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Family History Fair featuring The Barefoot Genealogist, Crista Cowan

Event Type: Historical
Age Group(s): Adult (18 yrs.+), Family (All Ages)
Date: 7/22/2017
Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Time: 5:00 PM
Description:
 Find out how you can keep your family’s precious memories alive with new digital technology at the Main Library Family History Fair!

A professional genealogist since 2002, Crista Cowan has been employed by Ancestry since 2004. Known as The Barefoot Genealogist, she has a weekly YouTube show designed to help people discover and tell their family stories. This special presentation begins at 2 p.m.

Digital Conversion Demonstrations will show you how to preserve treasured family photos, home movies, letters and documents and how you can enjoy and share them using digital media. Bring up to three personal photos, films, videos or other heirlooms for evaluation by preservation experts.

Connect with local organizations devoted to preserving our history, including the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives, the Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, The Digital Libraries of the Caribbean and the Libraries at Florida International University and HistoryMiami and the Cuban Genealogical Society.
Made possible in part by the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.


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