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                Auburn University - University Relations
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8/11/95                 Janet McCoy (mccoyjl@mail.auburn.edu)

AU LIBRARIES TO HOLD WORKSHOP ON GENEALOGY RESEARCH AUG. 19

      AUBURN -- A workshop to help people trace their ancestry will be 
held at
Auburn University's Ralph B. Draughon Library on Saturday, Aug.  19.
      The workshop, "Introduction to Genealogical Research," features  
professional genealogist Antoinette Segraves, and will be presented in 
the Special Collections Department of the RBD Library. 
      Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the workshop will concluded at 
5 p.m. The workshop is free and open to the public, however,  space is 
limited. To make
reservations, call 334/844-1700.
      "The workshop is the first effort of this kind for the library," 
says Dale Foster, head of the library's Special Collections Department. 
"If all goes well, we hope to do it again next year." 
      The workshop is co-sponsored by the library's Special Collections 
Department and the Genealogical Society of East Alabama. 
      Segraves has conducted numerous workshops on genealogical 
research. An instructor at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical 
Research held annually at Samford University, Segraves is a former chair 
of the board of directors of the National Institute of Genealogical Research.
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CONTACT: Foster, 334/844-1755 (fostecd@lib.auburn.edu)