Name: Family History and Genealogy Fair
Start: 2025-08-23T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-23T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Gaston County Public Library

Visit the Main Library on Saturday, August 23, 2025 (08/23/2025) for the Family History and Genealogy Fair!
Drop in and meet representatives from genealogy, family history, and local history organizations between 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. No reservation is required.
Professional Genealogist Diane L. Richard will present two programs on August 23, 2025, at the Gaston County Public Library in Gastonia, N.C. Sponsored by Friends of the Gaston County Public Library.
EVENT SCHEDULE
10:00 - 11:00 Meet representatives from local historical societies, genealogy or family history organizations, and museums
11:00 - 12:00 Presentation by Diane L. Richard. (Topic To Be Announced) [You may also continue to meet with organizations]
12:00 - 1:00 Meet representatives from local historical societies, genealogy or family history organizations, and museums
1:00 - 2:00 Presentation by Diane L. Richard. (Topic To Be Announced)
Diane L. Richard is a nationally recognized Professional Genealogist with special expertise in researching North Carolina records of all types. She is the owner of Mosaic Research and Project Management, and co-leader of Tar Heel Discoveries, which provides guided North Carolina genealogical research support one-on-one or via a weeklong program.
Diane has M.Eng. and M.B.A. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has been doing genealogy research since 1987 and since 2004 professionally focused on the records of North Carolina, other Southern States and migration paths to the Mississippi River.
Since 2006 she has authored almost 300 articles on genealogical topics for a variety of publications including Internet Genealogy and Your Genealogy Today (was Family Chronicle). From 2010-2017, Diane served as the editor of Upfront with NGS, the blog of the National Genealogical Society and published over 2000 posts. She is current editor of the North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal and past editor of Wake Treasures, the journal of the Wake County Genealogical Society. She is a member of the national and local chapters of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the National Genealogical Society. She has researched NC roots for the popular TV show Who Do You Think You Are? and appeared on the Bryan Cranston episode. She also appeared on The Dead Files season 12, episode 7 “Detox”.
She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG) and as a speaker she has done webinars (coast-to-coast), conference presentations (FGS, NGS, TxSGS, FxGS, NERGC, SCGS Jamboree, etc), workshops, and local meeting programs about the availability and richness of records documenting North Carolinians, genealogical research techniques and tips, under-utilized resource collections and much more.