Family History Workshop

Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG® is giving three sessions at the Family History Workshop.

Session 3: Who Hid the Body? Finding Your Ancestor's Place of Burial

Why is it important to find a person’s place of burial? Because it’s the end – the final event in a life and an essential ending for that person’s story. The burial place may offer insight to a person’s life or unexpected information, but it’s not always easy to find. Learn how to track down an ancestor who seems to have vanished after death.

Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG® is giving three sessions at the Family History Workshop.

Session 2: West by Water, West by Wheel: How 19th Century Immigrants Traversed the United States

Exactly how did our ancestors travel from their homeland to where they ultimately settled? What routes were taken, what was the cost, and what restrictions were faced along the way? We’ll explore 19th century transportation options, tracing immigrants’ path from ports of departure to entry ports, and finally to their destinations across the American West.

Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG® is giving three sessions at the Family History Workshop.

Session 1: Emigrating is Hard. Migrating is also Hard. Immigrant Settlement in the American Midwest

The push-pull factors that brought immigrants to the United States were the same factors that caused them to later migrate within America. Finding the answers to "why then" and "why there" is as important as learning their names and vital dates. With those answers we gain meaningful understanding of our ancestors' actions that shaped their past and our future.

Kevin Zepper is giving a session at the Family History Workshop.

Our Writing, Our History: A Writing Workshop

This session will cover the importance of personal writing and the role it plays in shaping history. The value and practice of writing for everyone will be discussed. Session participants will write given prompts from the instructor.