Please note: A typographical error was included in yesterday's press release about the ETHS Genealogical Workshop. The correct date for the workshop is Saturday, May **23**, NOT Saturday, May 25, as originally announced. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. A corrected press release follows-- The East Tennessee Historical Society is offering a free genealogy workshop on Saturday, May 25, at the historical society's headquarters in downtown Knoxville. The workshop will be led by Cherel Henderson, associate director of ETHs and the historical society's director for the First Families of Tennessee heritage project, from 10 am until noon at the East Tennessee Historical Center (Old Custom House, 600 Market Street). Admission to the workshop is free. The workshop will provide assistance to help genealogists complete the First Families of Tennessee application and locate sources for proof of membership eligibility in the historical society's First Families of Tennessee heritage project. Membership in First Families of Tennessee is open to anyone who can prove descent from an ancestor who was in Tennessee by the time of statehood in 1796. Established in 1993 as a Tennessee Bicentennial heritage project of the East Tennessee Historical Society, the project now has more than 12,000 members representing all fifty states and eight foreign nations. Additional information about ETHS and its workshops can be found on the ETHS web pages at http://www.korrnet.org/eths/ Sincerely, Shane S. Rhyne, Public Relations Coordinator East Tennessee Historical Society P.O. Box 1629, Knoxville TN 37901-1629 [email protected] http://www.korrnet.org/eths/ ***Please note ETHS cannot respond to online requests for research assistance at this time. For a listing of professional researchers in this area, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to ETHS at the address in the signature above.***