MEET THE TEAM!!

It's Official!

The Medina Library has an official Genealogy Team!

While fireworks haven't gone off, Lisa and I have squealed like school girls at the prospect of being an official
library team.

For years, Lisa and I have been answering countless questions, educating scores of co-workers and assisting thousands of members with local history and genealogy questions. Just a part of our many other duties at the Medina Reference Desk. It has never been specifically part of our job description, and it still isn't.

Lisa Rienerth and I before one of the bi-annual Genealogy Lock-Ins.

And we have been happy (mostly) to do it. Because we love the research, the quest, the delving into the past and making people come alive again. We love seeing the look of wonder and discovery on people's faces when we connect them to their past. And yes, we have shed tears with a few...

Lauren Kuntzman, Manager of the Family History
and Learning Center

In February of 2018,  Lauren Kuntzman, the new Manager of the Family History and Learning Center (coming to the Medina Library in 2019) joined the Library staff. She has been busily processing the Virginia Wheeler Martin Collection that will make the Center possible. She has assimilated into the Library seamlessly, sharing information with Lisa and myself, seeking our input and meeting unofficially with us regularly this past year.

This past week, the Assistant Director, Julianne Bedel, approved Lauren's request that we become members of the Medina County District Library's first ever Genealogy Team!

The Genealogy Team
Kathy Petras, Lisa Rienerth, Lauren Kuntzman

Right now, it is just the three of us, but we will be looking for other Library staff members to join us in the near future.

So stop by the Medina County History Fair at the Medina Library this Saturday from 12-4 p.m. to say "Hello!" and "Congratulations!"

We will be the ones sporting HUGE smiles on our faces!

Medina County History Fair at the Medina Library

Calling all Medina County History geeks!

On Saturday, January 27th seventeen different Medina County historical and genealogical societies will be hosting tables at the Medina Library for the 3rd annual:

Get a peek at all the unique, quirky, interesting and historical artifacts and trivia about Medina County from 17, count em', that's seventeen different groups. (Bet you have never heard of some of them!)

For the city of Medina, the focus this year will be on Medina's Bicentennial. Meet with Roger Smalley and get a preview of all the great events that are planned for Medina's 200th Birthday.

Or stop by the table for the Northeast Ohio Railway group and see some of the equipment that was employed on the area's railroads.

Meander over to the Medina County Historical Society and see what items Tom Hilburg has brought to share. Do you know what each was used for?

Remember, Saturday, 27 January from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

See you there!

(Yes, the Library will host a table that tells how we can help you with your research!)