Do
you have a pedigree with your female ancestors listed as Mary, Rachel and
Phebe…no last names
or perhaps one of your male ancestors listed with a wife UNKNOWN? Your pedigree
stops
there
and you now have a brick wall.
Prior
to the 20th century, many women didn’t have an identity of their own…they were
tangled with
father or husband and in some places, were not allowed to own real estate in
their own names
or to sign legal documents. When they married their name changed … sometimes
multiple times
making them harder to find and so they get listed in genealogies by their given
name and
typically with an approximate date of birth and death. They have been referred
to as our “invisible
ancestors.”
The event is free and open to the public.
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