Gwen Kelly, a librarian who specializes in genealogy and local history, will lead a series of free genealogy research seminars this spring at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon in Metairie. The events are open to the public. No registration is required. The events occur at 7 p.m. on these dates: March 13 “Using Census Records” March 20 “Searching Vital Records” March 27 “Searching Newspapers and Obituaries” April 3 “Using Fold 3 and Researching Military Records” April 10 “Searching Immigration Records” April 17 “Searching Cemetery Records” April 24 “Using FamilySearch.org and the Family History Library” May 1, “Using Ancestry.com” May 8 “Genealogy and Facebook” May 15 “Genealogy and Google.” For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, manager of adult programming for the library, at (504)889-8143 or wcsmith@jplibrary.net.