NCGS January 2023 Program: “Diaries, Journals and Calendars: Preserving and Document Your Ancestor’s Day-to-Day Life” by Melissa Barker

NCGS January 2023 Program: “Diaries, Journals and Calendars: Preserving and Document Your Ancestor’s Day-to-Day Life” by Melissa Barker

Webinar: Preserving Your Ancestor’s Textiles and Handmade Treasures
Speaker: Melissa Barker
When: Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 10:30am Eastern

Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-CurTgsGdI5XUbnLncVW5UlvNKXrR8B

Program Description:
Many of our ancestors recorded their day-to-day lives in diaries, journals, and calendars. Learn how to extract all the wonderful genealogical and historical information contained in these sources and how to physically preserve them for the next generation.

Speaker Bio:
Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 19 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 33 years.

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