Many ancestors – immigrants and pioneers, slaves, women, native peoples, and others – do not have compiled biographies. They are invisible in the historical record, except through census or other data collection entities. Where there are gaps, the stories can be told through early travelogues, letters, diaries, maps, texts and printed ephemera, photographs and other visual media.
Journey into the lives of ancestors through the published records and online resources at the Library of Congress. .Join Library staff specialists to explore resources and learn strategies to assist the researcher in recreating the stories that define and shape a family tree.
The Local History & Genealogy Division will conduct a free, one-hour orientation via webinar, on Thursday, June 17, 2:00 -3:00 pm. Eastern Daylight Time. To register for the orientation, use the Participant Registration Form at http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/signup.php. Confirmation, log on instructions, and the handout will be sent via email.
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This fascinates me. But I don’t think I qualify since most of my extended family is overseas.
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It can be useful to teachers as it gives ideas about using primary source documents.
I’m not sure how young your students are? This can help you guide older students if you do family tree type projects. I had one teacher last year considering a genealogy project with his students. We would have had a librarian come in from the state library to provide some instruction because they do a lot of genealogy work.
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That’s an interesting project idea. I’d consider it, or pass it to the Social Studies teacher.
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Thanks for this information. I’m definitely interested.
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