Digging Deeper with Military, Pension and Probate Records

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Digging deeper with record sets that are hard to access and challenging to analyze can add so much to our family's story. Digitization is gradually improving our chances of finding legal records that list family members and associates, the contents of our ancestor's homes, and details of our ancestor's livelihood and lifestyle. Learn more about less commonly used resources, the surprising secrets they can reveal, and how to access them online or order copies of them.  

Presented by genealogist Diane MacLean Boumenot. Diane MacLean Boumenot specializes in southern New England genealogy research, including work on her own ancestors, who were among the original settlers of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She publishes her genealogy adventures on her website, One Rhode Island Family. In 2018 she co-authored, with Maureen Taylor, the National Genealogical Society's NGS Research in the States volume, Research in Rhode Island. Diane speaks locally and also on Legacy Family Tree Webinars. She holds a B.A. in American History and English from Wesleyan University. Diane is also a graduate of ProGen 28. 

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