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UPCOMING EVENTS

November 14

Digging in the Digital Archive: Discovering Your Family's History in Digital Collections

Online (links coming soon)
This talk will start at 10:30 am Eastern Time. Please join us as Kristin Britanik presents a how-to guide for finding online sources outside of the major genealogy websites for Western Pennsylvania and beyond. It will give an overview of discovering free digital collections relevant to your research and ...

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