New Information in Genealogy
The Indiana State Library has recently hosted two genealogy workshops. This fall the Indiana Genealogy and Local History Fair had vendors selling county history books, introductions to county libraries, and genealogy supply vendors. The best part, this year, were the three speakers. The first speaker, Marianne S. Wokeck, gave a presentation on “What Was in it for Women? The Role of Female Immigrants and Settlers.” The second speaker, Dani Pfaff, gave a presentation called “Indiana Land Records: Not for the Faint of Heart.” After lunch the third speaker, Andrew Kossack, spoke on “Access to Public Records Act Essentials.” While the speakers were there to talk about genealogy, I found that most of their information would fit in with some of … Continued