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Our ancestor’s lives were more than the life events of birth, marriage and death. Yet, finding already constructed historical vignettes for where they lived aren’t always readily available. During the presentation, Michelle will share how to use published materials such as gazetteers, schematisms, directories and maps, to build the historical image of your ancestral town/village.… Continue Reading Michelle Chubenko | Piecing Together History: Using Maps and Directories to Rediscover Eastern European Towns

This presentation examines how careful analysis of historical records can overturn commonly accepted family connections based on surname and geographic proximity. Henderson Weatherford’s case study demonstrates an effective methodology for questioning family relationships found in online trees. Through systematic evaluation of tax records, census documents, land records, and probate files, learn how indirect and negative… Continue Reading Diana Elder | Challenging Accepted Ancestry: A New Look at Henderson Weatherford’s Family Origins