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Bringing Life to Our Ancestors: Manuscript Collections

Jeanne Bloom, CG

Oct 7, 2016

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Welcome

1:26

Introduction

8:42

Collection Overview

3:45

Challenges

5:45

Initial Online Research

3:32

Locating Records

2:27

Finding Aids

1:46

Manuscript Collections

1:53

Onsite Research

14:27

Terminology

12:18

Conclusion

1:01

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About this webinar

Learn how to locate and how to use manuscript collections. Case studies show how these underutilized collections can bring an ancestor to life. Presented live at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and sponsored by the Board for Certification of Genealogy.

About the speaker

Jeanne Bloom, CG

Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG, is past president of BCG and a full-time professional researcher specializing in Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, forensic genealogy, problem solving, and multi-generatio...

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