Genealogy program ready at Senior Center

Cheryl Watson Mingle, executive director of the McMinnville Warren County Senior Center, has used Ancestry.com to verify documentation that proves she is a direct descendant of Stephen Hopkins. He sailed from England on the Mayflower in 1620.

Other interested senior citizens can also take advantage of the genealogy program offered at the center. Census and military records, Social Security death index, family history, etc. are on the computer. Funding for Ancestry.com is provided by Caney Fork Electric and High Funeral Home. Ben Lomand Telephone Communications provides Internet access.

The Senior Center?s genealogy department may be small in size, but large in spirit. The main focus is the use of computers. Computer classes are provided. A special Ancestry.com class will be held in June.

A variety of helpful genealogy books have been donated. Additional books and material are being solicited. Scrapbooks from the family of Woodrow Wilson Barnes, showing the history of Warren County through newspaper articles and family history, can be studied.

The Senior Center provided a work area and assisted in the assembling of information and material for the ?Warren County Heritage Book.? A limited number of books are for sale at the center for $72.

Seniors interested in doing genealogy research are invited to come by the Senior Center at 809 Morrison Street.