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Winter programs at Bull Run Regional Library, Manassas, VA
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"Como, Tish" <[log in to unmask]>
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Happy New Year,

Here are our winter program offerings, sponsored by RELIC (Local History and Genealogy Department), at Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA 20109. Registration online (click on the date) or at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; 703.792.4540.

THE CHALLENGES AND REWARDS OF RESEARCHING VIRGINIA FAMILIES Tuesday, January 24, 7:00 p.m.<http://pwcgov.evanced.info/eventsignup.asp?ID=30643&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=1/1/2017&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=2&AgeGroup=ALL&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=>
Learn about the many and varied resources available to trace your Virginia ancestors. RELIC genealogy staff member and certified genealogist, Darlene Hunter, will describe official records (and their substitutes), compiled records, finding aids and institutional records and provide examples of how to locate and utilize them to document your Virginia genealogy.

GENEALOGY RESOURCES OF THE DAR LIBRARY  Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 11:00 a.m.<http://pwcgov.evanced.info/eventsignup.asp?ID=30665&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=2/1/2017&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=2&AgeGroup=ALL&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=>
Learn about the extensive resources for tracing your family history available through the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library in Washington D.C. Assistant Library Director Stacie Newton will describe the vast collection of print items as well as demonstrate the many online resources that you can access for free from your own computer.

AMERICA'S ATLAS: THE LEADERSHIP OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 7:00 p.m.<http://pwcgov.evanced.info/eventsignup.asp?ID=30668&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=2/1/2017&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=2&AgeGroup=ALL&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=>
It was not simply by chance that George Washington was America's greatest leader, although good fortune certainly played a role. Professor Peter Henriques, author of Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington<http://librarycatalog.pwcgov.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&type=Keyword&term=Realistic%20Visionary:%20A%20Portrait%20of%20George%20Washington&by=KW&sort=PD_TI&limit=TOM=%2a&query=&page=0&searchid=1>, examines the unique set of personality traits and variety of talents that enabled Washington to achieve success that would not have seemed possible given the obstacles he faced.
Tish Como, Librarian
Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC)
for Genealogy and Local History
Bull Run Regional Library
8051 Ashton Avenue
Manassas, VA 20109
(703) 792-4544
www.pwcgov.org/library/relic<http://www.pwcgov.org/library/relic>



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