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Delaware Public Archives to hold Workshop on Organizing Genealogical Information

Leah YouseAre your digital genealogy files all over the place? Have you discovered a record for your ancestor, twice? Librarian Leah Youse will be presenting a program at the Delaware Public Archives on Saturday, November 1, 10:30 a.m. on developing methods of genealogical arrangement and organization. Whether you are just getting started or you have been conducting online research for years, this talk will provide ideas to take your organizational system to the next level. Youse will focus on managing files and folders, email, and research, including a brief discussion on easing the burden with software.

Leah Youse earned her Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from The University of Alabama and currently provides reference services to patrons at the Elkton Central Library in Cecil County, Maryland. She has done archival work with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Cecil County. Youse’s primary interests include research methodology and genealogy blogging.

The program is free to the public and will last approximately one hour. No reservations are required. For more information, contact Tom Summers (302) 744-5047 or e-mail thomas.summers@state.de.us.

 

 

 

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Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner in 1864

Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner in 1864
The Delaware Historical Society and the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware present

Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner in 1864

A FIRST-PERSON INTERPRETATION

Thursday, November 13, 2014
Research Library
505 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
6:30 p.m.

Rabbi David Wucher performs a first-person interpretation of the first active duty Jewish chaplain in the Civil War, Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner of the 54th New York Regiment in the Union Army.

The Delaware Historical Society and the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware present Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner in 1864 A first-person interpretation Thursday, November 13, 2014 Research Library 505 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 6:30 p.m. Rabbi David Wucher performs a fi rst-person interpretation of the fi rst active duty Jewish chaplain in the Civil War, Rabbi Ferdinand Leopold Sarner of the 54th New York Regiment in the Union Army.Free to Public; Reservations required; 302 655-7161, deinfo@dehistory.org

Co-sponsored by the Delaware Historical Society
505 N. Market Street
Wilmington DE 19801