• Recurring

    DRGS Beginners Genealogy Workshop 101

    Bacon Memorial District Library 45 Vinewood, Wyandotte, Michigan

    A class for beginners covering five-generation charts, family group sheets, research logs, vital records, and census records. Space is limited.  Please register by e-mailing Sherry at GENEGAL26@YAHOO.COM

  • Weird Downriver – Curiosities and Little Known Stories from Downriver with Jakki Malnar

    Copeland Center 2306 Fourth Street, Wyandotte, Michigan

    Whether you are new to local history or an old pro, this program will have something for you. Join us to learn about Slocum's "Island", Death by Tuna, Wyandotte's own DB Cooper and much more. While the Speaker, Jakki Malnar, is in the building she requires everyone to be masked.  In order for everyone to hear ... Read more

  • Eloise with Tyler Moll

    Copeland Center 2306 Fourth Street, Wyandotte, Michigan

    Eloise has a long and interesting history spanning more than 130 years. He will be covering the founding of the Wayne County poorhouse and seeing its evolution into an asylum, tuberculosis sanitarium, and general hospital among many other uses. The Wayne County house, later known as Eloise, would become one of the largest facilities of ... Read more

  • New York’s Burned-over District: Revival, Reform and the Migration to Michigan with Jim Craft

    Copeland Center 2306 Fourth Street, Wyandotte, Michigan

    It is generally recognized by even casual students of Michigan history that many of the state’s early settlers came from western New York. It is rarely appreciated, however, that this region of New York, known as the Burned-over District, played a central role in the great religious revival that swept the country in the first ... Read more

  • The Potato Famine & The Coming of the Irish to America with Terence O’Leary

    Copeland Center 2306 Fourth Street, Wyandotte, Michigan

    Ireland awoke to the beginning of the Great Hunger in 1845. Experience the heartbreaking stories of the Irish during the 5 long years of the Potato Famine. While it was a time of great injustice when more than 1 million Irish died, it also became a tragic blessing for over 1 million Irish who fled ... Read more

  • Wyandotte at War – A Michigan Town Fights Back in WWII with Alana Paluszewski

    Copeland Center 2306 Fourth Street, Wyandotte, Michigan

    Her book was released in July 2021. It is a non-fiction account of the activities of Wyandotte residents before, during, and after WWII. Over 2,200 of our citizens served in the military and thousands more fought the battle on the home front. Wyandotte lost at least 143 men during the war, and this book chronicles ... Read more