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Local Genealogy Workshop

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goldsmid
on May 12, 2009
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Interested in learning more about your kinfolk?  Don’t know where to start?  Attend the FREE informal presentation this Saturday in Whitewater.

Who: Walworth County Genealogical Society

What: “Who, What, Where, When & Why: This is for YOU” presentation. Designed to be an introduction to doing genealogical research.

When: SAT. MAY 16th,  9:30 A.M.

Where: Irvin L. Young Public Library, 431 Center St., Whitewater, WI.

Cost: FREE

After attending be sure to contact the Area Research Center in the UW-Whitewater Library to begin your search.  We are here to help you discover your roots, regardless of where you came from.

Here’s a couple of the books we have in Special Collections that can be helpful to beginners just getting started.

Unpuzzling Your Past

The Genealogist’s Handbook

Land & Property Research in the United States

Hope to see you soon.  –UW-W Archives Staff

Donate Sears & JCPenney catalogs

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Barbara
on January 8, 2009
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Special Collections in the Library includes historical Sears and JCPenney catalogs. We are looking for Sears or JCPenney catalogs from 1994-2008. Some older years are needed as well, so if you have catalogs older than 1994, please call and check with the staff to see if they are needed. We promise that the catalogs you donate will have a good home! Thank you.

Special Collections
phone (262) 472-5520 or email archives@uww.edu