From the Old Northwest to the Hawaiian Islands, the United States has acquired and settled new lands. If your ancestor pioneered pre-statehood territories, they may have left records valuable to documenting and understanding their lives. Discussion includes a timeline of territorial settlement and governance, and strategies for locating and using territorial records.
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Excellent history lesson and helpful resources. Learned a great deal. Thank you.
Very good presentation. Learned a lot and will view it again.
This was on the 15, Feb, however I had a medical emergency and unable to watch the webinar, I am so glad I was able to make the time to view it while it was still available. I learned a great deal, thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Excellent presentation! Well paced. Much information, but well organized! Helpful slides and wonderful handout. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, expertise, and efforts in preparing this concise, wonderful presentation!
It was a very good overview of our territorial history. The links to sources will be very helpful when I start to dig further.
Very well presented, professional, prepared, informative, and easy to understand presentation.
Nice to know the dates of statehood! Good suggestions for how to start research in territory documents!
Thank you Alice for your excellent webinar presentation and accompanying syllabus which provide many ideas, avenues, and resources for researching our ancestors.