North Webster Community Public Library To Host All-Day Genealogy Session
NORTH WEBSTER — Calling all genealogists! North Webster Community Public Library is hosting an all-day genealogy session on Monday, March 6. Family historians are encouraged to bring their laptop computers to the library that day and share their genealogy website subscriptions and other resources with fellow genealogists. By sharing resources and research ideas, participants might discover new information to add to their family histories.
The library’s Local History and Genealogy Center is sponsoring the event and will also make available its computers with free access to Ancestry.com and other genealogy websites. In addition, the center’s collection of genealogy resources, historic records, and family and local histories will also be available. If you love genealogy, share your passion and knowledge with others. Doors open at 10 a.m. Come for a while or stay the whole day. Bring snacks, too.
Need a little down time? Stop by the library for some adult coloring 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 7. Adult coloring is a popular trend that provides a creative way to relax and de-stress. It’s even more fun when done with others. The coloring session is free with a variety of coloring sheets and pens provided along with soothing background music to set the tone. No registration is needed. Just come and enjoy.
Registration is underway for a craft-a-card workshop 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, March 16. Wrenay Kann will provide instruction for making three beautifully detailed spring cards. Kann has taught mixed media art classes for over 20 years and enjoys creating and teaching card making. A fee is required for the workshop that includes three card-making kits along with instructions to take home for making more cards. Advance registration and pre-payment is required. Those interested may sign up and pay at the library’s circulation desk.
A lot of creativity will be going on in the youth services department at second Saturday Lego club at 1 p.m., March 11. No sign-up is needed. Just bring the kids, ages five to 12, for an hour and a half of Lego building fun. The Legos are provided, and everyone is free to create whatever their imaginations inspire. Children under the age of nine should be accompanied by an adult.
It’s the start of a new month and that means a new contest. Stop by the check it out station at the front of the library and play the get lucky at the library contest. Check out a book, fiction or non-fiction, with an Irish theme; read it; then enter the book’s title, along with your name and phone number, in the drawing for a chance to win a prize. The more Irish books you read, the more chances you have to win. The drawing will take place the first of April. May the luck of the Irish be with you.