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Where Did They Come From? Where Did They Go?: An Overview of Institutional Records


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Our ancestors, like all of us, had their strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures. They may have been pillars of the community or lived on the fringes of society, or have been healthy their entire lives or battled disease. Orphanages, asylums, maternity homes, sanitariums, penitentiaries, and more institutions were some of the first and last places our ancestors may have spent their lives. In this webinar, we will cover the different types of records these institutions created, what they can tell us about our ancestors, and where we may be able to find them.

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