Walk-ins accepted

Check in begins at 9:30 a.m.

Genealogy 201:

Rebuild Your Ancestors Neighborhood

Eugene and Marilyn Glick
Indiana History Center
Saturday, July 22, 2017
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$55, $45 IHS  Members

Boxed lunch with your choice of sandwich is included.

Join Sunny Morton for three hands-on sessions using city sources to explore your ancestor’s everyday life. Using local history sources, you’ll leave this workshop with an idea of what your ancestor’s urban landscape may have looked like. Sessions include:
·    Five Powerful Local History Sources and Where to Find Them
·    Widening Your View of Hometown History
·    Put It All Together: Using Local History Discoveries to Reconstruct Ancestral Stories.
Have some information on an ancestor, including name, dates and location in mind to dive into research. Morton is a contributing columnist to Family Tree Magazine and editor and book club guru at Lisa Louise Cook’s “Genealogy Gems”. Boxed lunch included.

Genealogy 101: Jump Starting Effective

Genealogy Research

Eugene and Marilyn Glick
Indiana History Center
Saturday, September 9, 2017
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
$20, $15 IHS  Members

Don’t let the number of subscription services and tools overwhelm you. Genealogy and Family History Programs coordinator, Lauren Peightel, will help you choose the best tools for you, put together a research plan, get organized and jump into finding your family’s past.

Genealogy 301:

Adding DNA Testing to Your Genealogy Toolkit

Eugene and Marilyn Glick
Indiana History Center
Saturday, September 30, 2017
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
$20, $15 IHS  Members

Uncover your ethnic background and find ways to break through your most difficult unsolved genealogical mystery. The Central Indiana DNA Interest Group will be here to discuss what DNA testing is, how it can help you discover your family’s history, and what to do with your DNA results.

Family History Research Trip

Allen County Public Library
900 Liberty Plaza, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Saturday, November 4, 2017
7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Check in  - 7:15 a.m.
Bus departs from Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center

$75 per current IHS Member
$125 per guest (includes one-year IHS Membership)

Check an item off your family history research wish list! Join us for a research trip to the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne – the largest public genealogy library in the country.

Upon arrival, we’ll tour The Genealogy Center and listen to a short talk about accessing The Center’s collection from home. Throughout the day, genealogy librarians will help you with your questions, get you started and help you locate the best sources.

$125 (includes one-year IHS membership); $75 current IHS members

Cost includes bus transportation and boxed lunch

Lunch options (provided by Ceruti's):
* American Submarine Sandwich
sliced ham, turkey breast and pepperoni slices with Swiss cheese and lettuce served on a hoagie roll.

* Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich
grilled chicken breast, ham and bacon with Swiss cheese and lettuce served on a Keiser roll

* Vegetarian Wrap
Julienne yellow squash, zucchini and diced tomatoes with spinach and mayonnaise rolled in a flour tortilla

**each lunch comes with fresh fruit salad, vinaigrette pasta salad, a cookie and a drink