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 collection, and thirdly we offer free online one on one genealogy research assistance appointments.
If you would like attend our online Open Genealogy Lab, please contact Suzanne Malek at smalek@tmcc.edu.
TMCC Library Open Genealogy Lab
Attend online 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:
Feb 2025
Feb 7 - Researching Irish ancestors in Ireland with Richard Dalton, Governor, Nevada Society of Mayflower Descendants
Feb 14 - Building Fort Monroe with Jessica Meadows, Ft. Monroe, Virginia
Feb 21 - Beverly Bevel - Once Enslaved; Once Slaveholder, Forging A Family Reunion
Feb 28 - Cassandra Castle, Executive Director, Herkimer, New York Historical Society
March 2025
Mar 7 - No class today so everyone can attend Rootstech
Mar 14 - Frances Tryon, Historic Hillside Cemetery, GAR and Woman's Relief Corp. (WRC)
Mar 21 - Carol Ansel, Library Director, Godfrey Memorial Library - Introduction to AGBI
Mar 28 - No class today
April 2025
April 4 - LaJoy Y. Mosby MBA, National President-AAHGS, Inc.
April 11 - Barbara Hemmingsen - Civil War Ancestry
April 18 - Al Wilson, Chairperson Historical Committee, Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery, PA
April 25 - Randy Dodds - Adoption Genealogy
May 2025
May 2 - Edith Wagner, Editor, Reunions Magazine
May 9 - Open Forum
May 16 - Gene E. Salecker - Sultana Disaster Museum
May 23 - Yvonne Fasold, Ph.D.- Past National President of the American Rosie the Riveter Assoc.
May 30 - Conor Doherty-Greene, Deputy Consulate General, Consulate General of Ireland in Los Angeles - Dual Citizenship
June 2025
June 6 - No class today
June 13 - Karen Dustman - Writing your Memoir and/or Your Family History
June 20 - No class today
June 27 - Courtney Carr, WWII Veterans Legacy Programs Mgr. - Society of Sons & Daughters of Veterans WWII
July 2025
July 4 - Closed holiday
July 11 - TBA
July 18 - No class today
July 25 - TBA
August 2025
Aug 1 - TBA
Aug 8 - Coat of Arms - Presented by the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century
Aug 15 - TBA
Aug 22 - No class today
Aug 29 - No class today