Ancestor Road Show
We Can Help with Your Genealogy Research!

Your dreams have come true! 

On Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, accomplished local genealogists are donating 20 minutes of one-on-one time to help you solve your hardest problems!

Sign up today by completing the summary of information form, and submit with your $20.00 donation (cash or check) to the Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Main St. Kennebunk, ME 04043 or hand deliver to any Library staff member. Walk-in participants are welcome!

Adding to the event will be a raffle drawing for a chance to win a 55-piece genealogy scrapbook kit or a 40-piece kit from ancestry.com. Raffle tickets are will be on sale at the adult circulation desk starting on May 1st.

All donations will benefit KFL. For more information, please email us or call 207/985-2173.

Genealogy Group at KFL

Sat. May 11th 10 AM – Noon (NOTE DATE CHANGE) 
Reverse Genealogy: Finding the Living (Webinar)  

Join the group to watch the webinar "Reverse Genealogy: Finding the Living" produced by Legacy Family Tree. 

No RSVP is required for this free program, just come, share and learn!  For more information, please call the Library at (207) 985-2173  

KFL's Genealogy Group offers a great line-up of speakers, various webinars and brick-wall sessions. The Genealogy Group meets monthly on the first Saturday of the month (some exceptions apply) from 10 AM to Noon at the Library, check our calendar for dates. 
Parenting Class
We'll be hosting a Parenting Class led by Stevie Westmoreland, MS, MEd, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) on the third Friday of every month.  On the third Friday of each month we will cover a new topic.

Only one dates remains in our schedule: June 21, meeting in Hanks Room from 9:30 AM -11 AM. No registration is required.
Paper Cuts
Paper Cuts--a facilitated writers group for prose & poetry writers, practiced or emerging that meets every other week on Wednesdays at KFL and includes afternoon & evening meetings

Paper Cuts is currently on hiatus. Please check back to learn when it resumes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Non-Fiction Book Group

We are excited to offer this alternative non-fiction book group to our patrons. We meet on the third Monday of the month, with some exceptions. April's book (4/22 at 6:30 PM) is The New Jim Crow  by Michelle Alexander. Our complete schedule for the 2012-2013 year is available and also listed on our calendar.
 
Copies of the books are available to borrow at the Library. In an effort to include our commuter friends, books will be available to borrow in audio CD format. Books may also be purchased as an E-book, available from Google Books.
 
Drop-ins welcome!
 
Adult Book Discussion Group

Join this long established monthly book discussion group, held on the fourth Thursday of the month at 11:15 AM. Copies of the books are available to borrow. Our complete schedule for the 2012-2013 year is available and also listed on our calendar.
Drop-ins welcome! 
Trivia Questions--AND Answers!
Play for money, play for glory!

Trivia Night is held on the last Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM in our Reference Room. Play alone or team up with friends--there's no limit on team size! Thirty questions; differing difficulty levels and subjects. Participants can either pay to play or play for free.
 
Pay to play: $2 a head, the winning group gets half the proceeds, KFL gets the rest. Play for free: Free, but not eligible to win cash.

If you want to get an inkling about KFL's Trivia Night, try answering some of the previous months' questions (spoiler alert--answers are provided!) We invite you to participate on the last Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM to join in the fun and in exercising your gray matter!
Writers' Group

KFL will host monthly writers' group meetings for novice and experienced writers alike. Facilitated by David Morse, who spearheaded the Boothbay Harbor writers group for 15 years, the group's goal is to encourage the enjoyment of writing by providing positive feedback and constructive criticism to the writers of the group. Pencil Sharpener

The group will meet year round, informally in July and August, on the second Friday of each month from 10 AM to Noon in Hank's Room at KFL. Come prepared to read your current work of prose, short story, memoir or novel and receive constructive comments from other writers. The group will be limited to eight participants. If there is sufficient interest, a second group may be formed. There is no charge.
 
Please call David Morse at 207/251-4847 for additional information.