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Family History Research
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Researching the Deep South
Learn about researching your ancestors from South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana and get tips and solutions for getting ahead.
Family History Research
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Baxter Lecture: The True Cost of Colonization, American History from an Indigenous Perspective
Boston Public Library President David Leonard welcomes scholar and a politically, socially, and culturally active member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Paula Peters to discuss the romanticized myth of the Pilgrims' arrival and the true cost of colonization from the perspective of the indigenous people.
Family History Research
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Out to Sea: Researching Mariner Ancestors in New England
For many living in New England during the 17th through 19th centuries, their livelihood and even survival was inextricably linked to the sea.