Workshops help with
GENEALOGY
BY JENNIFER BAILEY | JENNIFER . BAILEY @ DANCOMNEWS . COM
Anyone starting off wanting to find out their family history should do some of their own homework first .
That ’ s what Danville Public Library Assistant Melody Williams did and she ’ s now teaching others how to do genealogy research through workshops at the library .
“ It ’ s that first step . If you want to learn your family tree the first thing is go home , do your homework . You have to
Danville Public Library Assistant Melody Williams , left , and Reference and Archives Librarian Taylor VanTryon pose in the second-floor meeting room inside the library . Melody and Taylor and the other archives staff can help people with family research . Jennifer Bailey photo
12 ILLIANA MAGAZINE | SPRING 2023