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Trace Your Family Home’s Story with Tech and Heart
Feel a curious pull to your ancestor’s home? This class will help you unlock the history of family places through practical research and storytelling. You will learn a step-by-step process for uncovering a home’s past, a treasure hunt that will capture your imagination. Follow a case study and learn where to look—title abstracts, fire insurance maps, city directories, and local archives. Utilize AI-powered analysis. Discover crowdsourcing tips and how to weave facts into vivid narratives that honor the emotional power of place. See examples of simple yet compelling videos to share stories with others. This session blends step-by-step guidance with inspiring examples. Note: this class draws from U.S. examples and sources, but many of the principles will apply to other locations.
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Finding Your Ancestral Homestead
Every family historian wants to visit their ancestral homestead. Changing street names, landscapes, and boundaries can make this task difficult. This online lecture will discuss resources for identifying an ancestor’s address and provide practical skills for finding its current-day location using land deeds, maps, surveys, directories, and other records.
