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Forgotten Wives, Mothers, and Spinsters: Tracing Women in U.S. Research

Tracing women in the United States is not easy, especially before 1850. Women are often hidden in the records of the men in their lives. In this class, we will discuss why women are hard to find and introduce strategies for locating and identifying women.

Finding_Original_Records_Handout_JMR.pdf

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