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January 6, 2012 · 7:32 AM

“Researching the Civil War” will be presented by Laura Pemberton Sparr at the next meeting of the Genealogy Society of South Whidbey Island at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9 in the Trinity Lutheran Church community building.

Sparr is a past president and vice-president of the Washington Genealogical Society and a noted researcher, and is always an entertaining and informative speaker. Genealogists say her presentations are not to be missed.

The public is welcome. For more information, visit GSSWI.org.

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