Tulsa center to celebrate Family History Month
Family History Month will be celebrated in July at Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E 93, Tulsa. Events will include:
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 1, will cover research steps to take and records that will provide information about ancestors. 2 to 2:30 p.m. July 1; Lisa Hansen, Genealogy Center associate, will provide an overview of useful resources through the Tulsa City-County Library website that are available to family history researchers.
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. July 8, will focus on how to interpret results and find family members.
a.m. to noon July 8, will provide information about the digitized manuscript collection and the collections that are in the process of being added.
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 8, Nancy Shively, Tulsa City-County Library’s IT training coordinator, will highlight genealogy education that is available on the internet.
2:45 to 4 p.m. July 8, Shively will provide a virtual tour of resources at the Central Library that will help genealogists digitize and preserve family history.
Go to http://guides.tulsa library.org/genealogy for more information on other Family History Month events.
Other events
•Rick Johnson will present the program
at the Edmond Genealogical Society at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Edmond Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1315 E 33rd. Johnson’s program will provide information about Alexander Franklin James commonly known as the outlaw Frank James. His brother, Jesse James, also was a member of the James-Younger gang.
•Cheryl Jones will be the guest speaker at the Oklahoma Home and Community Education Genealogy Group of Oklahoma County. Jones will present
at 10:15 a.m. June 21 in the Leroy H. Fisher Board Room, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive.
Whenever I answer a question about suicide in this column, I am deeply aware that someone may be reading this who is considering taking their own life, and I take this very seriously. I only wish I could put my arm around your shoulder and assure you of my love — and most of all, of God’s love for you. No matter how desperate or depressed you may feel, with Christ there is hope. Reach out to Him, and also to someone who can help you with your problems.
Without exception, suicide is always a profound tragedy — always. Not only does it cut short a person’s life, but it inevitably leaves behind it a trail of heartache and guilt. This is especially true when a young person takes his or her life, and I grieve over the way this has become a growing problem in our society. God will not hold those guiltless who glamorize or encourage suicide.
May this tragedy cause you and your classmates to be more sensitive to those who seem lonely or alienated — not just now, but for the rest of your lives. What difference might one of you have made in this young man’s life?
Most of all, may God use this to remind you of the seriousness of life, and may this cause you to turn to Christ and commit your life to Him. Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you . ... Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid” (John 14:27).