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UPCOMING EVENTS

March 13

Planning a Trip to Your Ancestors' Homeland

Virtual Meeting at 10:30 am Eastern Time.
If you've thought about visiting your ancestral homeland, as a tourist or to further your genealogy research, planning is essential. Barry Atkins will share what he learned from organizing his own trip to Slovakia so that you can start your research and planning now and be ready when it's safe ...

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