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Letters and postcards are some of the most personal and revealing resources available to genealogists.  They provide a rare opportunity to hear ancestors voices, document family connections, and record daily experiences.  This presentation led by Kathryn Lake Hogan explains why correspondence is important for family history, showing how postmarks, greetings and even silence can offer valuable clues.  Strategies for finding correspondence within families, in archives and through public collections will be explored.  Postal geography will be covered, demonstrating how routes, postmarks and addresses align with patterns of family migration.  Finally, participants will learn how to correlate correspondence with census records, directories and vital records.

Kathryn Lake Hogan, UE, PLCGS, is a professional genealogist and educator with deep roots in Canada. The founder of Looking4Ancestors, Kathryn graduated from ProGen 4 and the International Institute for Genealogical

Studies, earning professional learning certificates in English and Canadian genealogy.  She is currently pursuing accreditation with ICAPGen.