Workshop: Preserving Your Family History

"Organizing and Preserving Your Family History,"a 2½ hour workshop, will be offered on Saturday, November 10, at 10 a.m. Instructor Marlene Wisuri has condensed three separate classes and added additional material. The workshop will cover organization and preservation techniques through examples, handouts and PowerPoint presentations. Class participants will learn the answers to these questions:
- What is in a family history archive and how can it be organized? 
- What are your most precious family records or heirlooms? And how do you identify and decide what to do with them?  
- How should family records, photos, and artifacts be stored and preserved?
Resources for further study will be provided. Seating is limited, so please sign up at the front desk or call the library to reserve a place: 879-1531

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR 
Marlene Wisuri is an author and photographer who has been teaching classes on family history,  photography and publishing for many years. She has collaborated on a number of books dealing with Finnish immigration, Northern Minnesota history and Ojibwe culture. She was director of the Carlton County Historical Society for fourteen years and has co-authored two Minnesota Book Award-winning books.