Weekend number 9.

This weekend at Beauvoir was a slower weekend than normal because it was the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and there were a lot of events on the coast to attend. Beauvoir has their own Katrina memorial display, for which I have included a few pictures. They received a good deal of damage from the storm.

This weekend my work involved watching the desk in the library in case any patrons did come by in need of help with ancestry research. Most ancestry research patrons seek help with at Beauvoir is the search for information on a relative who fought in the civil war. There are a lot of resources to use such as cemetery records, pension records, enlistment records, wounded veteran lists, and more. It is interesting work and when I have extra time there without patrons, I enjoy searching my own family history.

Weekend number 8.

This weekend's volunteer time was very short. I was only able to work Friday because I attended the MS Book Festival on Saturday. For the day I was able to work, I did some reorganizing of the special collection bookshelf. The shelf space for this area is very small, so when more books need to be added to the shelf, it means shifting everything. It's actually a lot more work than it sounds, especially for someone as short as me, but I do enjoy working with the special collection books because you never know what treasures you might find there.

*Before.

*Cart that needed to be added to the shelf.

*A few treasures!

*After. (I tried leaving some space so it wouldn't be so hard the next time.)

weekends 5, 6, & 7.

The past few weekends I mainly helped patrons in the library. I greeted people who came in and helped them with anything they needed help with. Most of the patrons are just curious about the library and have general questions. Others come in to do ancestry work and need help finding documents regarding their ancestor who may have fought in the American Civil War. Beauvoir has many resources available for this type of research, including Fold3 and a large collection of confederate soldier reference guides. I am really enjoying my time volunteering here.