Family History Fair

If you are interested in family history  and you live in the Lincoln area, here’s an opportunity to find out about some resources that can help.  The Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society  is sponsoring a Family History Fair. Sunday October 2, 2011  2:00-4:00 p.m. Heritage Hall, lower level of the College View Adventist church. 48th & Prescott Streets, Lincoln, NE The event is free and open to the public.   Phyllis Ericson, President of the LLCGS, will welcome attendees and give a talk entitled “Honoring Your Ancestors”.  From  2:30 – 4:00 attendees will be able to visit the exhibit area, sample ethnic food,  and learn about genealogy help, resources & libraries, family collections, publishing your family history, technology, and  fall genealogoy classes.  The Library Commission will be in the exhibit area to  provide information about two resources that we provide: Nebraska Memories  ,  our project to digitize Nebraska-related historical and cultural heritage materials. HeritageQuest Online ,  a family history database made available at no cost to all Nebraskans via NebraskAccess. Researching my family history is on my bucket list–how about you?