QPL Connections by Delene Allen

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Wood County Monitor – Quitman TX        

  Begin the New Year with a new career! The Quitman Public Library will host a hiring event on Thursday, Jan. 4 from 1 - 4 p.m. sponsored by Express Employment Professionals of Tyler. For more information, contact Vicky Walton at 903-592-9999.

  January is National “Get Organized” Month, and the library has a media display filled with ideas to help you clear, or at least control, the clutter for the New Year. If your resolution is to exercise, diet, or just be a better person, this is the place to find the information and books you need to be successful. 

  The next 2nd Friday Acoustical Music Jam is Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in the library’s community room. Acoustical musicians of all ages and musical levels are invited to this informal jam from 6 – 9 p.m. An open mic is set up for those who wish to perform. Light refreshments are available and listeners are always welcome. Call 903-975-5745 for more information.

  The library appreciates those businesses in our community who offer routine services at reduced or no charge throughout the year in support of our local library. Special thanks go to the following: Budget Business Systems, Bulldog Computer, Haskett Electric, Hog Computer, Mercy Mall, Peoples, Pott’s Feed Store, Ray Roberts Service, SuddenLink, Wood County Electric Cooperative, and the Wood County Monitor. 

  Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Visit the library’s website at www.quitmanlibrary.org and keep up with current events at www.facebook.com/quitmanpubliclibrary.

Adult Services

    GED class meets each Thursday from 4 – 6 p.m. The class is designed to prepare adult students for the test in an environment that is motivational. Sign up for this free class at the library’s front desk, or call 903-763-4191.

  Rebekah Yeager and Virginia Hoffpauir invite students of all ages and skill levels to join the group for free crochet and knitting instruction each Thursday 2 – 4 p.m. in the library’s main gallery.

Children’s Services

  Story Time meets each Thursday at 2 p.m.  Lillian Gray plans an educational hour filled with stories, crafts and plenty of fun. Upcoming themes are: Jan. 4 “All About Penguins” – Jan. 11 “Free Craft Day” – Jan. 18 “Go to the Circus!” – Jan. 25 “Shadow Boxes” (b.y.o. shoe box).

  Story Time is designed for young readers and home-schooled students, but anyone who wants to hear a great story is welcome. Call 903-763-BOOK (2665).

Friends of the Library

  The Friends of the Library will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at noon. A special audio-video presentation will be “A Look Back at 2017” arranged by QPL staff.

  The Friends are selling their brand new 95-page cookbook, “Tried and True Recipes from the Friends of the Quitman Public Library.” The books are available at the front check-out desk for $10 each. The Friends of the Quitman Public Library is an active group of volunteers dedicated to the growth and improvement of the library.

New Arrivals

  The latest books, audiobooks and movies that have been added to our collection can always be found by visiting our online catalog at http://quitman.biblionix.com/catalog. Download the OverDrive® app for access to countless eBooks and audiobooks from the Quitman Public Library.  You may check out up to five online items for your choice of 7 or 14 days.

Library Notes by Delene Allen - Wood County Democrat, Quitman TX

The Quitman Public Library is participating with the Greater Quitman Area Chamber of Commerce on October 31^st to present “A Haunting in Hogg Park” from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.  Activities will be concentrated around the Stinson House, and a schedule of events will be posted near its front gate.  There will be three contests for best costume, loudest scream, and best pre-carved/decorated pumpkin.  Award-winning storyteller, Dru Woods, will share spine-chilling stories around the campfire every half hour beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Trail of Terror is back this year, for $1 per person.  For those too young for the trail, there will be a fortune teller for tots and a timed Coin-Search-in-the-Haystack booth. Vendor booths will be serving drinks, hot dogs, chips and brownies, along with loads of candy with lots of tricks and treats. For more information, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 903-763-4411.  

October is National Popcorn Month, so stop by and check out a movie from the Quitman Public Library.  Our DVD collection is growing, and patrons may check out up to four movies to keep for one week.

Friday Night Bluegrass Jam Fever is always on the second Friday of the month in the library’s community room.  The next acoustical jam is Friday, November 8th, 6 - 9 p.m.  Come early to tune up.  Acoustic musicians of all ages and musical levels are invited to join in, and listeners are always welcome.  Refreshments will be available. For more information, call 903-952-8305.

Regular hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.  Call 903-763-4191 for more information, and please visit our website at www.quitmanlibrary.org.

Adult Services

Class is in session each Thursday for GED preparation from 10 a.m. – noon and English as a Second Language (ESL) from 4 – 6 p.m. in the library’s conference room.  These classes run concurrently with the Q.I.S.D. holiday schedule.  ESL and GED classes are taught by certified instructor, Sandra Grider. To sign up for either class, just stop by during class hours.

Knitting and crochet instructor Virginia Hoffpauir invites everyone to bring their own supplies and join her group for a fun time of free instruction.  Stop by the library’s main gallery each Thursday, 2 – 4 p.m. to join the session. All levels welcome. 

Young Adult and Children’s Services

Join us for Story Time at the Quitman Public Library, 202 East Goode Street, Quitman TX each Friday from 11 a.m. - noon for an hour of story time activities. The program is designed for young readers and home-schooled students, however anyone who wants to hear a great story is welcome.

