Celebrate Genealogy Day at the State Library on Saturday

Interested in genealogy and family history? In honor of National Family History Month, the State Library of Pennsylvania is sponsoring a free program titled “How I Met Johannes Quickel, the Man Who Carved My Ancestors’ Gravestones,”at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, in the Forum Auditorium in Harrisburg PA. The speaker is Barry R. Rauhauser, Stauffer Curator and Director of History on the Web at LancasterHistory.org. . 

Family activity handout sheets and brochures describing State Library resources will be available to the public in the Library lobby.  The State Library genealogy resources include Pennsylvania genealogies; Pennsylvania county and local histories; county atlases; unpublished compilations of church, cemetery, court and newspaper records; city directories; and online databases.

The State Library of Pennsylvania will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the program, so the public is welcome to view the genealogy collection and other State Library resources after the presentation. 

The Forum Auditorium is located at 607 South Drive, Harrisburg, PA  17120. On Saturdays, parking is available along South Drive in front of the State Library as well as along Commonwealth Avenue.