The Library

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

• Exploring Genealogy
  Virtual
  10 a.m. for adults
  Click on the link below to access the event or watch on the OGS Facebook page at facebook.com/ozarksgs. Sponsored by Ozarks Genealogical Society. Treasures at The Library Center. OGS member Rita Wallace will explore valuable but often overlooked genealogical resources available at the Library Center, including the S. C. Turnbo Manuscripts, Hall Papers, Black Families of the Ozarks collection and others.
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Monday, April 5, 2021

• Exploring Genealogy
  Virtual
  7 p.m. for adults
  Click on the link below to access the event or watch on the OGS Facebook page at facebook.com/ozarksgs. Sponsored by Ozarks Genealogical Society. Untangling the Family Yarn. Everyone has family stories. Some may be full of genealogical tidbits, while others may be fiction. Learn how to take that family yarn and weave it into your family history with help from Genealogist Annette Corbell. She'll take family stories and use genealogical tools, including timelines and vital records, to either prove or disprove them, including a case study of a particular family story that includes riches, child kidnapping and death .
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

• Exploring Genealogy
  Virtual
  10 a.m. for adults
  Click on the link below to access the event or watch on the OGS Facebook page at facebook.com/ozarksgs. Sponsored by Ozarks Genealogical Society. Forty Years On: The Shannon County Documentaries at MSU. Missouri State University Archivist Anne Baker will discuss the two-part documentary, "Shannon County: Home" and "Shannon County: Hearts of the Children," that was filmed in the late 70s, released in 1981 and is preserved at MSU. Watch selections from the documentary films and learn about the unused video footage, photographs and other archival material that supported the project.
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Monday, May 3, 2021

• Exploring Genealogy
  Virtual
  7 p.m. for adults
  Click on the link below to access the event or watch on the OGS Facebook page at facebook.com/ozarksgs. Sponsored by Ozarks Genealogical Society. Who Were Lula Bunyard's Parents?: How DNA Helped Solve the Mystery. OGS member Dan Barnes will demonstrate how Ancestry DNA tests and tools were used to unravel the family mystery of Lula Bunyard's parents, including family history stories and other findings.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

• Exploring Genealogy
  Virtual
  10 a.m. for adults
  Click on the link below to access the event or watch on the OGS Facebook page at facebook.com/ozarksgs. Sponsored by Ozarks Genealogical Society. Digital Heritage Albums. What will happen to your research finds in the future? White River Valley Historical Society Managing Director Leslie Wyman will showcase a method of creating digital albums that can be prepared without scrapbooking software, and allow you to showcase your photographs and family stories while also preserving the "boring" documents that non-researching family members may not be interested in.
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