10 min

Ancestors' Stories Part 2 & Finding Ancestors' Journals Your Pennsylvania Ancestors

    • History

Genealogist Julie Medlock Flake shares the story of her Irish ancestors in the late 1700’s and and what the trials of their lives taught her. Most of what Julie learned was found in letters the family wrote to one another. Denys then tells you how you could find your ancestors in letters and journals in archives.
Denys also checks in on the 14 Days of Journaling project. Join other family historians in taking time each day for 14 days to capture this moment in history for future generations. To sign up to participate, go to PAancestors.com.
Links
Julie Medlock Flake, Heart Genealogy https://heartgenealogy.com
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collection Libraries (PACSCL) main site: pacscl.org
Philadelphia Area Archives Research Portal (PAARP)
How to Navigate Finding Aids on PAARP

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Make a discovery about your ancestors? I’d love to hear about it!
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Music: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson in 1788 in Philadelphia, www.amclassical.com, Creative Commons license, some rights reserved.
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Genealogist Julie Medlock Flake shares the story of her Irish ancestors in the late 1700’s and and what the trials of their lives taught her. Most of what Julie learned was found in letters the family wrote to one another. Denys then tells you how you could find your ancestors in letters and journals in archives.
Denys also checks in on the 14 Days of Journaling project. Join other family historians in taking time each day for 14 days to capture this moment in history for future generations. To sign up to participate, go to PAancestors.com.
Links
Julie Medlock Flake, Heart Genealogy https://heartgenealogy.com
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collection Libraries (PACSCL) main site: pacscl.org
Philadelphia Area Archives Research Portal (PAARP)
How to Navigate Finding Aids on PAARP

Subscribe to PA Ancestors Discoveries Newsletter
Make a discovery about your ancestors? I’d love to hear about it!
Have a question on how research in PA? Submit it here for the Research Q & A
Become an Inner Circle Member and get exclusive content while supporting the podcast
Catch-up on all the past episodes
Music: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson in 1788 in Philadelphia, www.amclassical.com, Creative Commons license, some rights reserved.
Support the show

10 min

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