The Home Archivist: Preserving Family Records Like A Pro! with Melissa Barker

Learn how you can apply professional archival practices to organizing your own family records collections. --- Join this offsite presentation at the Greene County Media Room or by Zoom. Melissa Baker will share best practices to archive, preserve, and protect family ......More

Learn how you can apply professional archival practices to organizing your own family records collections. --- Join this offsite presentation at the Greene County Media Room or by Zoom. Melissa Baker will share best practices to archive, preserve, and protect family records, photographs, and artifacts. She will describe the steps and methods that professional archivists use to process and maintain records collections, and how you can adapt them for your own family records collections. Melissa is a certified archives manager and public historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives. She teaches, lectures, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives, and records preservation. Her blog A Genealogist in the Archives offers suggestions and resources for collections care. When you register, your email address is required to receive a Zoom link prior to the presentation. Or if you prefer, you may attend in person at the Greene County Media Room. This presentation is co-sponsored by the Greene County Room—Local History & Genealogy and the Greene County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

Book Club with Sandy

Come and join us for our book discussion of One More Day by Diane Chiddister. Everyone is welcome.

Writers' Group with Colleen

Join Colleen as she meets together with fellow writers to provide writing support and inspiration. --- Writers of all levels and genres welcome! Please provide your email address when you register.

Tools of the Trade with Diana Nelson

Try innovative tools to advance your family research process and organization in this class! For Adults. Registration Required. --- Join this class offsite at the Greene County Media Room. Diana Nelson will lead this intermediate genealogy class using tools to conduc......More

Try innovative tools to advance your family research process and organization in this class! For Adults. Registration Required. --- Join this class offsite at the Greene County Media Room. Diana Nelson will lead this intermediate genealogy class using tools to conduct and organize your research. As a hands-on class, you will use your own research to write research questions and plans, transcribe documents, create correlation tables and timelines, and write a genealogical proof summary or argument. Computers will not be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you need to access your family research files. Other class materials will be provided. Diana has been researching her family history for nearly 30 years. She started to use DNA results in her research in 2008; since then, she has gathered data on a dozen family members. She currently serves as Treasurer, newsletter editor, and education program chair of the Greene County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. She holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University. Registration required. Lunch is on your own; if you bring a sack lunch, you will have the opportunity to ask questions. This class is co-sponsored by the Greene County Room—Local History & Genealogy and the Greene County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

Romantic Reads Book Club

Join Colleen every month to discuss a romantic read! This month we'll be reading The Queen and the Knave by Sarah Eden. --- Copies of the book can be checked out at our Circulation desk at the Xenia Community Library. Feel free to join us whether or not you have co......More

Join Colleen every month to discuss a romantic read! This month we'll be reading The Queen and the Knave by Sarah Eden. --- Copies of the book can be checked out at our Circulation desk at the Xenia Community Library. Feel free to join us whether or not you have completed the book.

Dahlia Wreath

Use different-colored cardstock to make a blooming wreath! Registration is required.

Wanted! Seeking Unknown Parents with Dana Palmer

Learn how to break through brick walls and find your family using a variety of resources. --- Join this offsite presentation at the Greene County Media Room or by Zoom. Dana Palmer will demonstrate how to find ancestors’ parents who are absent from traditional recor......More

Learn how to break through brick walls and find your family using a variety of resources. --- Join this offsite presentation at the Greene County Media Room or by Zoom. Dana Palmer will demonstrate how to find ancestors’ parents who are absent from traditional records. Her lecture will examine two case studies of Midwestern couples whose kinship was proven using alternative methods and resources. Dana specializes in lineage society applications, publishing family books, and Midwestern research – specifically Ohio. In addition to her client work, she reviews military repatriation cases and is part of the Mayflower Silver Books team. When you register, your email address is required to receive a Zoom link prior to the presentation. Or if you prefer, you may attend in person at the Greene County Media Room. This presentation is co-sponsored by the Greene County Room—Local History & Genealogy and the Greene County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

Writers' Group with Colleen

Join Colleen as she meets together with fellow writers to provide writing support and inspiration. --- Writers of all levels and genres welcome! Please provide your email address when you register.

Book Club with Sandy

Come and join us for our book discussion of Homecoming by Kate Morton. Everyone is welcome.