HistoryForge began with the idea of using historic maps as portals to information about a community. Its integration of historic maps\, census information\, photographs and archival document s provides a unique way for people to visualize and explore their local hi story through the people who lived there and the buildings and neighborhoo ds they lived in. HistoryForge also enables family historians to explore t he community context which helped shaped the lives of their ancestors. His toryForge began in Ithaca\, NY in 2016 at The History Center in Tompkins C ounty. Its founders wanted to develop a platform that could be replicated in communities across the United States. Since 2020 it has expanded in Tom pkins County and to other communities in New York and beyond.
\nJoin Eve Snyder\, HistoryForge&rsquo\;s Director\, to learn more about this un ique project and how to get involved. Eve Snyder\, PhD Eve Snyder is the H istorian at The History Center in Tompkins County (THC) and the Project Di rector for THC&rsquo\;s open-source community digital history project\, Hi storyForge. During her graduate studies\, she developed a passion for the digital humanities as a tool for increasing public engagement in history.< /p>\nhttps://acpl.libnet.info/event/8367036 URL;VALUE=URI:https://acpl.libnet.info/event/8367036 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR