Home > Events and Programs >Family History Festival Special Events The Burton Historical Collection presents "Not Far From the Tree" Saturday, September 24, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Schedule of Events The Burton Reading Room will be open 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. with full reference service. 10:00-10:45 a.m. Registration & refreshments: Register outside Friends Auditorium – pre-registration not required; refreshments (provided by the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research) available in Staff Lounge. All presentations will be held in the Friends Auditorium. 11:00-Noon Tony Burroughs, FUGA, The Nature of Genealogy 12:15-1:15 p.m. Dr. Deborah Abbott, Using Manuscripts in African American Research 1:15-2:30 p.m. Lunch Break, on your own. You may bring a lunch or go out. Lunch tables are available in the Old Fine Arts Room (3rd Floor, Woodward side.) 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tony Burroughs, FUGA, Did Your Ancestor Serve in the Civil War? 3:45-4:45 p.m. Dr. Deborah Abbott, Critical Thinking in Genealogical Research: A Case Study Using Oral History Please visit the exhibitor area in the Cass Hallway outside the Burton Historical Collection. Copies of Tony Burroughs’ books are available for purchase at the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research table. For more information, call (313) 481-1401 or visit www.detroitpubliclibrary.org