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CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMS
Baby O'Clock Thursdays at 11 am
Click here for details
Halloween Party
Friday, October 30th at 3:30 pm
Join us if you dare!
Click here for details
Click Here For October Calendar
The Children's Library is looking for volunteers to help with homework during after school hours. If interested, please email yp@plfdpl.info, or call (908) 757-1111 x 129.
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COMPUTER CLASSES
Email Basics
October 6th & 7th
Register Today!.
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MEMOIR WRITING CLUB
The next meeting of the Memoir Writing Club is Thursday, November 12th at 10:30 am in Room 8
Click here for details.
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LIBRARY HOURS
Monday – Thursday
9 am – 9 pm
Friday & Satruday
9 am – 5 pm
Closed Sunday
The Library will be Closed for Columbus Day on October 12th.
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October is Family History Month
Visit the Library this month to celebrate family history and learn about your genealogy! For more information about
Family History Month events
visit our website.
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United States Research Seminar via
FamilySearch.org
October 13 - 15, 2015
9:30 am to Noon (T, W)
1:30 pm to 5 pm (TH)
All session will be held in Room 5
The Family History Library and the Research Specialists of the United States and Canada Reference team, from
FamilySearch.com, invite you to a free, never before offered, week-long seminar.* The focus will be exclusively U.S. research. The seminar is perfect for beginning and intermediate genealogists interested in learning about U.S. records, FamilySearch resources, and Family History Library collections.
*The Library will only be showing three days of the seminar: October 12-15.
Classroom size is limited to 12. Seminars will be shown in room 5 on lower level. Registration with Plainfield Public Library is required.
Watch on a large screen and participate each day from the Plainfield Public Library!
Click here for more information. All are welcome!
This event is free to the public. Please register so we can be sure there is seating for all who would like to attend. Call (908) 757-1111 Ext. 136 to register.
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National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair
October 21 & 22, 2015
Live Lecture Sessions Starting Daily at 10 am
All session will be held in Room 5
Join us again! For the second year we are presenting this virtual seminar from the United States National Archives. Lectures will feature tips and techniques for using Federal records at the National Archives for genealogy research. Lectures are designed for experienced genealogists and novices. Classroom size is limited to 12. Seminars will be shown in room 5 on lower level.
Watch on a large screen and participate each day from the Plainfield Public Library!
Click here for more information. All are welcome!
This event is free to the public. Please register so we can be sure there is seating for all who would like to attend. Call (908) 757-1111 Ext. 136 to register.
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Donor Spotlight - The Cathie Family
Our sincere thanks to the Reverend Burton C. Cathie and Dr. Shirley B. Seabrook Cathie Family for their generous donation of family papers, phonograph records, scrapbooks, and photographs. The Local History Department is thrilled to receive such a wonderful collection of materials that document the history of this beloved Plainfield family. In addition, the famiily has also made a charitable financial donation to help offset the cost of archival-quality storage materials. Thank you so much!
The Local History Department welcomes gifts of family papers and photographs, as well as records of local organizations. Without personal donations such as this, we are unable to fully and accurately document the history of Plainfield.
For more information about
how to make a donation, please contact the
Local History Department at (908) 757-1111 Ext. 136.
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Adult Literacy Department News
On October 3rd, The Plainfield Public Library Adult Literacy Department will be wrapping up its fall tutor training program. After completing the preparatory program, the fifteen newly minted tutors will begin teaching classes and tutoring students one-on-one in a variety of subjects including ESL, GED prep, Math, Reading, Writing, and Citizenship. There will be a new round of training in the spring. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us
here. We have partnered with the New Jersey State Library to develop and conduct a Literacy Boot Camp aimed at libraries and library professionals interested in starting or expanding their adult literacy services. The series kicked-off on September 19th at the Plainfield Public Library and consists of four full days of intensive training, spread over four months.
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