This winter do a little digging into your family tree. Genealogy research doesn't have to be overwhelming and it doesn't have to be expensive. In this program, genealogy researcher Linda B. MacIver will review the "big three" resources for genealogists of all levels: Internet Archive, Digital Commonwealth, and the Digital Public Library of America. Linda will also introduce us to a few of her favorite places to research your family history.

About Linda:

Linda B. MacIver is an educator, lecturer, librarian and genealogy researcher. She recently retired from a 27- year career at the Boston Public Library where she inaugurated the BPL patron genealogy classes. She taught the multi-week beginners’ genealogy course, organized two extremely popular seasons of the Local and Family History series and developed the Intermediate Genealogy Summer Lecture series. Linda is past Secretary and Civil Records Director for Federal Records for the Massachusetts Genealogical Council and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) and the Essex (MA) Society of Genealogists (ESOG.) She serves as the New England Representative for the Essex (England!) Record Office. Linda has a BA in History from the University of New Hampshire, an MEd from Boston University and earned her MSLIS at Simmons College.

Linda was the 2018 recipient of the Richard S. Lackey Scholarship to the Genealogical Institute for Federal Records (GEN-FED) and the inaugural recipient of the 2019 Senior at the Center of Excellence Award sponsored by Xerox Corporation and the City of Boston.