ANNOUNCING A GENEALOGICAL PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE
ST. TAMMANY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (STGS) AND THE St. TAMMANY PARISH LIBRARY

JUNE 10, 2023

Hybrid Meeting: Program will be offered    in-person at the
St. Tammany Parish Library’s

Causeway Branch in Madisonville, LA
and as a virtual broadcast for those at home

JUNE 10, 2023

The FACT VERSUS FOLKLORE:
USING RECORD RESEARCH TO EVALUATE FAMILY STORIES

with Shelia Delacroix

According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of the PBS show Finding Your Roots, family stories are “notoriously unreliable.” Using her own research of a branch of her St. Tammany Parish ancestors, Sheila Delacroix will demonstrate how properly conducted genealogical research can be used to affirm or refute the family stories that are passed down to us.  The speaker will take us through her analysis of the vital records, sacramental certificates, the U.S. census, a family bible, and notary records that she collected in her quest for the truth.  Ms. Delacroix’s presentation provides the audience with a genealogical standard to emulate, as well as a road map to follow, in order to weed out the fiction in our own family stories.

Sheila Delacroix is a retired university librarian and former president of the St. Tammany Genealogical Society.  She currently serves as the Society’s Correspondence Secretary.  Ms. Delacroix first became interested in genealogy in graduate school and has been researching the branches of her Louisiana family ever since.  She believes strongly that history is largely composed of the story of the lives of the everyday people who came before us and that genealogical research reveals that history to us.

TWO  LIVE VIEWING OPTIONS: IN-PERSON AND REMOTE BROADCAST
In-Person Attendance: Madisonville Branch of the St. Tammany Parish Library
ADDRESS: 1123 Main Street

in Madisonville, LA
At Home Viewing: St. Tammany Parish Library (STPL) Live Broadcast via Zoom

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You must register for this program on the St. Tammany Parish Library’s event calendar whether you plan to attend in-person or view from home.  Admission is limited, so please      preregister right away.

For all those who have not yet joined or renewed your 2023 membership, you can download a membership form from this website, print it, fill it out, and mail it with your dues. We will add you to our list for future webinars. If you do not have access to a printer, please email STGS at stgsgenealogy@gmail.com and ask STGS to mail you a membership form.  Please feel free to contact us at the above referenced email address if you are not sure whether you have renewed for 2023.

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