MGS ~ Impacts on Your Family: Sudden Deaths, Disasters, Epidemics & Events: 35 Examples with Peg Kapustiak

Our program speaker, Margaret (Peg) Kapustiak, will present in person “Impacts on Your Family: Sudden Deaths, Disasters, Epidemics & Events: 35 Examples”.

 

Ideas, websites and sources, with how-to’s for research on your family which may have been impacted by a series of deaths or injuries in a very short time.  The Influenza of 1918 is the most well-known example, but we have over 35 more examples, plus websites’ sources for ideas.  Maybe you have examples you can share of sudden deaths in your family? 

 

Margaret (Peg) Kapustiak’s presentations and handouts are designed to provide you with extremely practical tips, ideas, links and sources.   She has been a Genealogist/Family Historian for 47 years and has researched her family history in the Chicago area, the Midwest, New England, and New York state plus ten countries in both Europe and Asia, when she lived overseas.  She has provided over 190 talks to organizations both nationally and internationally in the past 25 years.  She is the author of one book and 56 research articles and currently volunteers at five historical/genealogical organizations. She is currently writing a book on Venice, Florida history for their 100 Anniversary of incorporation as a city.

 

Members of the public are welcome to attend. Guests attending via Zoom must register at least one day in advance by emailing: info@mgsfl.org.  Participants attending in person will meet at the Manatee Central Library, which is located at 1301 Barcarrota Blvd West, Bradenton, Florida 34205.  The Manatee Central Library Auditorium will open at 9:45 a.m. for in-person attendees. 

 

The Zoom meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. EST.

 

Immediately following the meeting, we will begin our “Members Helping Members” session.