Researching and Writing About Your Family's Past

Name: Researching and Writing About Your Family's Past
Start: 2026-03-12T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-12T18:30:00-04:00
Location: 600 S Main St, Nicholasville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40356

Schedule

Thu Mar 12 2026 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

600 S Main St, Nicholasville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40356 | Nicholasville, KY

Register to join us in Meeting Room 2 for Researching and Writing About Your Family's Past! Local author and genealogist James B. Wells will teach us about how to research and share your family history! In this presentation, you will discover effective strategies for both archival and field research—from leveraging digital databases and military records to visiting the National Archives and conducting oral history interviews with relatives and others.
You will gain practical strategies for beginning your research, identifying key resources, and organizing your findings into a narrative that can be shared and preserved. Ultimately, this presentation aims to equip you with the starting skills to uncover your ancestors’ lives and craft a rich, verifiable family tapestry, ensuring their stories are remembered for generations to come.
Register online to participate: https://jessamine.librarycalendar.com/event/researching-writing-about-your-familys-past-19903