Researching during the slave era (1817-1865)
Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy
About this webinar
Dr. Shelley Murphy will present a case study reviewing the challenges & successes of researching the descendants of enslaved laborers who built the University of Virginia for Thomas Jefferson. Methods and strategies will be shared.
About the speaker
An avid genealogist for over 40 years, Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy, aka "familytreegirl," was born and raised in Michigan, now living in central Virginia. She conducts genealogy workshops at local, state...
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Comments (127)
I didn't get to listen to this presentation live but listened today. Wow, wow, wow!! I've been researching enslaved in North Central Louisiana. I need to dig more into the Freedmen's Bureau records now because I'm certain I missed some important information.
Wonderful speaker. I learned so much! Thank you, Dr. Murphy!
Thank you Shelley. This was very informative!
Great speaker and job well done by Legacy Webinar Staff.
wonderful presentation
So informative! I love learning about record groups I've never had occasion to seek out for my own research. What an amazing project. Thank you, Dr. Murphy, for sharing this work.
What a plethora of information! I certainly have a lot more things to learn! I need to find someone and some place to go to so I can start researching the way she teaches! WOW! Thank you so much Geoff and Marian for all the great classes you present! I'm African-American and your Diaspora segments are amazing!!!!
Excellent and informative. A little too fast to take notes.