The Merrian Webster Dictionary defines it as:
1) an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
2) regular descent of a person, family, or group of organisms from a progenitor
3) the study of family ancestral lines
4) an account of the origin and historical development of something
Generally speaking, there are three parts to sustainability: social equity, economic viability and environmental protection. Under social equity genealogy can help to prevent social exclusion and discrimination, promote solidarity and contribute to the well-being of stakeholders.
This research guide will help to meet the following objectives:
TMCC Research Guides will assist you with your research and documenting and writing your family history:
TMCC Library Family History Research Room
Mission Statement
To be the leading local resource for family history, genealogy and their associated disciplines.
Promote recognition of the worth of family history research by:
Create and encourage collaboration with:
to further the needs of those we serve.
The TMCC Library is pleased to offer you three ways to research your family history. First, we offer a free online Open Genealogy Lab each Friday, secondly we have a dedicated family history research room, and thirdly we offer free online one on one genealogy research assistance appointments.
While our campus has re-opened, due to Covid-19 our Open Genealogy Lab will continue to meet online via Zoom . If you would like to attend the Open Genealogy Lab by logging in from home, please contact Suzanne Malek at smalek@tmcc.edu.
TMCC Library Open Genealogy Lab
Come in and learn new research techniques, hear guest speakers, collaborate and have fun while building your family tree.
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Looking for a guest speaker?
Click here to see a list of the TMCC Experts List
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TMCC Library Open Genealogy Lab YouTube Channel:
Past TMCC Library Open Genealogy Lab guest speaker presentations are now available on the TMCC YouTube Channel! Click here to visit our YouTube Playlist.
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Below are links to newspaper, magazine and website articles about the TMCC Library Open Genealogy Lab and Family History Research Room:
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List of Upcoming Guest Speakers at the TMCC Library Open Genealogy Lab:
Jan 2024
Jan 5 - Open Forum
Jan 12 - Open Forum
Jan 19 - The Oregon Trail: Chance, Choice, and Chimney Rock!- Loren Pospisil, Chimney Rock Museum in Bayard, Nebraska
Jan 26 - Travis Boley, Association Manager, Oregon-California Trails Association
Feb 2024
Feb 2 - Jennifer Shaffer Merry - Cemetery Symbolism
Feb 9 - Robert S. Davis - Secrets to Research in Georgia
Feb 16 - Open Forum
Feb 23 - Micaela Procopio, Army Women's Museum - Island of Integration: The Desegregation of the U.S. Army
Mar 2024
Mar 1 - No class today so everyone can attend Rootstech
Mar 8 - Tracie Boyle - Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center - Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mar 15 - Melissa Hayes, Houston Public Library/Family History Research Center Clayton Library Campus - Adoption: Searching for clues
Mar 22 - Mark Olsen - Introduction to FamilyTree Maker
Mar 29 - Lotte Lieb Dula, Founder of Reparations 4 Slavery - Reparative Genealogy
April 2024
Apr 5 - Irene Walters, Librarian, Houston Public Library Family History Ctr., Clayton Library Campus - Crossing the wide blue seas: passenger lists of our ancestors
Apr 12 - Tim Ritter - The Story of the Liberty Bell
Apr 19 - Troy Olson - Founder Discoverfamily.net - Search Angels
Apr 26 - Jeremy Pekarek, Archivist, Northwest Archives and Special Collections
May 2024
May 3 - Open Forum
May 10 - Christine Burke, Investigator, Forensic Genetic Genealogist
May 17 - Kristin Harris, Research Coordinator, Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum - Descendants and Grave Marker Programs
May 24 - No class today
May 31 - No class today
June 2024
June 7 - Debra Dudek - Sordid Southern Divorce Records
June 14 - Kristi Dorney, Special Collections, Jacksonville Public Library - How to digitize negatives and slides
June 21 - Homestead National Historical Park - Black Homesteaders in Nebraska: Audacious Dreams
June 28 - No class today, TMCC Library Open Genealogy Lab will host the Scouting America Family Heritage Badge Day
July 2024
July 5 - Open Forum
July 12 - No class today
July 19 - Researching Your Incarcerated Ancestors - Glen Whorton, Nevada State Prison Board of Directors & Former NSP Correctional Officer
July 26 - Open Forum
August 2024
Aug 2 - Open Forum
Aug 9 - Open Forum
Aug 16 - Open Forum
Aug 23 - Open Forum
Aug 30 - Irene B. Walters, Librarian, Houston Public Library | Family History Research Center - What can I do with my stuff? Donating your genealogy to a research facility
September 2024
Sep 6 - Micah Conner, Research Coord., Maryland Center for History and Culture
Sep 13 - Chela Scott Weber - OCLC Sr. Program Officer - Using Archive Grid as a Genealogical Resource
Sep 20 - Amanda Meeks, MLIS, Community & Partnerships Mgr., Permanent.org
Sep 27 - Open Forum
Oct 2024
Oct 4 - Lewis L. "Ted" Neilson, Jr., Chancellor, National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons
Oct 11 - Valerie Markworth, Education Specialist, Army Women’s Museum - Soldiers in Skirts: Army Women in Vietnam
Oct 18 - Cheri Daniels, Dir. of Library & Archives, SAR Library, Louisville, KY
Oct 25 - TMCC Closed - Nevada Day Holiday
Nov 2024
Nov 1 - No class today due to event
Nov 8 - Open Forum
Nov 15 - Robert S. Davis - Gone for a Soldier: Military Records of Georgia and the Old Southwest, 1783-1861
Nov 22- TBA
Nov 29 - No class today, closed for holiday
Dec 2024
Dec 6 - TBA
Dec 13 - Colin Whitney, San Diego Genealogical Society - British Isles Genealogy
Dec 20 - TBA
Dec 27 - No class today due to holidays