Elizabeth Soutendijk, who works with Gateway to Libraries - Reading Literacy, has designed a wonderful thematic program that teaches as well as entertains. For more information, call 903-763-BOOK.

Friends of the Library

            The Friends of the Library invite the public to hear local author, Larry Black, on November 12^th at noon in the library’s Shamburger Community Room.  Larry Black will be discussing his latest novel and the writing process from start to finish.  Refreshments will be available, but you are always welcome to bring your lunch and spend your lunch hour among Friends.

Friends of the Library is a lively group of men and women dedicated to the growth and improvement of the library.  

                                                                                                            

Genealogy

             The Wood County Genealogical Society recently celebrated its 30^th anniversary and celebrated October 2013 as "Family History Month."  Whether you're new to family history research or have devoted a lifetime to it, the Quitman Public Library has the resources you need.  We offer on-site access to NewspaperArchive, Ancestry, HeritageQuest and AncientFaces at no charge to patrons, and we are a designated LDS FamilySearch center. 

For more information or to make an appointment with a genealogist, contact the library at 903-763-4191 or visit woodtxgene.com.  Also, visit the society’s website at http://www.woodtxgene.com for links to photographs and family histories.

New Arrivals

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, Wyoming Bold by Diana Palmer, Forsaken by B.J. Daniels, Red Sky Blue Moon by Broce Golden, A Search for Purple Cows by Susan Call

Meet the Author and Open House at QPL - Friday, May 3rd!!

" . . . and others" include:  Ross Jones, Janice Glass, Allen Martin.

 

The Public is invited to stop by anytime between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., however, some authors will not be available the entire day.  Call 903-763-4191 for more information or visit our website at www.quitmanlibrary.org

"The Genealogy Guys" are Coming to Quitman Public Library

Internationally recognized genealogy expert, author, and lecturer, George G. Morgan will present a genealogy workshop free to the public at the Quitman Public Library during Old Settlers Reunion Week on Friday, August 5th, 2011.

The workshop, sponsored by the Quitman Public Library and the Northeast Texas Regional Library System (NETLS) and hosted by the Wood County Texas Genealogical Society begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Shamburger Room at the library and concludes at 5:15 p.m.

Genealogists, those interested in getting started in genealogy, and the general public are urged to take this opportunity to hear strategies, tips, and inspiration from this talented speaker who with Drew Smith produces The Genealogy GuysSM Podcast on the Internet at genealogyguys.com, the longest running genealogical podcast in the world, with thousands of listeners around the globe.

George is the president of Aha! Seminars, Inc., and an internationally recognized genealogy expert who presents at local, state, national, and international genealogical conferences.

George is the prolific author of literally hundreds of articles for magazines, journals, newsletters, in genealogical publications, and at online sites in the U.S., Canada, the U.K, Singapore, and elsewhere. He has written nine books and is at work on the third edition of his How to Do Everything Genealogy for McGraw-Hill.

He is Vice President of Membership for the Federation of Genealogical Societies and publicity director of the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the New England historic Genealogical Society, and more than a dozen societies in the U.S. and the U.K.

TIME SESSION
10:30-11:30 How to Do Everything with Your GenealogyBased on the second edition of the best-selling book, How to Do Everything: Genealogy by award-winning author George G. Morgan, this seminar provides an overview of genealogy research practices and document types that can be used to locate and study your ancestors.

11:45-12:45 Genealogy Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the Right PlaceMaps are an essential part of our everyday life. As we use them in our genealogical research, it is essential to understand the geographical history of an area and how boundaries and jurisdictions have changed. These changes are important for determining who created what documents and where these materials can now be found. This seminar presents and discusses a simple yet efficient methodology and some resources to help you use maps to quickly and effectively locate the right place to conduct your research.

1:30-2:30 Bring ‘Em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor ProfileIn the course of our genealogical research, we often become engrossed in the collection of information snippets, failing to put them into a logical perspective. We lose sight of the fact that the people we’re tracing participated in the life of their historical times, led complex lives, and interacted with one another.

Organizing the information we collect into a biographical profile can help you begin to recognize character traits and decision patterns. And the profile also provides an invaluable, portable research tool that avoids your taking voluminous amounts of notes with you on research trips. This seminar presents a methodology and a structured model for taking the details you collect about your ancestor and creating a biographical profile.

3:00-4:00 Using the HeritageQuest DatabasesHeritageQuest Online is one of the premiere ProQuest databases for genealogical researchers. It contains six excellent databases of interest to genealogists: U.S. Federal Census: 1790-1930; the Periodical Source Index (PERSI); more than 28,000 digitized, indexed, and full-text searchable local and family histories; the Freedman’s Bureau Bank records; Revolutionary War records; and the American Serial Set. This seminar addresses the contents of HeritageQuest Online, and also introduces embedded online tools that can really help your research.

4:15-5:15 New Ways to Research Our Roots We’ve come a long, long way in the last several decades in our genealogical research work. We started with writing letters and sending away for individual records, and now we are using the Internet, DNA, and social networking applications to collaborate with other researchers.
This session takes the attendees from our beginnings to the future of genealogical research, and it concentrates on the products, services, technology, and initiatives that are advancing our research each day. Learn about new research resources available today and trends into the future with books, records, digitization, DNA, and more.