This talk will help illustrate how to move beyond the traditional sources of just names and dates and use social history to learn what a typical day, or not so typical day, was like in your ancestor's life. What did your ancestors eat or wear, what was their daily life like, why did they do the things they did? Discover where to find a variety of resources that answer these questions and provide rich context to bring your ancestor's history to life. 

 

Pamela Guye Holland is a professional genealogist located in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Her research specialties are Irish and Genetic Genealogy. She also has expertise in New England, New York (both city and state) and German research. 
She has been conducting genealogical research since 2001 and works with private clients, as a Research Services genealogist at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and as a Green Room genealogist for Your Irish Heritage. 
Pamela is a member of many organizations including the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, The Irish Ancestral Research Association (RIARA), The New England Historic Genealogical Society, and the Massachusetts Genealogical Society. 

 

She was a  First Place winner in the  Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Writing Contest, in 2012; for the article “It Started with a Cough: A Month of Mourning for the Ritter and Blackett Families Living in Boston Highlands, Massachusetts,” published in MASSOG 36 (Fall 2012): 83-92.