INC NEWS - Genealogy 101: How to Research Your Family Tree (Durham County Library)

[John Schelp]

>From the Durham County Library...

Genealogy 101: How to Research Your Family Tree

Thursdays, Oct. 11, 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8 and 15
>From noon – 1:30 p.m.

Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St
3rd Floor Conference Room 

Free and open to the public

Durham County Library’s North Carolina Collection will
present six 90-minute sessions titled Genealogy 101:
How to Research Your Family Tree.  

Learn how to gather basic genealogical information,
interpret records, overcome roadblocks, organize and
write your family history; get the most out of
Internet resources, and use local, regional and
national libraries and archives.  

Each session will focus on a different topic.  Oct.
11:  Introduction: Birth, Marriage and Death Records.
Oct. 18:  Census Records.  Oct. 25:  Library and
Archive Skills, Software Suggestions.  Nov. 1: 
Planning the Genealogical Trip.  Nov. 8:  Writing Your
Ancestor’s Story, Finding More Information on the
Internet.  Nov. 15:  Overcoming Brick Walls.

Genealogy 101 will be led by husband-and-wife team Rob
and Cathy Elias. Rob serves as president of the
Durham-Orange Genealogical Society (D-OGS) and is a
member of the National Genealogical Society (NGS). 
Cathy is on the staff at Wake County ’s Olivia Raney
History Library and is an active member of NGS and
D-OGS. They have conducted extensive genealogical
research throughout the United States and in Great
Britain and have presented talks and workshops on
basic, African-American,  Scots-Irish, and Welsh
genealogy. 

For more information about the program, please call
560-0171 or e-mail lrichard at durhamcountync.gov.