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African-American Genealogy for Beginners - In-person

for Juneteenth

2024-06-15 14:00:00 2024-06-15 15:00:00 America/New_York African-American Genealogy for Beginners - In-person Chiquita C. Sorrels, President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County MD Chapter, will give a one-hour lecture about getting started with this subject. Wheaton Library -

Saturday, June 15
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-15 14:00:00 2024-06-15 15:00:00 America/New_York African-American Genealogy for Beginners - In-person Chiquita C. Sorrels, President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County MD Chapter, will give a one-hour lecture about getting started with this subject. Wheaton Library -

Chiquita C. Sorrels, President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County MD Chapter, will give a one-hour lecture about getting started with this subject.

Researching your family history can send you down some fascinating paths. Ms. Sorrels will help send you in the right direction.  This is program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Inc.

The program will be presented in the Multipurpose Room. Questions about this program? Contact the Library at 240-777-0678. 

MCPL's main genealogy resource is Heritage Quest, linked here: https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/WebResource?id=61

You'll need an active MCPL card account to access. Don't have a card right now?  No worries!  Find out how to Get a Library Card.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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