🗓 Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Hollin Hall Senior Center, Room 218 (In-Person Only)
👩🏫 Presenter: Sharon Hodges
🔍 Topic: Reading About the Past: Using Letters, Diaries, and Journals
Letters, diaries, and journals are some of the richest firsthand accounts of history we can discover. Even if your family didn’t leave behind these treasures, don’t overlook them! They can reveal the daily life, values, and communities of the times and places where your ancestors lived.
Professional genealogist Sharon Hodges will guide us through the power of these sources, offering tips on where to find them and how they can add depth to your family history research. With more than 25 years of experience as a genealogist, author, and lecturer, Sharon has shared her expertise across the U.S. and is a past president of the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society.
✨ Join us for this engaging session and discover how everyday writings from the past can unlock stories about your ancestors and their world.
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