Join us October 17-18 at the William F. La man Public Library for a Celebrating Family History Month: From the Cradle to the Grave two-day workshop! These informational sessions are open to a ll ages and experience-levels with a little something for everyone interes ted in doing family history research or cemetery preservation. No registra tion is required!
\nOn Friday\, guest speakers Patrick M. Oliver and Michael D. Mason will provide talks about conducting family history and c emetery research.
\nOn Saturday\, Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis will present an overview on the history and legacy of the Odd Fellows Cemetery. PAAC J unior will join us to share new ways to get involved with the organization and upcoming projects for youth cemetery preservationists. Kyzyl Tenpenny \, author of the children&rsquo\;s title Daddy Daddy\, Son Son\, will host an author talk and book signing to close out our weekend.
\nThese s essions will serve as a kick-off to a community driven project to continue documenting the history of the Odd Fellows Cemetery and Military Heights neighborhood here in North Little Rock. Later workshops will dive into con ducting oral histories and digitizing family records. Supported in part by a Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant from the Black History Commission of Ark ansas and the Arkansas State Archives\, this workshop and project will lea d to the creation of an exhibit to be displayed in the Laman Library Arkan sas History and Genealogy Room opening in the Spring of 2026.
\nFor questions about the workshop or project\, contact North Little Rock Public Library Archivist Jamie Middleton\, jmiddleton@nlrlibrary.org.
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