My Ancestors Survived the Johnstown Flood! How to Research Your Ancestors' Amazing Stories
Sunny Jane Morton
Content
Introduction
8m 4s
Start with What you Have
8m 21s
Ask Questions
2m 48s
Historical Sources
1m 34s
The Johnstown Flood
5m 4s
Ask More Questions
13m 18s
Post Script
4m 28s
About this webinar
A heroic rescue, a love story and a 30-foot wall of water. That’s just part of my ancestors’ experience in the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. Come learn how to reconstruct fascinating experiences from your own family history by combining clues from your family’s knowledge, documents from genealogy websites, good historical research and Googling to fill in the gaps. All while learning the riveting story of one of the worst disasters in U.S. history.
About the speaker
Sunny Jane Morton is a genealogy educator, writer, and editor. She is Editor of the National Genealogical Society’s NGS Magazine and a Contributing Editor at Family Tree Magazine (US). She specializes...
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Comments (3)
This was a great and interesting presentation! Sunny always does a great job!
I really enjoyed learning the steps Sunny went through to research and put together the story of this flood. It gave me lots of ideas I can use.
I love listening to Sunny tell her story. She makes it so interesting.