Hard at work

 26 patrons, 9 staff and volunteers, two hours and a locked library, equates to one hectic evening of family history research!
 As part of History Week ,the Library ran a Genealogy Lock-in where we offered the Library’s family history resources, combined with expert hands on assistance from our Library staff and family history volunteers. 
Dips, cheese and juice satisfied hungry appetites and the informal atmosphere put the participants at ease quickly and made the two hours pass in what seemed like minutes. 
It was a great opportunity to ‘show off’ our free resources and make them available to people who are unable to come to our weekly help days in the Library because of work commitments.  Many patrons said they will be back to continue their research.   Staff and volunteers, exhausted by questions and advice, went home weary but pleased that more people are catching the genealogy bug!
We will be holding another lock-in on the 4^th August, 2009.