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Kate Penney Howard

Discover Your Past: Solving Maternal Surname Mysteries with DNA

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
online via ZOOM at Avon Lake Public Library
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ADULT
Age Group:
Adults
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We all have that ancestor with a first name, but no family name. When traditional genealogical techniques fail to turn up an answer, we can turn to DNA to find more opportunities t...

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Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: online via ZOOM
Age Group: Adults
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We all have that ancestor with a first name, but no family name. When traditional genealogical techniques fail to turn up an answer, we can turn to DNA to find more opportunities to discover clues.

Thomas MacEntee

Discover Your Past: What’s Been Done: Using Someone Else’s Genealogy Research

Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 7:00am - 8:00pm
online via ZOOM at Avon Lake Public Library
Program Type:
ADULT
Age Group:
Adults
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Whether you are new to genealogy or you’ve been working on your family history for years, incorporating the research of others can always be tricky. Genealogist Thomas MacEntee dis...

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Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: online via ZOOM
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
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Seats Remaining: 599
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Whether you are new to genealogy or you’ve been working on your family history for years, incorporating the research of others can always be tricky.

Sunny Morton

Discover Your Past: Finding and Using U.S. Obituaries More Effectively

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
online via ZOOM at Avon Lake Public Library
Program Type:
ADULT
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Obituaries can help you reconstruct families and find missing relatives, whether you’re doing genealogy or building trees for DNA matches. Professional genealogist Sunny Morton use...

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Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: online via ZOOM
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
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Seats Remaining: 595
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Obituaries can help you reconstruct families and find missing relatives, whether you’re doing genealogy or building trees for DNA matches.

Brian Rhinehart

Discover Your Past: Was My William Smith in the Civil War?

Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
online via ZOOM at Avon Lake Public Library
Program Type:
ADULT
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Professional genealogist Brian Rhinehart explains how, using (mostly) free resources, you can determine whether your ancestor participated in the American Civil War, and how you ca...

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Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: online via ZOOM
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
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Seats Remaining: 599
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Professional genealogist Brian Rhinehart explains how, using (mostly) free resources, you can determine whether your ancestor participated in the American Civil War, and how you can differentiate among commonly named soldiers.

Christine Cohen

Discover Your Past: The Daughters Of The American Revolution: Using The DAR.org

Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
online via ZOOM at Avon Lake Public Library
Program Type:
ADULT
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Professional genealogist Christine Cohen explains how to use the Daughters of the American Revolution's website www.DAR.org for genealogical research. This site has a wealth of inf...

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Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: online via ZOOM
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
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Seats Remaining: 599
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Professional genealogist Christine Cohen explains how to use the Daughters of the American Revolution's website

Stephen Wendt

Discover Your Past: Getting Across the Pond with German Emigration Records

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
online via ZOOM at Avon Lake Public Library
Program Type:
ADULT
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Genealogist Stephen Wendt discusses how often-overlooked German emigration records may reveal your ancestral hometown.

Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: online via ZOOM
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Event Details:

Genealogist Stephen Wendt discusses how often-overlooked German emigration records may reveal your ancestral hometown.