EARLVILLE – Learning about your families roots and origins is something that more and more people are attempting to accomplish, and on Saturday, Oct. 27, those interested in doing so could gain some help from one Earlville organization.
From 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, The James Madison Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will sponsor a Genealogy Workshop. The workshop will shed some light on ways to trace a family’s ancestry, and information on the various ways of finding family information.
The workshop will be held at the Community Meeting Room, located in the Earlville Library. Included in the session will be information on how to complete an application for membership in a lineage society; ways to discover your revolutionary ancestors; and information on developing a new hobby – the fastest growing in the nation.
According to information from the Daughters of the American revolution, “This informal workshop will give you a chance to build your own family tree, use family group sheets, and to properly document your findings. We will help you identify sources for research, keep a research journal, and organize your findings.”
A variety of research techniques will be available, including computers and resource individuals who will help complete online searches and review genealogy web sites. The workshop will also offer a variety of research aids that participants will allowed to take home.
Anyone interested in participating in the event should bring any lineage information they already have to the workshop, and the resource individuals will help with the rest. “We welcome all those interested in membership in any of the lineage societies, as well as those interested in learning more about building and recording your own family’s history, including a health history,” a press release from the organization states. For more information on the program, call Ann Laing, Regent, James Madison Chapter NSDAR at (315) 691-9163.