“Revolutionary and Civil War Research: New and Overlooked Resources”

Explore the resources available, online and off, getting to know more about your Revolutionary and Civil War ancestors—and if they were from New Jersey, you may be in for some surprises. Michelle D. Novak will share her favorite collections and sites for researching records including Fold3/Ancestry and the National Archives, the New Jersey State Archives, the DAR Library in Washington DC, and the New York Public Library, among others; and share some examples from her personal research files.

Michelle is a brand-designer (mnd.nyc), historian, genealogist, and teacher. She holds a master’s degree in Archives and Preservation from Rutgers University, a BFA from RISD, a Certificate of Genealogical Research from Boston University’s CE program, and certificates from Gen-Fed and GRIP. Michelle is a Trustee for the Genealogical Society of Bergen County (GSBC), NJ, and a former Trustee of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ). She also served as Grant Administrator for the GSNJ New Jersey Early Land Records Project at the New Jersey State Archives; as editor of the GSBC’s national award-winning newsletter, “The Archivist;” and is involved with numerous transcription, indexing, publicity, and digitization projects.

You must register to attend, meeting registration will close on November 10, the meeting link and handout will be emailed on November 12.