FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2007
Contact: Mona Vance
(662) 329-5304

Got Genealogy? Explore county records at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library

COLUMBUS, Miss.-The upcoming program in the Got Genealogy? series titled “Using County Records” will touch on the various types of county records and how the information the documents provide may be utilized. The program is this Wednesday the 25th at 2pm in the Meeting Room of the public library.

Presenting will be De’Niecechsi Comans Layton of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH). Layton has been an historian with MDAH since 1995 and worked with Reference Services since 1997. She has also been a genealogist for 18 years. In her presentation, she will discuss the assortment of and interpretation of land records available, which are a vital source of information for historians, genealogists and other researchers.

The third presentation was given by Jeffery Rogers, photograph curator with MDAH. The program took place on March 21st and more than 40 attendees learned how to conserve, identify and preserve various family photographs.

The following is the schedule for the Got Genealogy?:

May 23     Military Records
June 20     African American Resources

Each program begins at 2 p.m. and is held in the Meeting Room upstairs in the Library. Each presentation lasts 30 to 60 minutes. It is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

The Got Genealogy? series is presented by representatives from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson. 

Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. It is also referred to as a “family tree."  For assistance in genealogical research you may also go to the Local History Room at the Library where resources include various records from southern states as well as online databases such as Ancestory.com and HeritageQuest.

For more information, contact Mona Vance with the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library at (662) 329-5304.