NEWS RELEASE

JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA

October 20, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FREE GENEALOGY SERIES FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATES
OFFERED AT EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY 

JEFFERSON, LA – Gwen Kelley, a librarian at the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie who specializes in genealogy, will lead a series of 15 genealogical seminars for beginners and intermediates beginning in January 2023.

The sessions are designed as introductions to basic genealogical research. They are open to the public and are free of charge.

All occur from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Avenue, Metairie.

The courses will focus on the following genealogical issues.

1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023
“United States Census”

1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023
“Vital Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023
“Newspapers and Obituaries”

1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023
“Cemetery Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023
“Military Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023
“Immigration Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023
“Ancestry.com”

1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
“FamilySearch.org”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2023
“Facebook for Genealogy”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, 2023
“Google for Genealogy”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, 2023
“French Canadian Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2023
“Tracing Female Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2023
“Prison Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday,…