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If you’re interested in doing some research into the genealogy of your family, we have a couple websites you could use.
FamilySearch. Discover your family’s story through historical records. Sign up for a free account.
HeritageQuest. ProQuest has made the online service HeritageQuest available for home use. Call the library for the user name and password to access HeritageQuest. Please know that non-subscriber access will be removed at some point.
Have you responded to the 2020 Census yet? We encourage you to do so. Its important! Why? Money. Plain and simple. If people in our community are not counted, our community/state loses money. This is a very short survey. Aside from asking whether you rent or own a home, it is all about the names, ages, and race/ethnicity of the people living in that household. Simple.
Most households should have received their census materials by mail. If you have, please respond! You can respond in one of three ways: online, by telephone, or using a paper questionnaire. If you haven’t received anything in the mail, you can still respond online or by telephone using an option called Non-ID Response which allows you to complete your census forms without the unique ID as long as you provide a valid home address.
Questions? Go to the 2020 Census site or call 844-330-2020.
If you have a Richards Free Library card, you can already access the New York Times for free. But now, high school students who don’t have a card can have access to the digital New York Times as well. School administrators or teachers first have to request access.
Need some help on how to talk to your kids about the COVID-19 pandemic? Here are some great resources:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Talking to children about Coronavirus Disease.
National Association of School Psychologists – Helping children cope with changes resulting from COVID-19.
How to Help Teens Shelter in Place from the Greater Good Magazine published by UC Berkeley.
