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Exhibits

Exhibit Calendar

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War

December 19, 2009 - February 12, 2010
The Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library - Level 3

Classes

Germanic Genealogical Society of Colorado

Tuesday, February 2, 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Central Library, Gates Conference Room - Level 5

Colorado Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists

Saturday, February 6, 9 a.m. - 12 noon
Central Library, Meeting Room - Level 2

Beginning Genealogy by the Colorado Genealogical Society

Saturday, February 13, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Central Library, Gates Conference Room - Level 5

• Attendees will be introduced to thinking genealogically through the exploration of the following:
• Stacks of Paper: How to Organize
• Home Sources, Paper, People
• Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheets
• W5 - Be a Detective; Beginning Internet Sources
• Six Major Record Groups
• Class is followed by a tour of the genealogy collection
• There will be a 30-minute lunch break
• This all day session begins promptly at 10 a.m. and ends at approximately 3 p.m.
• Sponsored by Colorado Genealogical Society

Olibama Lopez Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Group

Saturday, February 20, 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, February 20, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Central Library, Gates Conference Room - Level 5
Sponsored by Colorado Genealogical Society

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

Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Central Library, Meeting Room - Level 2
W.I.S.E.

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

Saturday, February 27, 1 - 3 p.m.
Central Library, Gates Meeting Room - Level 5
British Tea Time
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?].