Not Who He Once Was: Tips for Finding Your Name-Changing Ancestor

Mary Kircher Roddy, CG, CGG
Mar 12, 2020
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About this webinar

Do you have an ancestor or relative who just disappeared? Or one who seems to have been deposited by aliens, with no background here on earth? Perhaps his story involved a complete change of name. Using case studies of identity shifts, learn strategies to discover who the young man became in later life, or who Great-grandpa was before you got to know him.

About the speaker

Mary Kircher Roddy, CG became interested in family history in 2000 in anticipation of her husband’s sabbatical at the University of Limerick in Ireland. While she didn’t learn everything about her anc...
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    Melissa Frank
    4 years ago

    I excitedly paused this at the Cultural Changes section, because my husband's family has Laufers out of Stark County, ND. Of German/Prussian descent, but interesting to know if same family.

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