Dear Michlib-L Members and Your Community, (NOTE: Please excuse the cross-duplication of this post) There's still space to attend an upcoming interactive genealogy workshop on *Saturday, August 15th from 11am - 1pm* at the Pinckney Community Public Library (125 Putnam St., Pinckney, MI, 48169). The workshop is titled: "America’s Story Across 250 Years by Katherine R. Willson". *America’s Story: Opportunity, Diversity, and Belonging Across 250 Years* America’s story is one of families seeking opportunity while facing exclusion and hardship. This interactive presentation follows that story across many communities, including Native Americans, early colonial settlers, African Americans, and European immigrants of the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores how people moved through a rapidly changing country, sometimes by choice and sometimes under pressure, and how immigrants and other marginalized groups navigated questions of rights, identity, and belonging. Guided reflection encourages attendees to consider how opportunity, resilience, and exclusion shaped these communities, with practical ideas for preserving those stories for future generations. This 2-hour workshop, expands on the lecture with step-by-step guidance for writing ancestral stories of opportunity, exclusion, and resilience, along with a demonstration of how to preserve those stories on major genealogy websites. This is a free, in person, interactive workshop, but registration is required: *Registration link:* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJneL2Pt_krK6jsVoy11bx7hq3H3bt4dbA... For details or more information, please call the Pinckney Library at 734-878-3888. We hope very much to see you then! Sincerely, Hope Siasoco Library Director ------------------------------ She/Her Pinckney Community Public Library 125 Putnam St. Pinckney, MI 48169 Tel: 734-878-2952 Fax: 734-878-2907 Email: hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org