PREMIUM VIDEO & SHOW NOTES: Finding women in your family tree prior to 1850 can be very challenging. In this video and cheat sheet you’ll discover the three steps (and lots of websites) that will lead you to learn more about your pre-1850 American female ancestors. This is the last in the series of special presentations by genealogist Gena Philibert-Ortega. 

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Related video and show notes: Researching Women’s Work

About My Special Guest Presenter: Gena Philibert-Ortega

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women’s history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women’s Studies) & a Master’s degree in Religion. Her published works include 3 books, numerous articles published in magazines and online, & Tracing Female Ancestors (Moorshead Publishing). She is the editor of the Utah Genealogical Association’s magazine, Crossroads. Her writings can also be found on the GenealogyBank blog.  She provided genealogical research for the first season of PBS’s Genealogy Roadshow & the Travel Channel’s Follow Your Past. Her current research includes women’s repatriation and citizenship in the 20th century, foodways and community in fundraising cookbooks, & women’s material culture.