Genealogy 101

Building Your Family Tree

New to genealogy or want a refresher on the basics of building a family tree?

• Learn how to trace your family’s history in five easy steps, starting with what you know about parents and grandparents
• Identify gaps in your family tree, focus your research direction, and set priorities
• Find out about useful free resources that can help you move backward in time to identify older ancestors, and use the multi-page handout to start climbing your own family tree

Marian Burk Wood is an experienced genealogy speaker and the author of the Amazon best-selling genealogy book, Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past. She earned a MBA from Long Island University in New York and a BA from the City University of New York. Marian held executive positions in banking and the nonprofit sector before becoming a college textbook author. She has been tracing her family tree for more than 20 years and blogs about genealogy at https://ClimbingMyFamilyTree.blogspot.com 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Thomaston Library

Date:

Thursday Jan 28, 2021

Time:

6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM

Contact:

   860-283-4339    apotter@biblio.org

Location:

Virtual Program

There are many spaces available.