A full day of genealogy workshops and exhibits will help family history enthusiasts Oct. 4 at the Main Library in Toledo.

The Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s genealogy fair runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the atrium and throughout the library at 325 Michigan Ave.

Participants will be able to connect with local and regional genealogy organizations, authors, and services, a library announcement says. 

Author and genealogist Michael John Neill, who hosts annual trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, will lead four lectures: strategies that may be hindering your research, techniques for using Facebook for family history, how to research beyond direct family lines, and a broad discussion on his website and book Top Genealogy Tip of the Day. 

Other presentations and activities include: Mounds on the Maumee: Exploring Maumee River’s First Peoples by Taylor Moyer, historic programs manager at the Black Swamp Intertribal Foundation; a program by Peter Ujvagi, a former Toledo city councilman known as the “mayor of East Toledo” on the Hungarian, Slovak, Italian, and Moravian immigrant workers who settled the Birmingham neighborhood; a discussion on research strategies and finding the genealogical records of disabled ancestors by University of Toledo history professor Kim E. Nielson; and a presentation on Holocaust survivor and Toledo businessman Philip Markowicz by Hindea Sohn Markowicz, director of the Holocaust resource center in Toledo and associate producer of the documentary Bearing Witness.

The day also includes programming for kids, half-hour tours of the library’s local history and genealogy department, one-on-one assistance, and a pizza lunch for participants. 

Activities are free and registration isn’t required. For more information, go to toledolibrary.org/genealogyfair.