public Library 800 Pike St. Seattle, WA 98101 www.spl.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2004 SEATTLE GENEALOGISTS AND HISTORIANS INVITED TO AUTHOR PRESENTATIONS AND TOUR OF COLLECTIONS AT NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY Seattle genealogists and historians are invited to listen to presentations by two authors and tour the history and genealogy collections of the new Central Library from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, at the library, 1000 Fourth Ave. Author Cyndi Howells, who maintains the popular genealogy Web site, "Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet" ( http://www.cyndislist.com ), will discuss genealogy research from 11 a.m. to noon. Seattle Post-Intelligencer book critic John Marshall, author of "Place of Learning, Place of Dreams: A History of The Seattle Public Library," will discuss his book from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Book signings and tours of the collections will follow each presentation. For more information, contact Heather McLeland-Wieser, manager of the History, Travel and Maps Department, heather.mcleland-wieser@spl.org or 206-386-4092.