Tarheels: Genealogy in Colonial Virginia and the North Carolinian backcountry

Do you have roots in the founding of the New World in North America? In this class you will learn how to trace your ancestry through the swampy lowlands and virgin wilderness of the Old Dominion and back country North Carolina. From deed mapping to ethno-mapping, you'll learn to glean your story from among the criminals, contractors and cavaliers of the 17th century Colonial South.