Join us for this beginner genealogy program. Participants will learn the process involved in searching for family roots - how to find the who, when, and where of your family! Beginning with information gathering from family tradition and oral history interviews, the methodology of recording, organizing, and storing your family history is reviewed. Resources discussed will include census schedules, vital records and courthouse resources, church and cemetery records, and immigration and naturalization

The presenter, Marilyn Cocchiola Holt, MLS, is Library Services Manager of the Pennsylvania Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and President of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, and is an Honorary Vice President of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Ms. Holt has worked with genealogical patrons for 32 year and has presented numerous programs on local and family history topics, as well as teaching courses on genealogy since 1988.