The Fall 2023 Issue (Vol. 7 Issue 1) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. You can visit the WCGS website or access through this link - Wake Genealogy Watch, Fall2023.
Features included in this issue include:
- Several updates including news about our Homepage, Journal, and a new Board Position – Diversity & Inclusion Officer.
- The Reading
Room features a review and link to an amazing family history book written
by Brian Griffis. You will want to read The Life and Times of Lucius
Griffis (1839 – 1918) to see what Brian accomplished with his strategy
of searching way beyond the expected sources for his Wake County ancestor
who lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Barbara McGeachy shares an important FamilySearch tip for location resources.
- Instructions
to access the Upchurch Enrolled Family files online. These files hold
reams of Wake County Genealogy content.
- A focus
on the history and importance of mills in Wake County, including a link to
a fascinating five-part thesis exploring what remains of mill culture in
our area.
- Genealogy
highlights and links to the Fall 2023 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI),
- North
Carolina Maps, a collaborative digitization project that offers online
content and inspiration for your research.
- A recent
Wakecogen Blog feature on maps that provides a different look at map use
and development in our early history.
- Highlights
from our experiences with the NGS SLAM Open House in May.
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constraints. Please refer to the online edition where you can enlarge the
photos to accommodate better viewing.
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