What can you discover about your ancestors through the basics of genealogy? We’ll discuss methods of building your tree using family sources and digital tools, and then learn how to document and organize our findings. After exploring various storytelling methods, you will create a family story outside of class and share with the group. Depending on class interest, a field trip to Cincinnati Public Library downtown genealogy department is possible.

Moderator: Melissa Broome fell in love with telling her family story by participating in OLLI classes. Curious and wanting to learn about the lives of her ancestors, she taught herself genealogy. Combining her skills as a scrapbooker, retired librarian, and technology and history educator she is recording their story through various media. Happily, her story will always be a work in progress.