| Please Join Us for our educational classes to learn more about researching your family roots! (offered online via Zoom and in person at HQRL) Thursday, July 24, 2025 11am to 12pm PDT Introducing American Ancestors This program introduces the viewer to American Ancestors – who we are, what we do, and how we can help you. With a focus on what is available to virtual viewers, this program talks about navigating our website, exploring our databases, finding subject guides, research templates and more. Our online accessible collections cover a wide range of genealogical records from the 17th to 21st century and span geographic locaƟons from New England, the rest of the United States, as well as Canada and Europe. Our services include online courses, Ancestry, our tree platform, online chat as well as Research for hire. Join this program to learn how American Ancestors can help you accomplish your genealogy goals.  Claire Vail Claire Vail has twenty years of experience as a digital marketing and content strategist for high-profile institutions in higher education, publishing, and media. Before joining American Ancestors, she was Director of Web Communications at Tufts University, where she oversaw the implementation of large-scale website redesign and content management implementation projects for several Schools, including the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Claire has a master’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University and a second master’s in English literature from the University of Delaware, with a concentration in eighteenth century British and American studies. Her ancestry is Northern Italian (though Ancestry insists she’s actually French and German), British and Irish. Her interest in family history stems from finding her great grandmother’s name on a ship manifest from Palermo, a single line that listed her as “housewife” and “illiterate.” Claire is hoping to continue researching her ancestry back as far as possible, and to visit Udine, the town in the Friuli region of Northern Italy, to meet her cousins and learn more from them about the family. CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP |
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