Whether you’re just starting your research on your New England ancestors or are a seasoned veteran, you’ll enjoy our November meeting. As a sequel to her presentation to us last spring, Diane MacLean Boumenot, CG, will present “Changing New England Records in the 1800s.”

Just as some New Englanders left their declining farms and headed west, industrialization arrived in New England and our ancestors’ lives and records changed forever. The days when deeds and probate would solve genealogical problems gave way to a dizzying array of new census collections, state mandated vital records, poorhouse, prison and asylum records, sturdier cemetery markers, and military pensions. Let’s reteach ourselves as we trace our 1800s ancestors.

Diane MacLean Boumenot, CG, specializes in southern New England family history research and publishes genealogical guidance on her website, One Rhode Island Family. In 2018 she and Maureen Taylor coauthored the National Genealogical Society’s book “Rhode Island” (part of the NGS Research in the States series). She is currently serving as the editor of Rhode Island Roots, the quarterly journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society.

Join us on Wednesday, November 6 at 6 p.m. as we welcome Diane back for a virtual presentation on Zoom.

(This presentation will be recorded and archived in the Members Only section of our website for 60 days.)