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Researching Your
Steamboat Ancestors
This presentation is designed for intermediate to advanced skill level genealogists. Attendees learn how to conduct and manage large scale research projects. Through the use of steamboat crews as an example, attendees also learn how to approach unusual or difficult topics.
Steamboating on the Missouri
Provides audience members with a multi-faceted look at the history and development of the steamboat trade along the Missouri River. This presentation can be updated to reflect details for specific locations.
Crossing the Plains: Researching Your Overland Trail Ancestors
This presentation is suitable for genealogists all of ages. Have you ever wondered what the experience was like for Overland trail ancestor? In this presentation, attendees learn how to locate and evaluate primary and secondary source material to add context to their ancestors' journey, but from the perspective of a historian.
We Are Now in Indian Territory
An examination, based upon primary source documents, of Overland trail emigrant’s attitudes towards Native Americans. This presentation explores how gender and the concept of change over time impacted these attitudes.
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