Spring is on the way, and it’s a great time to start new projects or get back to some old ones! For the historically-minded, there is no better place than Omaha Public Library (OPL)’s Genealogy & Local History Room, opens a new window at 3020 S. 84th St., and no better time than Genealogy Week, March 2-8.
National Genealogy Day falls on the second Saturday in March (March 8 this year) and is a time dedicated to memorializing our families and recording their stories. As they did last year, OPL and the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, opens a new window (GOGS) are joining forces to celebrate family history for the entire week leading up to National Genealogy Day with open-house activities in OPL’s Genealogy & Local History Room.
Visitors will enjoy a variety of family-history-themed activities including puzzles, crafts, free genealogy charts and other giveaways (while supplies last), unique displays, a photo booth, demos of specialized scanners—and door prizes! See what a real Sanborn map atlas looks like, or browse an early city directory; find your family in a 19th-century county history or local church records; or simply enjoy socializing and networking with other researchers.
What’s more, GOGS volunteers and expert library staff will be on hand to help researchers of all levels find new information about their families, making good use of the library’s extensive genealogical and local history collections and databases such as Ancestry Library Edition, opens a new window, MyHeritage Library Edition, opens a new window, the Omaha World-Herald, opens a new window and Omaha Star, opens a new window digital archives, Newspapers.com, opens a new window and Fold3, opens a new window. OPL’s genealogy collection includes books, periodicals, microfilm and archival materials spanning most of the United States and several other countries.
Genealogy Week is the perfect time to learn about new resources, start or resume your family history research, make new genealogy friends and socialize with old ones.
Featured programs
Start Your Genealogy at OPL, opens a new window
Sun | March 2 | 2 p.m.
Registration required
Do you feel connected to the past? Genealogy research opens the door to discovering your ancestors, their connections to each other, and their role in your own story. But where do you start?
Genealogy Librarian Jess Vermeulen will explain the essentials of genealogy research, where to find and document sources, and how to stay organized during your quest. Omaha Public Library has an abundance of resources ready to aid both novice and experienced genealogists–discover them today!
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