Fort Myers Regional Library Programs

Connections to German Grammar for the Genealogist – Ken Weaver.  An understanding of how the German language works will assist researchers to better understand the records and document they discover.  This session is designed to help the non-linguist with German language issues to improve their understanding of documents they discover. To attend, please register at:  […]

Speaker:  Our presenter  is Allison DePrey Singleton - Genealogy Services Manager -  Allen County Library Genealogy Center.  Allison provides research consultations, serves on the Center’s programming team, and leads the Center’s family history webinars and educational initiatives.   Description:  PERSI serves as a comprehensive index of most genealogical and family-history oriented periodicals.  PERSI enables researchers to […]

Saturday, December 6th – Steve Colburn – Chasing Your SNPS’s  (DNA Related) - South Building Meeting Rooms - 10-12 This seminar will discuss the importance of SNP's.  SNPs are Copying Errors.  To make new cells, an existing cell divides in two.  But first it copies its DNA so the new cells will each have a […]

Reading & Understanding German Civil Registration Records with Ken Weaver. German territories followed the French practice of government agencies keeping records of births, marriages and deaths.  This practice dates back to the 1790’s in some sections and expanded to all of Germany by 1876.  This session will look what the researcher needs to know about […]