October 19, 2024
Mary Risseeuw will present a case study examining how to utilize unusual and little-used sources to help unlock the stories of your ancestors. The use of County Board Proceedings can provide leads to some fascinating details about your ancestor’s. Her examples also show how a 5 cent discarded book provided clues that helped solve a mystery and gave more context to a family tragedy. Serendipity can happen to anyone!
Mary Risseeuw is a genealogist, historian, writer, and lecturer emphasizing 19th- and 20th-century Dutch emigration and Wisconsin history. Risseeuw has been a family history researcher for several decades and serves on the Board of the Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies.
She has lectured throughout the U.S. and the Netherlands on the subject. She has a B.S. from UW-Madison and M.A. & M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University.