Mississippi State University Libraries
June 04, 2016 / 9:00am to 4:30pm
For the third consecutive year, Mississippi State University Libraries are sponsoring the E. O. Templeton Jr. History and Genealogy Fair. Open to all, the popular event will feature guest speakers including: Shirley Hanshaw, an MSU associate professor of English; Hellen Polk, a retired Starkville educator representing the Mississippi Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; and Chuck Yarborough of Columbus, a social sciences faculty member at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science and director of the city’s annual Friendship Cemetery “Tales from the Crypt” program. Hands-on workshops, exhibits and tours also will be available.
Presentations:
Bringing Community History to Life
Seeking our Ancestors: Navigating Military Records
Workshops:
Online Research 101
Working with Unreliable Narrators and Other Challenges of Family Stories
Discovering Routes to African American Roots
For more info and to register, see http://goo.gl/FY03Pz
