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My guest today, Lisa Maguire of Ancestory, gave us a wonderful preview of a new way to look at our family history using the tools of Micro-history. As she’ll share in her talk for Projectkin later this week, this approach lets us ask new questions about the life experiences of our family members.

To join us, please register for your free Zoom link. shared some of this background in my post last week:

During our conversation today, Lisa added a few more examples of where the tools of micro-history can add revealing new insights to the stories of ancestors. She gave two fabulous examples from David Shaw’s work,

In this piece, David’s drawn from his knowledge of regional flora to share stories about Union Cemetery. In other pieces he draws on his experience in the field of archeology.

Lisa also referenced this example in her mention of stevedores in Quebec City, and the role of the Irish community in the city:

Lisa’s approach lets us see how micro-history differs from family history narratives peppered with historical context. I hope you’ll join us for her talk on Thursday (or Friday in your area) to learn how your work can create artifacts that feed a better historical understanding of the life and work of our ancestors. See you then.

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