Events

Learn how to care for your family heirlooms and preserve them for future generations. Bring up to three photographs to have digitized and emailed to you.

Questions? Call 864-246-1695. Registration is required and will open 30 days prior to the event date.

Discover Greenville's history as told through the photo albums and scrapbooks in the South Carolina Room collection.

Questions? Call 864-527-9258. 

Ask questions and learn about the library's genealogy resources in this Q&A session.

Questions? Call 864-527-9258. Registration is required and will open 30 days prior to the event date.

Listen as Retired US Army Major Thom Iannarino describes his experiences during two tours in Vietnam as a F/W and R/W Aviator in the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and as an OV-1 and U-21 aviator in the 1st Aviation Brigade.

Questions? Call 864-277-7397. Registration is required and will open 30 days prior to the event date.

Explore ways used to flee enslavement and navigate to freedom. 

Lessons and activities for ages 6- 12.

Listen as Retired US Army Major Thom Iannarino describes his experiences during two tours in Vietnam as a F/W and R/W Aviator in the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and as an OV-1 and U-21 aviator in the 1st Aviation Brigade.

Questions? Call 864-246-1695. Registration is required and will open 30 days prior to the event date.

Enjoy some refreshments and hear an overview of the day's events.

See the full schedule by clicking the "Tracing Your Roots" series link below. Walk-ins are welcome. Click to register for the full day or any individual events. Call 864-527-9212 with questions!

The details included in naturalization records varied with time and place, but often contained information of critical importance to genealogists. Join Genealogist LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson for an overview of the evolution of the U.S. immigration and naturalization process and the records that were created.

See the full schedule by clicking the "Tracing Your Roots" series link below. Walk-ins are welcome. Click to register for the full day or any individual events. Call 864-527-9212 with questions!

Discuss the history of early photography, including cased images (daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes) and card photos, and identify characteristics and styles of dress to help pinpoint specific origins.​

See the full schedule by clicking the "Tracing Your Roots" series link below. Click to register for the full day or any individual events. Call 864-527-9212 with questions!

In the summer of 2023, American Ancestors announced the 10 Million Names project, an undertaking to recover the names of people of African descent who were enslaved in the area of the United States between the 1500s and 1865. The monumental task of centralizing datasets about enslaved ancestors is a work in progress. In the interim, there are a multitude of existing databases that serve a similar purpose but are more limited in scope. Join Genealogist LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson for a presentation on applicable Genealogy Standards for using databases, followed by a survey of current databases that name enslaved people and can be accessed free of charge.

See the full schedule by clicking the "Tracing Your Roots" series link below. Walk-ins are welcome. Click to register for the full day or any individual events. Call 864-527-9212 with questions!