Discover Your Family Heritage: HSCC to Offer Genealogy Class

August 2008

To help you uncover your family history, the Historical Society of Cheshire County is offering an introductory class on "Doing Genealogy Research" through the Keene State College Continuing Education Program. This five-week course will demonstrate how to conduct genealogical research, with each session examining different aspects of the research process, including how to get started, using local history resources, museums, libraries, internet, cemeteries, deeds, and probate records. Through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on activities, and field trips the class will offer the basic skills and tools to start you on the path toward uncovering your family heritage.

The Historical Society is an important regional resource for genealogical research, housing reference materials on New England towns, counties, and family history along with comprehensive and up-to-date vital statistics and military records. The class will be held at the Historical Society, 246 Main Street in Keene, on Wednesday evenings beginning October 1 and continuing through October 29th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Director of Education at the Historical Society, Tom Haynes, and local genealogist Verne Greene will be teaching the class. To register, please contact Continuing Education at Keene State College at 358-2290, 800-572-1909, continuing-ed@keene.edu, or visit the Keene State College website at www.keene.edu/conted. Cost for the class is $125.00. For further information on the class, please contact Tom Haynes at 352-1895 or dired@hsccnh.org. To register, call Keene State College at 603-358-2290, 1-800-KSC-1909, or online at www.keene.edu/conted/registration2.cfm.