Finding Your Delco Roots

This free seminar will look at locations in and around Delaware County for genealogical research. It is useful for anyone interested in family tree research, and for historical sites, societies and commissions that want to do research on the families and buildings in their areas. Barbara Selletti will give an overview of various places throughout the area to do research. Margaret Jerrido and Judity Giesberg will give their talk, Last Seen: Using Information Wanted Ads to Conduct African American Genealogy. Sarah Horowitz will explain what is available at Haverford College's Quaker and Special Collections.

Speakers:

      Barbara Selletti, Genealogist, Neumann University

      Margaret Jerrido, Mother Bethel AME Church

      Judith Giesberg, Villanova University

      Sarah Horowitz- Head of Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College

Light refreshments will be available between 8:30 and 9 am and during a 15 minute intermission.

Registration required- please go to https://delcoplanning.ticketleap.com/heritage-commission-2020-annual-seminar/