Webtember 2025 is here! Watch the replays here. Save 20% on a webinar membership through Sep 30 here.
Webtember 2025 is here! Watch the replays here. Save 20% on a webinar membership through Sep 30 here.
Webtember 2025 is here! Watch the replays here. Save 20% on a webinar membership through Sep 30 here.
Webtember 2025 is here! Watch the replays here. Save 20% on a webinar membership through Sep 30 here.
Whether researching a Depression-era ancestor or looking for historical context, there’s likely to be something of interest to you in the records of the Works Progress Administration. This lecture explores a wide range of WPA projects that have special interest to genealogists and researchers including historical records surveys and some of the most comprehensive studies of American life that have ever been conducted. Also covered is how to access the WPA’s published works as well as those that remain as unpublished manuscripts.
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Spellbinding! So much information and I appreciate the “how to find” detailed answers. I’m already looking at my relatives 1940 US Census records.
This was a fantastic webinar! I learned so much. I had come across an ancestor in the WPA and looked unsuccessfully for more information. I’m so excited to search again and I’m very hopeful with what I’ll find. I can’t wait to share my findings with the rest of the family. Thank you so very much for this information!
The time flew by in this webinar. Whether you are researching WPA records or not, Sharon shows so many “rabbit holes” you’ll want to DIVE into! She added that this was only the “tip of the iceberg”! The available resources are amazing – as is Sharon’s presenting style. She definitely leaves you wanting to hear more! I LOVE WEBTEMBER!!
I really enjoyed Sharon’s presentation on the WPA! The info was excellent!
WOW! what a presentation. Another source I had never realized was available. Sharon is a fantastic presenter, very knowledgeable and excited about her subject. Her enthusiasm is infectious and makes me want to dive into the subject immediately!
So many sources were mentioned today that are totally new to me. I want to look up information on an artist who did post office murals. I am related to him through my grandfather. I also write for our local historical society newsletter and this is a great idea for a story. Work was done on a local park. I also recently read about roads being built in a local forest preserve. Both were WPA projects.
Never even knew of these records. Wonderful!!
This was informative regarding new (for me at least) resources and how to use them in a very practical and useful way. As always I am ‘in awe’ pf this speakers skill providing new ways to become excited about family research. Thank you so much.