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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Religion
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Published Resources
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Study Projects
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Key Records
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Probate
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Strategies
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Researching ancestors who lived in colonial New England can be challenging. This webinar begins by tracing settlement patterns, setting the stage for understanding key records and where to find them. For the 17th century, many unique published resources exist to help the family researcher. During the colonial years, several conflicts such as King Philip’s War and the Seven Years War affected settlement and thus the surviving records. The 18th century culminated in the Revolutionary War, but also saw the continued growth of settlement and ultimately resources for the family historian.

About the speaker

About the speaker

Ann G. Lawthers, Sc.D., a staff Genealogist at American Ancestor’s Brue Family Learning Center for many years, teaches and lectures on a wide variety of genealogic topics. Her research interests include New England and the Mid-Atlantic and e
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  1. MW
    Mary Wilson
    2 years ago

    Wow– great presentation, certainly helps with my Connecticut ancestors–anxious to start using the sources.

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    Normandie Miller
    2 years ago

    Are any records kept of people who came either through Canada, or those who sailed over in smaller ships-usually fishermen.?

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    Linda Whitmore
    2 years ago

    Kudos to Ann. I listened to the webinar today, Thursday, stopping and backing up to write six pages of notes! Can she be hired to research one elusive probate record for John Whitmore, an ancestor killed by Indians (no will) in 1648 in Stamford, CT.? I’ve found the list of his belongings, but not to whom they were distributed — which ought to prove if he truly was the father of furthest-back PROVEN ancestor.

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      Robert Doughty
      2 years ago

      My 10th great grandfather is a John Whitmore, born 1589, Bristol, England, died 1648, Stamford, Connecticut. Said to have two wives: the first is unknown; the second is Joanna, the widow of John Jessup. My connection to John Whitmore is said to be daughter Anne Whitmore, from John Whitmore’s unknown first wife, of course. This Anne Whitmore, born about 1612 in England, married first, William Hulbert; Anne married second: Samuel Allen, 1631, in Braintree, Massachusetts.

    • Marian Pierre-Louis
      2 years ago

      Yes, she can be hired. I believe her email is on the handout.

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    Wanda Bower
    2 years ago

    Very thorough and very clear.

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    Patricia Diane Godinez
    2 years ago

    Although I am not doing research in this area of the United States, the presentation was very informative and interesting. I look forward to hear more from this person.

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    Lori Neumann
    2 years ago

    The information was presented so clearly, even a novice like me could understand and benefit!

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  7. BD
    Barbara Dunn
    2 years ago

    I came in late but I heard some of the discussion of census, real estate & probate records sources. Very detailed. Speaker also spoke of keeping a timeline, which she explained was a way of keeping track of where people are in time & location.

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    Douglas Murphy
    2 years ago

    Will watch it again on replay! Maybe twice!

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