Read All About It! Techniques to Find Your Ancestors in the Newspapers

Newspapers were the first form of "social media" and captured more than just obituaries. From birth announcements to crime reports to land sales, this lecture will delve into the wealth of information that can be found in newspapers. This class will show you how to discover your ancestors' stories using various newspaper collections.

ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88267310153

Melanie McComb is a Senior Genealogist at American Ancestors. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Oswego. She is an international lecturer who teaches on various topics including colonial through twentieth-century American military research, genetic genealogy, Atlantic Canadian, African American, Jewish, and Irish genealogy. She is a blogger, known as The Shamrock Genealogist.