Research Program Feb 28

"At Your Fingertips": Researching Local African-American History, Tuesday Feb. 28, 2012, 6:30 pm at the Historical Center. Free

A panel will discuss their research techniques and their discoveries about local African Americans.

-Roger Jefferson will discuss how to trace land ownership and ways to navigate through Bossier Parish courthouse records

-Isabelle Woods will talk about mining genealogical information from African-American cemeteries

-Clif Cardin, "Official Bossier Parish Historian," will share how he fits the pieces together when researching local family histories

Call 746-7717 for more info!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Historical archaeology program this Thursday!

To celebrate Louisiana Archaeology Month, we are presenting a program this Thursday, Oct. 20th at 6 pm. in the Historical Center. Dr. George Avery, an archaeologist at Stephen F. Austin University will give a show-and-tell talk about antique bottles. Curious about a bottle you found? Bring it with you to the program and Dr. Avery will help you learn more about its history.
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