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Come join Peter McCracken, his first presentation with our Merrimack Valley Chapter.
"Doing ship research can be tricky, however, especially Ships play a critical role in genealogy, from a tool by which our ancestors emigrated, to places where they worked, served, or played. Vessel research can lead to meaningful insights into the experiences of our ancestors: for example, knowing the history of a naval ship on which an ancestor served, even if the ancestor is not mentioned in that history, can tell us something important about their life experiences. Discovering a journal kept by someone who was on the same immigrant voyage as our ancestor could lead to remarkable insights about our ancestors’ past. Or, adding a picture of the cruise ship our grandparents sailed on during their honeymoon can add a nice touch to a printed family history. when so many vessels share the same name."
About Peter , He holds an MA in Maritime History and an MLS in Library Science, will share a range of ways
of searching for information about ships - from his own ShipIndex.org website to historical newspaper databases and more.
Peter will show ways of searching for books and journal articles about ships (or any subject) even when you don’t have access to large subscription databases. Peter McCracken is co-founder of ShipIndex.org, which he started with his brother in 2009, Since 2016, he has been an electronic resources librarian at Cornell University. Peter earned a BA from Oberlin College, an MS in Library Science from the University of North Carolina, and an MA in Maritime History from East Carolina University. He worked as a reference librarian at East Carolina and at the University of Washington, before starting a library service company called Serials Solutions in 2000. The company established an entire marketplace in the library industry, was an immediate success, and was acquired by ProQuest in 2004. Peter received the Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award from the American Library Association in 2011, the UNC School of Information and Library Science Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012, and a Sea History Award of Appreciation from the National Maritime Historical Society in 2014. He has published multiple scholarly articles in librarianship, and wrote a quarterly column in Sea History about “Doing Maritime History Research Online” for twelve years.
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