When the New York Public Library offered a free Genealogy class at the 42nd Street location (with the lions), I jumped at the chance. There I learned of all the free resources at the library including subscriptions to Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest.com, a list of volunteer–added databases, and printed volumes in the NYPL Genealogy Room.

For a month, during my lunch hour I went to the library and looked through the books, censuses, and family indexes and found a great deal of information going back to the 1500s in France. I eventually learned that I am a descendant of King Louis VIII of France!

Anyway, the librarians are so helpful and nice and the resources are very organized. I would recommend this to everyone.  The classes are every month or so but you can walk into the NYPL Genealogy Room and ask for help at anytime.  It was a lot of fun.

Christi, 26, Astoria

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