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Manifests are usually a key component to identifying an ancestor's immigration to the United States. What happens when the manifest becomes a Pandora's Box of intrigue and deception? Come find out!
We are going to break fundamental rules of genealogy as we step through, travelogue fashion, a mystery played out in a 1907 manifest. Suzanne Hoffman will explore what intriguing information you can find in a manifest.
Suzanne Hoffman "The Genealogy Maven'" is the current Vice President of the Association of Professional Genealogists, a professional Forensic Genealogist, the Secretary of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, and a volunteer at the Wilmette FamilySearch Center. Genealogy is her passion. She has been researching families for more than 25 years. Although she finds her Illinois-born husband's pioneer line a great deal easier to pursue, she still loves her mainly Lithuanian and Russian conquests of missing and indecipherable documents. She specializes in Eastern Europe and Immigration.
This program is offered in partnership with the Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society.
The Cook Memorial Public Library District serves communities in northern Lake County, Illinois: Libertyville, Green Oaks, Vernon Hills, Indian Creek, Mettawa, and parts of Mundelein.
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