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Finding Your Female Ancestors
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Solving the Maiden Name Mystery
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The Social History of Women's Lives
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Finding FemalesMethodology and SkillsAdvancedPart 2 of 3

Finding Females Part 2 — Solving the Maiden Name Mystery

A maiden name can feel impossible to find—until you know where to look. This four-part series tackles genealogy's most persistent female-ancestor puzzle. Learn the cluster and naming-pattern strategies that reveal a hidden identity, mine marriage records and case studies to crack tough mysteries, reconstruct families through spinsters' and widows' probate records, and uncover women hidden in naturalization law. Solve the unsolvable!

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4 Webinars in Part 2

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The Art of Negative-Space Research: Women
with Jeanne Bloom, CG
01:25:27
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Finding the Elusive Maiden Name
with Ann G. Lawthers, Sc.D.
00:47:54
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Spinsters and Widows: Using Women to Reconstruct Families
with Shannon Green, CG®, CGG®, CGL®
00:50:20
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Finding Females in US Naturalization Records, 1790-1952
with Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS
01:12:42

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Finding Females Part 3 — The Social History of Women's Lives
Your female ancestors were more than names on a census. This five-part series brings their world to life. Discover how community cookbooks double as a "city directory for women," explore the many roles women played during World War I, learn why women before 1850 are especially hard to trace and how to find them anyway, meet the fishermen's wives who ran farms and finances alone for years at sea, and follow a real case study solving one pre-1850 woman's identity from a single, parentless marriage record. Bring her story to life!

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETIONThis certificate is proudly presented toMember Namefor successfully completing the learning pathFinding Females Part 2 — Solving the Maiden Name MysteryPart 2 of 3August 25, 2026DATEGeoff RasmussenGeoff RasmussenFounder of Legacy Family Tree Webinars
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