Genealogy for Beginners Workshop
Learn how to trace your family tree with resources available at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. On Saturday, February 8, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Joyce Dixon-Lawson, curator of research and genealogy, will lead the workshop Genealogy for Beginners in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums.
Following the presentation attendees are invited to start their family search in the state archives located next door in the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.
Dixon-Lawson has been on staff at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for more than thirty years. She received her BA and MA in history from Jackson State University. She has led numerous introductory genealogy, African American genealogy, and Native American genealogy workshops in Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, and Indiana.
The cost of the workshop is $10 per person. Light refreshments will be provided.
