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Genealogical Society

Records at Risk

An important project of the Florida State Genealogical Society is preservation of records that might otherwise be lost forever.

Hear from our member John Laurent, FSGS vice president about gathering and saving many of Florida's historical treasures.

Drew Smith: Making Collaborative Trees Work for You

 This USF librarian emeritus is a popular genealogy research speaker who most recently authored Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy. 

He will guide us through the many ways our many cousins share their research and family stories, with comparisons of tools such as Family Search, WikiTree and Geni.  Learn the differences among them and best practices for each.

The Lakeland Public Library is sponsoring this free presentation, open to the public.