Popular Templeton Genealogy Fair set for June 3 at 极速六合彩
Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣or persons interested in genealogy and family history research, Mississippi State鈥檚 annual free event especially for them is less than a month away.
The fourth annual E.O. Templeton Jr. History and Genealogy Fair takes place 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. June 3 at the university鈥檚 Mitchell Memorial Library.
Due to space limitations, advance registration is recommended at .
While there is no attendance fee, participants may choose to purchase an $8 boxed lunch with cash or check on the premises since online payment is not available.
Door prizes will be given away throughout the day. Tours of the Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum and John Grisham Room will be available, and the Special Collections Department also will be open for research.
This year鈥檚 topic leaders and their specialty areas include:
鈥擠eeDee Baldwin, Mitchell Memorial Library鈥檚 Manuscripts Division, 鈥淏reaking through 鈥楤rick Walls.鈥欌
鈥擩essica Perkins Smith, also of the Manuscripts Division, 鈥淒igital Preservation of Family Records.鈥 Baldwin is a co-presenter.
鈥擩oyce Dixon-Lawson, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 鈥淎frican American Genealogy in Mississippi.鈥
鈥擲arah Liljegren, University of Mississippi, 鈥淯sing DNA Testing to Explore Your Family Tree.鈥
鈥擩ennifer McGillan, Mitchell Memorial Library鈥檚 Manuscripts Division, 鈥淚ntroduction to International Records.鈥
For more on the fair, contact Neil Guilbeau at 662-325-7679 or email sp_collections@library.msstate.edu.
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