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Explore your Family History in this 6-month meet up series. .Learn basic tenets of family history research - constructing a family tree, genealogy terms, and organization tools.
Hands-on, six-month meet up series on the basic steps for researching your family history.
Preregistration required. Please call the library to register: (954) 357-7110. Space is limited.
The intention is to educate attendees on the basics of researching their family histories. Participants will learn basic genealogy vocabulary, discuss how to get started, obtain organizational tools, acquire effective online communication techniques, and learn about research basics and vital records such as birth, church, marriage, and death certificates. Other sessions will provide attendees workshops on topics like family heirlooms, memoirs, military records, and government documents such as the National Archives, Library of Congress, ethnic family history websites, medical genealogy, the National Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society, the Genealogical Society of Broward County, History Ft. Lauderdale, Library of Florida State, local historical societies, supportive BCL resources include Ancestry.com library edition, https://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/florida.html, https://www.broward.org/Library/Research/Pages/History-Genealogy-Biography, as well as global sites which include but are not limited to the Caribbean, United Kingdom (British Library ), etc.
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Feb 8, 2025 Family Histories: Impact on Genealogy
Mar 8, 2025 United Kingdom Research: Barbados, Panama, Grenada & Guyana
April 5, 2025 Genealogy Clinic: Bring your queries, questions and curiosity
May 3, 2025 Haitian Genealogy; South Florida, Caribbean, France
June 14, 2025 Funeral, Mortuary Burial Records: Obits, Newspapers and Digital Sources
About the African American Research Library and Cultural Center
The Broward County African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) is located in the Sistrunk community, one of the oldest historically Black communities named for one of Fort Lauderdale’s first Black physicians. Opening to the public on October 26, 2002, AARLCC became the third public library of its kind in the United States dedicated to the study of Black history and culture. The 60,000 square-foot Center serves as a repository of materials related to the local, national, and international voices of the African diaspora with more than 85,000 books, manuscripts, artifacts, framed art, print, photography, audiovisual, and documents held in our Adult Services Section and Special Collections. The Youth Services Section features a special collection of Coretta Scott King Award books and the Ashley Bryan Art Collection from illustrators of African Descent. AARLCC also features a 5,000 sq. ft. museum, a 300-seat state-of-the-art theatre, and a Computer Training Center.
| Mon, Mar 31 | 10:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Apr 01 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed, Apr 02 | 10:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Apr 03 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Apr 04 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Apr 05 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Apr 06 | Closed |
