Western Pennsylvania was settled by succes sive waves of people from the mid-18th century onward. These people -- mos tly from the far corners of Europe -- brought with them their languages\, their beliefs and their culture. \; Lured to Penn's Woods first by amp le land\, then by jobs in industries like coal mining and steel manufactur ing\, these settlers melted together and formed a new land. \; In "Whe re Yinz From?\," genealogist Trish Buben of Stonycreek Genealogy will shar e about some of these different groups of people -- where they came from\, how they got to western Pennsylvania and how they shaped the region. \; \;
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Trish Buben of Stonycreek Genealogy is a professio
nal genealogist living outside of Pittsburgh with her family. \; A sou
thwestern Pennsylvania native\, Trish has focused much of her research on
the Pennsylvania counties of Somerset\, Bedford and Cambria. \; Trish
holds certificates of completion from courses at GRIP\, IGHR and is a grad
uate of ProGen 67. \; She also holds a bachelors of arts in History fr
om Penn State University. \; She is a member of the \;North Hills
Genealogists\, the Western Pennsylvania \;Genealogy Society and the As
sociation of Professional Genealogists. \; \;She is currently the
coordinator for ProGen 69.