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Researching Your Female Ancestors - In-person

for Women's History Month!

2025-03-22 14:00:00 2025-03-22 15:00:00 America/New_York Researching Your Female Ancestors - In-person Learn about the resources to get started in this program led by Chiquita Sorrels, President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County, Maryland chapter. Wheaton Library -

Saturday, March 22
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-22 14:00:00 2025-03-22 15:00:00 America/New_York Researching Your Female Ancestors - In-person Learn about the resources to get started in this program led by Chiquita Sorrels, President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County, Maryland chapter. Wheaton Library -

Learn about the resources to get started in this program led by Chiquita Sorrels, President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County, Maryland chapter.

Because married women took their husband's names, it can be difficult to find out what the wife's birth surname was and therefore difficult to trace the woman's family.  The presentation will discuss sources for finding that information.

Questions about this program? Contact the Library at 240-777-0678. This program is funded by the Friends of the Library Montgomery County (FOLMC). 

On our website, we have linked Heritage Quest online ("Rich resource for genealogists, including Census and U.S. military records and full-text family and local histories. Help with printing Census records").

You can find it on this page, under 'Genealogy': https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList

You'll need an active MCPL card account to access this resource.  Don't have a card right now?  No worries!  Find out how to Get a Library Card.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures and Discussions |

TAGS: | Women's History Month |

Wheaton Library

Phone: 240-777-0678

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