When the Trail Turns Cold: New Strategies for Old Problems
Thursday, 8 May 2014, 8:00 a.m., T201  |
| Diane Florence Gravel |
Do you have mysterious ancestors you’ve “buried” because the trail turned cold? Perhaps your great-great-grandfather changed his name! Did the family spend time at the County Farm? Could the secrets of your ancestor’s military service lie in the records of another soldier? Expand your search and follow the FAN Club (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors)! Learn effective search techniques for the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections to track down diaries and manuscripts with genealogical treasures. Join Diane as she explores new sources and reexamines old ones, and learn to resurrect those “buried” ancestors.
A Certified GenealogistSM since 2002, Diane Gravel is a full-time professional genealogist and lecturer. She is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and now lives in Thornton, New Hampshire. She frequently haunts the courthouses and other repositories of historic New England. Watch for her upcoming article on the published Official Records of the Civil War in the April-June issue of
NGS Magazine.
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