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Genealogy Class - Using Ancestry.com

Event Type: Adults
Age Group(s): Adults
Date: 3/21/2018
Start Time: 4:00 PM
End Time: 5:30 PM
Description:
 Gwen Kelley, a librarian who specializes in genealogy and local history, will lead a seminar for family researchers that describes how to use Ancestry Library Edition and FamilySearch.org at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, at the West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey.

This event is free of charge and is open to the public. There is no registration.

Ancestry.com LLC is the largest for-profit company in the world. It operates a network of genealogical and historical record websites focused on the United States and nine foreign countries, develops and markets genealogical software, and offers other genealogical related services. It provides access to approximately 16 billion historical records and had over two million paying subscribers. User-generated content tallies to more than 70 million family trees and subscribers have added more than 200 million photographs, scanned documents and written stories.

The Jefferson Parish Library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition which can be accessed when patrons visit the library to perform family research.

For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at (504) 889-8143 or wcsmith@jplibrary.net.

Library: Jane O'Brien Chatelain West Bank Regional Library
Location: Meeting Room
Contact: Gwen Kelley
Contact Number: 504-849-8806
Presenter: Gwen Kelley