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Genealogy Club

Searching for Charles

"Searching for Charles" is a dramatic and surprising account of the hidden life of an unhistoric man. This program is part of our 'Write it Down!' genealogy author series.

Genealogist Stephen Watts will walk us through the process of compiling and researching his family narrative, Searching for Charles.  What started as a project to archive a family’s genealogy files became an insightful window into the life of Charles Watts, one of the millions of Dickens-era working-class English emigrants who risked everything for the possibility of better opportunities in distant lands. Charles Watts left London and, after four years of adventure in America and Canada, became an Illinois prairie pioneer.

This program is part of our Write it Down! genealogy author series. Prize drawings will be held at the end of the event.  

This program is available in a Zoom webinar format. A link and handout will be sent a day before the event. A reminder will be sent an hour before the event.

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