Homestead Act of 1862 - Following the Witnesses

Bernice Bennett

Aug 12, 2016

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Content

Welcome

2:28

Polls

3:12

Speaker's Introduction

1:22

Main Presentation

19:15

Witnesses

3:46

Marshall Douglass

3:32

Henry Tinkshell

3:42

Charles Baptiste

2:41

Robert Benefield

1:26

Alfred Robinson

1:15

Relationships

4:18

Announcements / prizes

9:45

Questions / answers

13:17

After-webinar party

12:20

About this webinar

This webinar will trace the lives of four individuals that served as witnesses and also acquired land under the Homestead Act of 1862 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. This case study will examine how the lives of these witnesses interconnected by reviewing their land entry papers.

About the speaker

Bernice Bennett

Bernice Alexander Bennett is an award-winning author, genealogist, nationally recognized guest speaker, storyteller, and producer-host of the popular Research at the National Archives and Beyond BlogT...

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