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Learn how to navigate census records.
A census is a snapshot taken of a period in history every ten years. This lecture will assist your understanding of the intricacies of the census and help you find your family and their friends in it. Websites will be provided. This workshop will be led by Charlotte Bocage, Education Chair of the Southern California Genealogical Society, who will go over strategies and tools that will help participants get started on family research.
ABOUT
Charlotte has over four decades of experience. She has taught at UCLA’s Osher Program and Family Tree University and has lectured at nationwide societies and the National Genealogical Society’s Annual Conference 2022.
PARKING
Visitors to the Glendale Central Library receive 3-hour FREE parking across Harvard Street at the Marketplace parking structure with validation at the service desk. Accessible parking is available on the east side of the building. For additional information about this event, please contact Central Library at 818-548-2021 or send us an email at LibraryInfo@GlendaleCA.gov
AGE GROUP: | Teens | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Classes & Workshops |
TAGS: | Workshop | Teens | History Room | Central Library | Adutls |
Established in 1906.
Library services in Glendale were first provided in 1906. The women of the Tuesday Afternoon Club, a social and philanthropic organization, raised money through a series of lectures to fund a library collection. The library opened in a renovated pool room at Third and E (Wilson and Everett) Streets with seventy books, soon supplemented by a State Traveling Library of fifty more, and served a population of 1,186.
In 1907, the City Trustees passed Ordinance 53 which established and supported a library which "...shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the City of Glendale..." The first year the library had 251 books, 165 registered patrons, and a budget of $248.88.
In 1913, a Carnegie grant of $12,500 made possible the construction of the main library at Kenwood and Fifth (Harvard Street). The building was completed and dedicated November 13, 1914.
