Northern Waters Genealogical Society Meeting: “Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Immigrant Passenger Lists”

The Northern Waters Genealogical Society invites you to their next meeting on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 2-3 pm, at the Boulder Junction Community Center, 5392 Park Street. A short business meeting will follow the presentation. This month’s program is “Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Immigrant Passenger Lists” with speaker Lisa A. Alzo by recorded webinar, with live Q&A at the end. Passenger lists provide key information about our ancestor’s arrival in the New World. But there are additional clues on them which you might be missing. Learn how to examine these lists more closely to get more of the story.

Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A., is a freelance writer, instructor, and internationally recognized lecturer specializing in Eastern European research and nonfiction writing. She is the author of 11 books, including the award-winning Three Slovak Women, and hundreds of magazine articles. Lisa works as an online educator and writing coach at Research Right Connect. She has been inspiring others to research and write about their ancestors for over 20 years and has presented more than 50 webinars for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

This program is free and open to the public. All persons interested in genealogy and family history, from beginner to advanced, are welcome to attend in person or on Zoom. For questions or to register for the Zoom link, please call 715-686-7339.

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