Events

Exit, Enter, Commit: Emigration, Immigration, and Naturalization explores the historical movement of people from Europe to North America, examining emigration records from European departure points, immigration documentation at U.S. and Canadian ports of entry, and the evolving U.S. naturalization process. The presentation reveals how citizenship requirements have evolved and highlights surprising historical facts, such as specific conditions ... Read more

A review of modes of transportation and routes across the nation and time, and how to apply it to your map.  This is a basic "How did my ancestors get here from there?"

"Arrrggghh! Piracy on the Great Lakes" is a historical dive into the nature of piracy as it existed in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries on the Atlantic Ocean and how the concept of illegal activity on water evolved over time, and how that played out on the Great Lakes during its own period of ... Read more