Genealogy Research at the Wilson Museum- Castine- Thursdays

March is a great month to dig into some local historical and genealogical research. Inspired by March holidays such as Genealogy Day, Descendants’ Day, Celebrate Your Name Week, Irish-American Heritage Month and Women’s History Month, Castine’s Wilson Museum will open the Hutchins Education Center on Thursdays in March from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for researchers to peruse some of the resources available in the Museum’s collections.

Each session will highlight a different category of resource. A collection of published family histories will delight genealogists, while microfilms of old local newspapers will excite historical researchers of all kinds. Cemetery and diary transcriptions, as well as vital records, are just a few of the other resources through which participants may glean golden nuggets of valuable information. Access to the internet and ancestry.com will be available on a limited basis for laptop users. Knowing how involved family researchers can get, participants are encouraged to bring a bag lunch.

To fan the research flame still further, a talk on a related topic will follow each research session.  For a list of March speakers click on Calendar of Events at www.wilsonmuseum.org or contact the Wilson Museum at 326-9247.