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SUMMARY:Digging Your Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Genealogy
LOCATION:The Wedge Innovation Center\, 620 E Broadway\, Alton\, IL 620
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DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered where your family really came from? Join us 
for a hands-on introduction to genealogy that will turn you from a cur
ious bystander into your family's official detective. Join us for a FR
EE genealogy workshop and start uncovering your family's history.\n\nN
o subscriptions\, no DNA kits\, no credit card required &mdash\; we'll
show you how to trace real ancestors using FamilySearch\, one of the 
largest genealogy databases in the world\, completely free. You'll lea
ve with a start on your own family tree\, a toolkit of research strate
gies\, and the confidence to keep digging on your own.\n\nCome with a 
laptop\, some curiosity\, and any family names you already know. We'll
provide the knowledge\, experience learned doing research the wrong w
ay\, and the occasional bad pun. A limited number of laptops will be a
vailable. To register\, please contact Brian Bray at brian.bray@siu.ed
u.\n\nAbout the Instructor: Andree Swanson\, a member of the Madison C
ounty Genealogical Society\, first became interested in genealogy at a
ge 19 when she saw her 6-year-old grandfather on microfilm on the 1910
census. Over the years\, she&rsquo\;s cranked through more microfilm\
, visited cemeteries\, dug through courthouse records\, and written to
ns of letters &mdash\; before online research became a possibility. To
day\, Andree uses AI to organize and crack those brick walls that have
bugged her for decades.\n\nEvent details: https://www.riverbender.com
/events/details.cfm?seriesid=57444
URL:https://www.riverbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=57444
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