Western History and Genealogy

News, Exhibits and Classes

News

Western History/Genealogy News

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Order Photographs Online

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Environmental History Fellowship Program

Award recipient announced.

Exhibits

Exhibit Calendar

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War

December 19, 2009 - February 12, 2010
The Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library - Level 2

Classes

Olibama Lopez Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Group

Saturday, November 21, 10 a.m.
Central Library, Western History & Genealogy - Level 5
Come early to research; DPL open at 9 a.m. on Saturdays.
OLTHLRC promotes an interest in and the study of lives, times, cultures, traditions, ancestries, and histories of the peoples who emigrated to New Spain and New Mexico, many of whom still have descendants in New Mexico, Colorado, California, Texas, Arizona, and Northern New Mexico.
Olibama Lopez Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Group

Genealogy - Special Interest Class

Saturday, November 21, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Central Library, Gates Conference Room - Level 5
"Wills, Probate, Inventory, Guardianship"
Presented by Carol Darrow, CG
Wills give us the last wishes of our ancestors as they made bequests to family members -- but probate tells us who those family members were and how the estate was divided among the heirs. Learn how to find and interpret these records. There will be an optional hands-on research activity from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Colorado Genealogical Society

Jamestown Society

Saturday, November 28, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Central Library, Gates Conference Room - Level 5

W. I. S. E.
Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England Family History Society

Saturday, December 5, 1 - 3 p.m.
Central Library, Gates Conference Room - Level 5
W.I.S.E.

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Studio portrait of an African-American family [1897].

Studio portrait of a Chinese family in Idaho City, Idaho [1907].

John Y. Nelson, a member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses for a group portrait with his Sioux wife and their five children [between 1885 and 1900?].