Last evening the members of the Genealogy Club of Newtown thoroughly enjoyed Leslie Albrecht Huber’s lecture based on her new book, The Journey Takers. The well thought out PowerPoint presentation seamlessly wove her personal journey in tracing her German and Swedish ancestors with their difficult choices and their journey to America. The presentation included helpful research tips and interesting information that included use of maps, making sure you know not only the hometown of your European ancestor, but where they attended church, utilize parish and village histories, a reminder that original records can be wrong, always verify information, be flexible with spelling – even though you might have it correct, the original record might be wrong and therefore won’t come up in your search. And last but not least, Leslie made the case that it is the responsibility of each of us to document and share the stories of our ancestors as well as our own.
Leslie Albrecht Huber is a delightful young woman who is an accomplished genealogist and a passionate and entertaining speaker. Thank you, Leslie, for sharing your time and knowledge with the Genealogy Club of Newtown. We all left the meeting energized to better document our families.
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