Town Of Vernon -

Rockville Public Library offers FREE Ancestors Road Show

People can meet one-on-one with a professional genealogist

(VERNON, Connecticut) – The Rockville Public Library is hosting an Ancestors Road Show on April 15th and people who sign up in advance can learn about their family history from professional genealogists.

The program is free and open to all, including people who do not live in Vernon. Forty spots are available and registration is required. Participants will fill out a short questionnaire to give the genealogists the opportunity to find out what people want to learn and to perform research of the person’s ancestry. Questionnaires must be returned to the library by April 1 to give the genealogists time to perform research.

“This is another great example of the rich programing offered by the Rockville Public Library,” Vernon Mayor Dan Champagne said. “Our library truly has something for everyone.”

To sign up for the program contact library Director Jennifer Johnston-Marius via Email or call 860-875-5892, ext. 4. Visitors to the library can also get information at the circulation desk.

“Each participant gets to work one-on-one with a professional genealogist for about 25 minutes and learn about some aspect of their family tree,” Johnston-Marius said. “This is a great opportunity for people who may have hit a brick wall in their own research or who are just getting started.”

The program is offered by the Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council, a non-profit that works on behalf of the genealogy community and helps family historians make new discoveries about their ancestors.