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Researching Women – Community Cookbooks and What They Tell Us About Our Ancestors

Gena Philibert-Ortega
Jul 27, 2016
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Community Cookbooks
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Genealogy
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Cookbooks
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Where Are They?
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Community cookbooks, commonly known as fundraising cookbooks with the plastic comb binding, have been around since the Civil War. They serve as a "city directory" of women with everything from names, residences, and in some cases familial relationships and photos. Learn more about community cookbooks and using them for your family history.

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Gena Philibert-Ortega
Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women’s history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women’s Studies) and a Master’s degree in Rel
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