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UPCOMING EVENTS

July 22

Virtual Presentation "Incorporating Social History Into Your Research" by Michael Lacopo, DVM

Virtual Presentation. Please see below for the registration link.
This free evening lecture is sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, in conjunction with GRIP courses being taught that week. Family history should be more than names and dates. What motivated our ancestors? Why did they migrate? Who did they interact with? How do social customs of another ...

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