Genealogy and Local History Fair

Visit the Local History and Genealogy Department for a half hour tour of our resources. Tours will take place at 10:00, 11:00, 2:00, and 3:00.

Connect with local and regional genealogy organizations, authors, and services to help with your family history search.

Brought to you by the Ohio History Connection, this program covers the intersection of music, race, and popular fashion from Jazz to R&B to Hip Hop.

Keynote speaker Peggy Clemens Lauritzen will discuss frequently overlooked sources and creative research strategies that can reveal the lives of our foremothers, despite sparse historical records.

Learn practical methods for preserving personal archives, including photographs, documents, audio, and digital files along with organizational strategies, long-term storage practices.

Featured speaker, Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, will explore clues and resources that can help researchers trace family lines when a father's identity appears to be missing.

Pepperoni and cheese pizza, fruit, and bottled water will be provided free of charge to fair attendees. Limit two slices per fair participant.

Personalized genealogy assistance sessions will be offered in 15-minute increments in Meeting Rooms 3 and 4 during the Local History and Genealogy Fair from 12:30-1:45 p.m. First come/first served.

What should you do when a certain official vital record cannot be found do to fire or other incident? Search for the next best thing. This session will discuss reliable, unofficial records.

A how-to guide for genealogists, that desire to locate and obtain the death records of past residents of Lucas County, Ohio.

From keynote speaker Peggy Clemens Lauritzen - Those metal signs you see on old buildings or the metal historic markers by the side of the road may offer clues to the lives of your ancestors.