Webinar Library

Amy Bertsch — Two women and seven children in a rare Civil War photograph were identified as “Felix Richards Slaves” at a place called Volusia, near Alexandria, Virginia. Thorough examination of federal pension and claim records, along with local records, resulted in their identification. This handout provides a closer look at these sources.

Renate Yarborough Sanders — Though the nickname “Freedmen’s Bureau” suggests a complete focus on the formerly enslaved, this presentation highlights information about ancestors of all backgrounds – black and white.

Roccie None Hill, MA — Finding information about Native American ancestors has long been a complex endeavor for many reasons: the lack of written records by native authors, cultural differences in naming traditions, language barriers, errors in non-native records, and forced transport of indigenous peoples, individually or in groups, to distant parts of the country.

Char McCargo Bah — This lecture covers three separate pre-civil war families. Three systematic case studies will show how to locate descendants for any pre-civil war project that you might be researching.