Researching Women in Archives

Gabrielle Roth, collections management archivist of the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center, presents “Researching Women in Archives.”

Sunday, March 17 at 2 p.m.

Smith Barn, 38 Felton St.

$5 non-members; free for members

Handicap accessible. For more info – 978-531-0805

 Women make up 50% of your ancestry, yet their lives, experiences, and even complete names are all too often forgotten by written history. When they survive, diaries, letters, account books, family bibles, samplers, organization records, and more can reveal more about a woman’s daily life than any government document. We will discuss how these unique records and manuscripts can be used to piece together a family story and how digging in the archives can hit genealogical gold.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Peabody Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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