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Sheila O’Haire Larmann will present "Armchair Genealogy: Basic Internet Family Research, Including Current Irish Records," at 7 p.m., Monday, March 24, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. This presentation is sponsored by the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans.

Larmann says this presentation will provide an informative guide to Internet resources for the "armchair genealogist," with a special dive into Irish genealogy resources. “So, if you are a novice researcher or an experience family historian,” says Stephen Stuart, GRSNO president, “you can benefit from Sheila Larmann’s insights on prominent and not-so-prominent online records and collections and her deep knowledge of Irish genealogy.”

She will provide a handout detailing these resources.

Larmann has 44 years of self-taught family research experience. She is a business graduate of Loyola University New Orleans and the University of New Orleans. She was a board member of The Friends of St. Alphonsus in the Irish Channel, raising funds to restore the church. She created The Roots Program every March for several years, which had three Irish speakers and entertainment, highlighting New Orleans Irish history and culture.

Larmann has been a board member of the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans for many years. She has handed down research and personal stories for several ethnic groups within her family. She says her greatest joy is getting people started on their own research.