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SUMMARY:Roommates & Spinsters: Exploring LGBTQ+ Family History
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DESCRIPTION:October is LGBTQ+ History Month. Join us as we explore LGBTQ+ 
 family history and the ways that we can honor\, acknowledge\, and identify
  our queer ancestors. Our family trees can expand to include them!.\nhttps
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Trans\, and Que
 er folk have always been a part of our history and family stories. The con
 firmed bachelor or spinster aunt in our trees may not have been single. Pe
 rhaps they did have partners but there is no legal documentation or family
  acknowledgement. This class will explore census\, newspapers\, obituaries
 \, military records\, photographs\, and archives for clues on our LGBTQ an
 cestors. We will also explore LGBTQ History and many individual stories gi
 ving context to the available records. Discovering our LGBTQ ancestor&rsqu
 o\;s stories enriches our entire family history.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Stewart
  Traiman is a professional genealogist\, a graduate of ProGen #49\, a publ
 ic speaker\, and blogger. He began building his genealogy skills as a teen
 ager by interviewing his great-grandmother\, grandmother\, and mother abou
 t their Nicaraguan roots. He has maintained the oral history of his family
  for decades. When he married\, he took on the new adventure of researchin
 g his husband&rsquo\;s Ukrainian and Polish Jewish immigrant ancestors. He
 &rsquo\;s researched both his children&rsquo\;s biological origins back to
  Colonial America and Western Europe. He&rsquo\;s also accomplished client
  research with Irish\, Swedish\, German\, and other records covering the 1
 7th to 21st centuries.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Stewart has been a volunteer with
  the California Genealogical Society since 2014\, serving six years on the
  Board of Directors\, with five years as recording secretary. He published
  the monthly CGS eNews for eight years. He continues to volunteer with CGS
  on the Digital Archive Committee. For more information see <a href="https
 ://sixgen.org/">SixGen.org</a>.</p>\nhttps://cooklib.libnet.info/event/106
 87607
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