Audrey Martini will talk about rural one-room schools in Ingham County. She will share from the work she and other members of the Ingham County Historical Commission did on rural one room schools in preparation of an exhibit at the Ingham County Courthouse - once COVID restrictions have been lifted.

Librarian Matt Pacer will show you how to use the Library of Michigan's online and physical collections to discover your ancestors in the news and in other resources.  Registration required for each session you wish to attend - you will be e-mailed a link to the meeting.  Register at 517-367-6350 or cadl.org/events.

More Americans were killed by the global 1918 influenza (Spanish Flue) pandemic than in the Great War.  Professional Genealogist Katherine Willson will discuss the pandemic's spread and its direct and indirect impact on our country and citizens.  Registration required for each session you wish to attend-you will be e-mailed a link to the meeting.  Register at 517-367-6350 or cadl.org/events.

Can DNA help your genealogical research?  Professional Genealogist Ginger Ogilvie will cover basic terminology, which companies offer autosomal DNA testing, how to interpret results, and privacy concerns.  

 

Registration is required for each session you wish to attend-you will be e-mailed a link to the meeting.  Register at 517-367-6350 or cadl.org/events.

Ms. Loretta S. Stanaway, President, Friends of Lansing's Historic Cemeteries will discuss her successful efforts in raising funds to create grave markers for 60 young boys who died as wards of the state at the Boys Vocational School.  A project that was instrumental in her receiving a 2020 Heritage Award from the Ingham County Historical Commission.

Ingham County Register of Deeds, Derrick Quinney, and his Chief Deputy Register, Trisha Gerring, will discuss the family researcher's goldmine of information that can be found in the various records maintained by the Register of Deeds Office.