Newspapers can provide those nuggets of in formation that can help break down brick walls or add color to our ancesto rs&rsquo\; lives. This presentation will review the major websites offerin g access to historical newspapers\, as well as search strategies for findi ng your family&rsquo\;s stories.
\nMaureen Brady\, a former school l ibrarian and computer educator\, has forty years of experience with family history research. She has traced her Scottish roots back to the end of th e 17th century and beyond and has also pursued Chicago and the Midwest\, t he trans-Allegheny U.S.\, Quebecois\, Irish\, and Swedish research. \; She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild\, and a life member of the Aberdeen and Northeast Scotland Family History Society and the Ohio\, Chicago\, and McHenry County (Illinois) Genealogical Societies. Maureen is also active in the Kentucky\, Middle Tennessee\, and Lake County (Illinoi s) Genealogical Societies\, the British Interest Group of Wisconsin &\; Illinois\, and the Chicago Scots Scottish Genealogical Society.
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