Women do not simply appear in records—they cross legal thresholds. Trace women’s stories through the law and discover how centuries of legislation restricted, reshaped, and recorded women’s rights. Using maps and timelines, we will explore the laws that most affected women’s records and see when those changes may have influenced your ancestors.

 

Sylvia Tracy Doolos has pursued genealogy for more than forty-five years and has worked as a professional genealogist for the past fifteen years as the owner of New Leaf Genealogy. She is President of the Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England Family History Society (WISE) and Past President of both the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) and the Colorado Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (CAPG). She is actively involved as a genealogical volunteer with both the Denver Public Library and the Carbon Valley Library and is a member of several other genealogy societies.

 

Sylvia is a proud graduate of ProGen 48 and holds a B.A. in History with a minor in English focusing on linguistics and how changes in language affected historical record keeping. She was recently named the recipient of the Birdie Monk Holsclaw Award by the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies (CCGS).