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Missoula Public Library closure

The library will be closed in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, Oct. 9. Patrons can access their accounts at missoulapubliclibrary.org/.

Family History Month Series: Family History Writing Contest

Calling all family historians! Enter genealogical writing about your Montana ancestors in Missoula Public Library’s first annual Family History Writing Contest. Memorialize your family’s history and compete for cash prizes. Prizes will be awarded for the top three submissions. Entries will be accepted until March 1 via Submittable: https://missoulapubliclibrary.submittable.com/submit. Full contest rules are available on our website: https://tinyurl.com/FamilyHistoryWritingContest.

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Do you consider yourself the family historian? Do you have more subscriptions to genealogy services than to streaming TV services? Then this workshop held on Oct. 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Cooper Room on Level Four of the library is for you! This interactive workshop will help you organize what you know about your family history into interesting stories. Participants should come into the class with a working knowledge of genealogy and personal family history. This workshop is sponsored by Humanities Montana and the National Endowment for

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