ORGANIZATION RECEIVES GRANT

The Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society is one of just 12 such groups in the U.S. and Canada recently awarded grants from Broderbund, a company which manufactures genealogy software.

The winners were chosen by a panel of judges that includes representatives of the National Genealogical Society, the Federation of Genealogical Societies and Broderbund.

The county's importance to the westward migration into Missouri was one of the reasons stressed in applying for the grant, says Dawn Detring, the society's president.

The copier being bought with the grant will enable it to copy death records from local churches. That information will be used to create the electronic index to local cemeteries.

A workshop for people beginning genealogical work is planned at the library March 28.