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Lecture to focus on 1940 census

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Mary Glass will present "Getting the Most Out of FamilySearch.org and Searching the 1940 Census" on July 12, in the Archives and History Library at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston. The 6 p.m. program is free and open to the public.

Glass will discuss accessing and using information available in the recently released 1940 U.S. census and tips on finding the vast resources pertaining to West Virginia that are available at www.familysearch.org. 

Free public access to the 1940 census and other documents are online at the FamilySearch site and are rapidly being indexed. Information available includes original federal documents, some of West Virginia's original documents, books, genealogies of families, free courses and articles. She will explore the methods for searching these records. 

Raised in Kanawha County, Glass now lives in Buckhannon. She has degrees in education from West Virginia University and Marshall University and has taught chemistry, physics and gifted education classes. She is past president of the West Virginia Association for the Gifted and Talented. Glass has an avid interest in family history, and is a volunteer indexer and arbitrator for FamilySearch. 

For planning purposes, participants are encouraged to register for the program, but advance registration is not required to attend. To register in advance, contact Robert Taylor, library manager, by e-mail at bobby.l.taylor@wv.gov or at 304-558-0230, ext. 163.