Plan to join us as we resume our monthly General Meetings!

The bridge will be available at 10:30 – Join early and catch up what everybody has been up to over the summer. Our business meeting will begin at 11:00. Our educational presentation will be made by Ari Wilkins

Use the link below to Register in advance. You will receive a confirming email that contains your link to use to access the meeting on September 12. You can also use it to join the call on September 12 (after 10:30 am):

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsce6srjwvH9C3D5QKKf5vlZvMfuLLUyrj

“Reconstructing Communities Using Sanborn Maps, Census Records, and City Directories”

View the Handout for this presentation

Recreating neighborhoods can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. This lecture will demonstrate ways to build a map in Google Maps, using Sanborn Fire insurance maps, census records, and city directories.

Ari, a graduate of Louisiana State University, has been actively researching family history since 1998. Ms. Wilkins has presented at the National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Texas State Genealogical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society, Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, American Library Association, RootsTech, and a multitude of local societies.

Ari has been a Library Associate at Dallas Public Library since 2007, teaching a series of basic research classes using popular genealogical websites. She specializes in African American research.