Whittier Area Genealogical Society

Honor your veterans this Veterans Day weekend with FREE ACCESS to our entire WWI and WWII record collections. Explore more than 350 million records through Monday night: https://www.fold3.com/go/freeaccess

📖 2024 McMurtry Lecture

Join us on Monday, November 11, at 7 p.m. ET for the 2024 McMurtry Lecture with renowned Civil War historian Brian Matthew Jordan, Ph.D.! 📅 Add to your calendar and don't miss his lecture, "Held in War's Grasp: The Ordeals of Veteranhood after the Civil War."

Discover the harrowing struggles faced by Civil War veterans as they returned to civilian life, drawn from Dr. Jordan's extensive research on veteran correspondence, medical records, and pension files. Don't miss this powerful exploration of how the war's legacy impacted its survivors.

🖥️ Attend virtually or in person at ACPL's Main Library Theater.
🔗 Registration required: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/11873955
📧 Questions? Email us at [email protected]

Brian Matthew Jordan is Associate Professor of U.S. Civil War History and Chair of the Department of History at Sam Houston State University. Professor Jordan earned his undergraduate degree in Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College (working under the tutelage of Gabor Boritt and Allen Guelzo) and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in History at Yale. His first book, Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, was a finalist (one of three runners-up) for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History and, in its dissertation form, won the George Washington Egleston Prize (for Best U.S. History Dissertation at Yale) and John Addison Porter Prize.

Join us next week on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, from 1-3pm for our Life Story Writers Group meeting on Zoom!

This is our only Writers Group meeting this month due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81774621194?pwd=eHRlYVg5aHRWa0hZWm5ibDgwQUYzUT09

This month's writing suggestions can be found here:
https://wagswhittier.org/blog.php?sid=2

Hope to see you there!

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Coming up in under an hour, "Divorce: Not a New Phenomenon" presented by Christine Cohen part of the
Christine Johns Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrwLSgLQm_0&list=PLEqK4ICkQWXTcHb2eaLFDq-T2z-mCMuUW

Unlike many books you’ll pick up to read, a genealogy book is rarely read cover to cover. Instead, it is used as a reference book for researchers to locate information on specific ancestors. Download our free download to help you learn the basics of genealogical formats in your family history research! https://hubs.ly/Q02VRf6G0

Did someone in your family live in an almshouse? Find out more about the UK's oldest form of social housing with our guide:

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WikiTree Day & Symposium Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Suncoast Genealogy Society Pomona Valley Genealogical Society Join me in November 2024 at virtual presentations!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:WikiTree_Symposium_2024 Have you registered yet? A 3 day FREE event@WikiTree Day & Symposium WikiTree

Join us today at 1pm for our Life Story Writer's Group Meeting!

Current Writing Suggestions can be found here:
https://wagswhittier.org/blog.php?sid=2

Come join us for our monthly meeting and speaker this Saturday, October 19, 2024! This month, Sunny Jane Morton will speak about Church Records.
This is a hybrid meeting, so you can join via Zoom or join us in person.

To join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85313717684?pwd=cjdEN3FFTHhsZDZsNndlYmZORTBHZz09

To join in person:
Sorensen Public Library Meeting Room
6934 Broadway Ave
Whittier, CA 90606

Hope to see you there!

We're so excited for our October program! Register at the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdOqhrDMsGtHfpjBOai3lafOTq3pni6GF

Join me Oct 17th 4PM PT Avon Lake Public Library https://alpl.org/

Come join us for our monthly meeting and speaker this Saturday, October 19, 2024! This month Sunny Jane Morton will be speaking about Church Records.

This is a hybrid meeting, so you can join via Zoom or join us in person.

To join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85313717684?pwd=cjdEN3FFTHhsZDZsNndlYmZORTBHZz09

To join in person:
Sorensen Public Library Meeting Room
6934 Broadway Ave
Whittier, CA 90606

Hope to see you there!

Tune in at 4:30pm (EDT) daily for the countdown!
Today, host Azure Rae Robinson is chatting with symposium speaker, Christine Cohen! Christine Johns Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8FpgAUCZU&list=PLEqK4ICkQWXQbJ5aw1jjE9TyRFTsnpBBA