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Terrebonne Parish Library reveals statistics for 2023
The library system hosted an outstanding year of public service, programs, and resources in 2023. Click to read more about library usage and stats.
TPL introduces new state-mandated library card system
Read more about how the Terrebonne Parish Library updated our library card system in compliance with Louisiana Revised Statute 25:225.
Tax filing assistance through VITA available at Main Library
Tax filling assistance returns to the Main Library on Tuesdays from Feb. 6 to April 9, except February 13, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Read more about the program here.
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Obscure Genre Spotlight: The Horrors and the Humors
LIBRARY BLOGObscure Genres Spotlight The Horrors and the HumorsSurreal HumorAlso called absurdist humor, surreal humor is a form of comedy defined by its purposeful incongruence to what we’d see as “normal” reasoning, leaning towards non sequiturs, bizarre or absurd...
Obscure Genres Spotlight: Science and Pixels
LIBRARY BLOGObscure Genres Spotlight Science and PixelsIf these genres are your jam, you might be interested in our Comic Con on September 21-22. See you there!Biopunk FictionHave you heard of biotechnology? It’s a subset of science that mixes engineering and natural...
Obscure Genre Spotlight: Nontraditional Formats and Unusual Settings
LIBRARY BLOGObscure Genres Spotlight Nontraditional Formats and Unusual SettingsEpistolary FictionYou might have read an epistolary book before, but you might not know the name of the genre. It started out as novels comprised of letters (hence the root being epistle,...
Introduction to Land Records for Genealogy Research
LIBRARY BLOGIntroduction to Land Records for Genealogy Research One of the challenges of doing genealogy is that researchers get so excited about using the latest and greatest technology to dig into searching that they sometimes need to remember to educate themselves...
Extracting Evidence about Enslaved Ancestors from Probate Records
LIBRARY BLOGDuchman, Holly. “Slave’s Photos Put Face to Tragic Reality.” Houma Courier, 29 Mar. 2017Extracting Evidence about Enslaved Ancestors from Probate Records For most African Americans, tracing their family genealogy to their original ancestors in Africa...
Obscure Genres Spotlight: Unique Memoirs and Not-Quite-True History
LIBRARY BLOGObscure Genres Spotlight Unique Memoirs and Not-Quite-True HistoryAnimal MemoirsPerhaps not the rarest, but would you ever think of this first when asked for a book genre? You can probably guess what it entails. Animal memoirs are nonfiction stories about...