Please excuse any cross-posting! Please join the Lyon Township Public Library online via zoom for two upcoming Zoom presentations this week: The first is, *"**Spanish American War" *on Tuesday, June 15 at 6:30pm. Presented by Guest speaker, Genealogist Derek Blunt, this talk will cover the events leading up to and including the war. A discussion of what kinds of artifacts and records were created and where to find them. Registration is required on LTPL's website here: https://lyon.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/genealogy-event-5/. You will receive a Zoom link and passcode to join us! Derek Blount is a professional genealogist with his own business, “Lost Branches”. He has worked for 33 years on his family genealogy traveling America, Canada and the United Kingdom gathering records, visiting cemeteries and churches. Derek was born in England and specializes in research in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth nations. He holds a B.S. degree from Oakland University and has completed coursework at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh. He has lectured on numerous genealogy subjects for the past six years to many of the Michigan genealogical societies. He also serves as Vice President of the Oakland County Genealogical Society and is also on the Board of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research. Derek also holds memberships in the Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan and the Welsh Genealogical Society. He holds memberships in the Association of Genealogical Professionals and the Society of Genealogists in London. Derek also serves as the Genealogist for the St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit. The second upcoming event is this Wednesday, June 16 at 7pm, *"The Cryptozoology of the Great Lakes"* with Author and Cryptozoology Researcher Shetan Noir. She will uncover the many different cryptid creatures from lake monsters to bigfoot that call the Great Lakes their home. Registration is required on LTPL's website here: https://lyon.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-cryptozoology-of-the-gr.... You will receive a zoom link and passcode to join us! Shetan Noir is a great lakes area based Author and Journalist. She also teaches courses at Kellogg community College and Owen's community College. Her courses are the paranormal history of the great lakes and cryptozoology of North America. Shetan has written many books and is working on several more upcoming book projects. Her current book is Mothman and other flying creatures of the midwest, release will be in September 2019. Shetan Noir is also a cryptozoology researcher and has spent 25 years researching the Paranormal and Cryptozoology fields. Her fascination began with lake monsters at an early age when she first learned about the Loch Ness monster, then hearing reports of lake monsters in her own state of Michigan. Her research has since grown to include Michigan's own Dogman and Nain Rouge, Bigfoot and ghost hunting. -- Katie Rothley, MLIS Marketing & Outreach Librarian Lyon Township Public Library 27005 S. Milford Rd. South Lyon, MI 48178