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Steamboat on the Mississippi

Researching the Deep South

Online
June 10, 2021 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET

Do you have ancestors from the Deep South? In this webinar, Genealogist Ann Lawthers will address key challenges in researching families from South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana and offer tips and solutions for getting ahead. Topics include migration and settlement patterns, what to do when vital records are not available, how to leverage land, probate, and tax records, and finding confederate records. The session concludes with tips for conducting African American research in the region.