Do you have a box or several albums of old family pictures that you are not quite sure what to do with? Do you have letters and maybe other documents from your grandparents or great grandparents that are important to you to preserve and share? Are there family stories that need to be written down for your grandchildren? Or perhaps you just want to find out more about your ancestors and are not sure where or how to begin.
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UMRA events.
The UMRA Family History Interest Group started in October 2020. The idea is to learn how others have researched their family history and what they have done with the important pieces of their family history — how they have preserved it, how they have shared it and how they use it.
During 2024-2025 the UMRA Family History Interest Group will continue to meet by Zoom on selected Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. Our sessions will be:
November 6, 2024: Rebecca and Earl Scott: "An African American Family History"
January 8, 2025: Vicky Gaylord: "My Experience Donating Family Belongings" and Craig Swan: You Never Know What You Might Discover"
March 5, 2025: Will Craig on findings from city directories. alumni news, etc. and Laura Ericksen on Roots Tech.
May 7, 2025: Open Discussion, general questions, answers and sharing
Please contact Lynn Anderson <[email protected]> or Craig Swan <[email protected]> to get on the email list for the FHIG.
Links to upcoming events, and resource handouts are below. See all Family History events and recordings, both upcoming and past.