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| Title | Presenter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Records and Research in New York State, 18th-19th Centuries: Looking Beyond Vital Records | Amy Rose Ward, MSc | November 20, 2025 7:00 pm |
| English Poor Law Records before 1834 | Amy Harris, PhD, AG ® , FRHistS | October 16, 2025 7:00 pm |
Records and Research in New York State, 18th-19th Centuries: Looking Beyond Vital Records
Presented By: Amy Rose Ward, MSc on November 20, 2025 7:00 pm
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How do you research a family when vital records do not exist? This presentation will go beyond the conventional focus on vital records by exploring other types of documentation that exist for New York State during this time period.
Amy Rose Ward received her BS degree in History from Utah State University. In 2022 she completed her Masters in Genealogical Studies from University of Strathclyde. She is currently working to become accredited in the New England region through ICAPGEN. She has worked in the FamilySearch library in Salt Lake City as a research specialist, and has presented several webinars about FamilySearch and other topics. Amy enjoys doing client research, and is especially passionate about writing family narratives. She serves the Utah Genealogical Association on several committees. She also is the president and founder of her community’s orchestra program in Morgan, Utah where she plays violin and viola. She loves hiking, biking, and skiing in the beautiful Utah mountains. Amy and her husband, Jeff, have five children.
English Poor Law Records before 1834
Presented By: Amy Harris, PhD, AG ® , FRHistS on October 16, 2025 7:00 pm
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The Old Poor Law, or Elizabeth Poor Law, was a national system of poor relief in England and Wales between the late sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This webinar covers the main poor law records generated between 1601 and 1834 and how they reveal details about property relations, migration, illegitimacy, marriage, and employment. We will also discuss how to access the records and use them effectively in genealogical research. Content, examples, and case studies will concentrate on the years between 1662 and 1834.
Amy Harris, PhD, AG ® , FRHistS is the current Family History Program Coordinator at Brigham Young University. She has published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, in the Genealogists’ Magazine, and on the history of genealogical practices. Her historical research focuses on families, women, and gender in eighteenth-century Britain. Her first book, Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England (Manchester, 2012) explored sibling relationships and their connections to political and social ideas of equality. Her most recent book, A Single View: Family Life and the Unmarried in Georgian England (Oxford, 2023) is a case study of family life from the perspective of those who did not marry, married late, or did not have children. Amy is a professor in the BYU Department of History where she teaches history and family history/genealogy courses.