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Mapping Your Family History

Join us for a FREE virtual program on May 22 at 6:30 p.m. ET!

Bring Your Family History to Life with Maps! Discover how to unlock hidden connections and visualize your ancestors' journeys with Mapping Family History! This engaging genealogy class will show you how to use maps as powerful tools for research and storytelling. Learn to:

-Plot Property Ownership – Map all your ancestor’s residences.
-Use Sanborn Maps – Pinpoint ancestor residences and find missing
residences.
-Plot Homesteads – Reveal relationships between multiple homesteads.
-Map Immigration Routes – Follow your ancestors’ footsteps across the
globe.
-Chart Disasters – Understand how historical events impacted your family.
-Track Military Service – Visualize stations and deployments.
-Explore with Google Maps/Earth – Take a virtual tour of hometowns and
the properties your ancestors owned.

Whether you're breaking down brick walls in research or just want to see history come to life, this class is a must for every genealogy enthusiast. Join us and map your family history like never before!

Genealogist Susie Wickman currently works at Colorado State University Pueblo (CSUP) as a grants specialist. Susie has a BSBA from University of North Dakota and an MA from American Military University in Emergency and Disaster Management. She is a published children's book author and has been teaching genealogy classes since 2017. Susie began her interest in genealogy when she received a box of family photos after her parents died in 2002. She is passionate about genealogy and enjoys sharing her knowledge of ways to write and map family history. Susie is currently teaching a class at the university to encourage and help veterans document and write their
military stories.