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New England Genealogical Resources Before 1845 and Three Rhode Island SearchesSaturday, November 23, 10:30-11:30 am, virtual via Zoom Social half-hour at 10AM This talk focuses on New England records and genealogical resources before 1850. It includes civil and vital records kept by churches and towns, military records, compiled indexes of records from many sources, and collections of genealogies of some families or town founders. Use of such records will be demonstrated with a search that began with no knowledge of my maternal grandfather’s parents or ancestry and led to discovery of his many colonial ancestors. Sally Wood Sally’s interest in genealogy began 30 years ago when her father asked her to update a 1982 Wood family history written by his second cousin that that started with the 1774 arrival on Prince Edward Island. She has researched colonial ancestors in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts as well as other family branches from PEI, Nova Scotia, and Ireland. In 2019 she was inspired to join the SMCGS by the “Sharing Stories” contest and has worked with the New England SIG. Recently she began phased retirement from her position as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University and looks forward to having more time for genealogical research and writing. Register hereRemembering Bo CraneWe recently lost one of our enthusiastic and energetic local historians. Bo has done talks for SMCGS and led tours for us around the historical sights in Menlo Park. Bo Crane, Jr. 06/23/1950 - 08/21/2024 Bo Crane (Robert L. Crane, Jr.) passed away on August 21, 2024 He served on the boards of Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA), Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST) and Menlo Park Historical Association, contributing to their newsletters, writing several books and leading walking tours of historic houses. Full obituary here And read some of Bo's posts here. Bo's books are in our library: The Life and Times of Dennis Martin, 979.469 CRAN 2016 The Streets of Menlo Park 979.469 CRAN 2018 Sharing Stories 2024 (click to start) | FLASH ALERT!The SMPL, in conjunction with SMCGS, is now a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Find out more about the resources at these libraries here. Upcoming public events
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