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Participants can learn about tracing their family to the Middle Ages at the event. Harlan Jessup, a resident of Newtown, will make the presentation. Jessup edits the “Connecticut Ancestry Journal” and maintains the genealogy and local history collection at Newtown’s C.H. Booth Library. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council.
The Connecticut Ancestry Society was founded in 1954 as the Stamford Genealogical Society and is the oldest genealogical society in Connecticut. The society's membership now extends throughout North America with about half living in Connecticut. To learn more about the society visit its website.
The program is free and open to everyone interested in genealogy. Registration is not required.
For more information, contact John O’Donnell at the Danbury Library at 203-797-4527 or visit the website. The Danbury Library is located at 170 Main St.
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