👥 5 Genealogy Centers Make it Easy to Research Family History on Vacation (AARP Article)

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👥 5 Genealogy Centers Make it Easy to Research Family History on Vacation (AARP Article)

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Centers provide access to documents and genealogists for one-on-one assistance.

By Cheryl Maguire, AARP. Published October 18, 2024.

While on a camping trip with her husband to Salt Lake City, Lori Erickson decided to visit the famous genealogy center called FamilySearch Library. “That first ignited my interest in my Scandinavian roots,” she says. After her mom died in 2020, Erickson at 59 wanted to learn more about her relatives. “I had a sense for wanting to pass down a record to my kids.”

She decided to write a book about her Norwegian ancestry, The Soul of the Family Tree: Ancestors, Stories, and the Spirits We Inherit. While researching her heritage, she visited the Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library in Madison, Wisconsin.

https://www.aarp.org/travel/vacation-ideas/history-culture/info-2024/genealogy-center-vacations.html

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