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The Friends of Wake Forest Public
Library and the General James Moore
Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution have joined to present a
program about researching your family’s
past: “Introduction to Genealogy.”
The program is planned for
Saturday, March 10, in the conference
room at the Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce building on South White Street.
It will begin at 9:30 a.m. Connie Nourse,
the registrar with the local DAR
chapter, said the teaching part will
last until about noon. After a
Dutch-treat lunch, she and the other
instructors will offer one-on-one help
to anyone who has brought their research
notes and is stuck, unable to trace back
the next generation.
The instructors besides
Nourse, who will talk about the general
principles of genealogy research, are
Jennifer Bell of Stafford, Va., an
expert on genealogy resources on the
Internet, and Beth May, the former
registrar for the Raleigh DAR chapter,
who will talk about the original source
documents in the North Carolina Division
of Archives and History.
The class is open to the
general public and there is no cost, but
Nourse said space in the conference room
is limited, meaning they must take
reservations.
Nourse asks that those who
attend bring any helpful data about
their ancestors, which could include
birth, death and marriage certificates;
Bible records; land, probate and will
records; pension records; obituaries and
cemetery records; and newspaper items.
Anyone who wishes to attend
should call Nourse at 556-0799. She is
also asking anyone who has a laptop with
wireless capability to bring it.
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The spring programs for
children and families will begin March
18 and run through April 28.
Those include Baby & Me for
infants at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Time for
Toddlers at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays and
Thursdays, and Fun for Preschoolers at
10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays.
School Age Adventures is for
children in kindergarten and older and
meets Mondays at 4:30 p.m.
The Teen Library Corps is
service group for teens 12 to 16. You
can get information about this at the
circulation desk.
Twilight Tales is a monthly
story time for the whole family on one
Wednesday a month. Please register at
the desk.
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The Wake Forest Library Book
Club is open to all readers. It meets
the fourth Thursday of the month at The
Well on South White Street at 6:45 p.m.
On March 22 the book to be
discussed is “The Other Boleyn Girl” by
Philippa Gregory, and on April 26 the
book will be “Captain Saturday” by
Robert Inman.
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The Friends are still
selling book bags, $5 each, at the
library, and they are planning the
annual used book sale on Saturday, May
5, the same day as Meet in the Street.
It will again be in the former
Winn-Dixie in Wake Forest Plaza at
Brooks and Elm. Book collection will
begin in mid-March. |
