Family History Month Wrap Up

Welcome to this week's Tree Talk Tuesdays Blog. It's been a busy month here in Genealogy and as we come to the end of Family History Month we wrap up with a night of celebration! It's that time of year again when we hold our annual Diggin' In the Dark: Genealogy After Hours program.

This year's program will be held Saturday, October 26 from 6pm-midnight at the Main Library. It's a night for you to come discover details of your ancestry as well as  mingle and share with fellow researchers. No previous genealogy experience is required. The only requirment is that you pre-register. To register simply click the image to the left and you will be taken to the registration page. Only a few spots remain so make sure to register today! There is a waiting list if registration fills up.


This year we are also excited about our special guest speaker that will be coming Jana Broglin CG, OGSF. Jana will be teaching a class title "Organization 101. Confessions of a True Pile-It".This class will be great for learning how to organize your Genealogy Research!.

A little background information on Jana Broglin. She is a native of northwestern Ohio, and has been a speaker on genealogical topics at the local,s tate, regional and national conferences. She is a professional genealogist with over 30 years of experience and specializes in Ohio research.
Jana became a Certified Genealogist in November 2004. In april 2011, she became a Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Both result in the additions of CG and OGSF after her name.


Until next week Happy Hunting!

North Canton Heritage Society and More!

Welcome to this week's SCDL Tree Talk Tuesday's Blog Post. We are continuing on with Family History Month. So far we have taught classes on Beginning Your Research, Organizing Your Research, Find your family in the Census, Using the Ohio Court Records, Finding Records Online and Tracing Your Stark County Ancestors Using Land Records. Thank you to all who have attended so far!

On Wednesday 10/16 Stephanie Houck from our Genealogy Department with be teaching a Beginning Genealogy Workshop for the North Canton Heritage Society in conjuction with the Smithsonian Exhibition Journey Stories. The workshop with be held at the North Canton Public Library. Stephanie will help members of the community research their families’ genealogy. She will explain how to get started, use several online tools, and explain the array of tools available at the Stark County Library. Participants should either bring their own laptop computers or they may borrow one of several available for their use from the North Canton Library.
The workshop is free, but reservations are necessary and can be made by calling the North Canton Heritage Society at 330-494-4791 or e-mailing ncantonheritage@sbcglobal.net. Please indicate if you need one of the borrowed computers.


Then on Saturday, October 19th at the Plain Community Branch we will continue on with our Saturday Series. This week the topics are Genealogy Databases @ SCDL and Genealogy Computer Programs. During the Genealogy Databases Program we will be looking at Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest, and Family Search. We will also be previewing the new database World Vital Records. During the Genealogy Computer Programs we will look at various softwares that are available for you to help record all the family information that you discover! If you haven't register yet, there is still time! Simply go to http://www.starklibrary.org/program-search 

Tip of the week-  Using an * after the first three letters of name will search for multiple spellings and miss spellings of a name. For example...Joh* will bring up Johnston, Johnson, Johnstone, Johnmyer, Johan...This type of search keep the first letters exactly the same, but allows for any combitation of letters after it. 


Happy Hunting! 

October is Family History Month

Welcome to this weeks SCDL Tree Talk Tuesday! It's that time of year when, the leaves begin to change, nights get cooler and best of all we celebrate family! October is Family History Month and as I mentioned last post, we here in the Genealogy Department have an entire month of family history programing to celebrate! Check back here at the blog often for tips, tricks and what classes are being offered during the week to help you build your family tree.

To kick of the month long celebration. Lauren Landis  will be teaching two classes on Saturday, October 5th at the Plain Community Branch. The first class will be "Genealogy Basics." It will be from 1-2:30. During this session you will earn how to organize and begin to trace your family tree. Please bring any family information you may have, because you will using charts and forms during the class.
The second class will be "Using the Federal Census Effectively" This sesssion will be from 3-4:30pm and will cover what you can find both written and implied about your family using the census records.



Can't make Saturday's program? Then join us Monday evening as we explore   "Digging Up Your Roots @ SCDL"  This class will be taught by Stephanie Houck  and will be held Monday, October 7th at North Branch from 6-7:30pm.   During the class you will learn what the Genaelogy Collections holds and how it can help in researching your family tree. Whether you are just beginning or you have been  researching for years, we encourage you to attend this program. We have many great and wonderful resources and are all FREE for you to use.


To register for any of the classes above you can either call teh Genealogy Desk (330-456-2765) or register online http://www.starklibrary.org/program-search

Branch locations can be found at the following link: http://www.starklibrary.org/locations

Happy Family History Month!