The Time of Cholera: A Case Study about Historical Context
Alison Hare, CG
Content
Welcome
1m 18s
About BCG
3m 57s
Speaker's Introduction
52s
Case Study
51m 46s
Announcements
1m 47s
Questions / answers
13m 53s
About this webinar
London’s cholera epidemic of 1854 is best known as the story of Dr. John Snow, the Broad Street water pump and a map. But who were the people who died? This session describes the discoveries made when a genealogist whose ancestor died in the epidemic set out to identify the forgotten victims.
About the speaker
Alison Hare of Ottawa, Ontario, has spent 30 years researching her ancestry in Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland and the United States. She is a former trustee of the Board for Certification of Genea...
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Comments (230)
What a fascinating story, and fantastic research.
Excellent
Great practices shown by Alison Hare!
Incredible! And another one to watch again and again. I so enjoy the learning I experience with the BCG webinars.
Very clear and well organized. Very easy to follow.
Wow, a very impressive webinar with amazing research skills on display. Was interested, as one of my relatives died in the Channel Island of Guernsey of cholera in I believe it was 1832, on the same day the epidemic had been declared over on the island of Jersey (Sister island to Guernsey), it had begun on Guernsey, and my relative was mentioned in person.
Unusual topic, killer research skills, tragic story with a personal hook: everything that makes a webinar special.
One of the BEST webinars I've listened to. Good old OLD FASHIOINED RESEARCH! In today's world of instant gratification and armchair researchers, I was glad to see Alison's type of research mirrors so much of my own. I have several projects I have worked many years (yes before the internet) and continue to build on as new information presensents itself. I'm often asking myself what am I doing as my research has taken me away from my "person of interest" but in the end am rewarded. Brilliant Alison!