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Bringing Life to Our Ancestors: Manuscript Collections

Jeanne Bloom, CG

Oct 7, 2016

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Welcome

1m 26s

Introduction

8m 42s

Collection Overview

3m 45s

Challenges

5m 45s

Initial Online Research

3m 32s

Locating Records

2m 27s

Finding Aids

1m 46s

Manuscript Collections

1m 53s

Onsite Research

14m 27s

Terminology

12m 18s

Conclusion

1m 1s

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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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