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Ancestry/Genealogy

murielm99

(32,146 posts)

8. I am a retired librarian.

Reply to duncang (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 03:50 PM

Sep 2024

People used to come into the library all the time to do genealogy research. One that stands out in my mind is an old photo of one woman's family. They were dressed in their traditional clothing and standing in front of the ship that brought them to the New World. The picture was a delight. The woman knew a lot about her family here, but not about what drove them to leave Europe.

The new tools like 23 and ancestry must make it so much easier to do the research.