| When: | Saturday, August 1, 2015, 10 am to 12 noon |
| Where: | David Library of the American Revolution |
| Subject: | Understanding and Using Quaker Records |
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An overview of the structure and content of Quaker records, with emphasis on meeting records as sources of family history. We will use actual examples to trace individuals through the records. Learn about the procedures and implications of disownments. Learn the difference between a meetinghouse and a meeting. Bring your questions! For a printable flyer, click here! This program is the one originally scheduled for March 2015, which was cancelled due to parking issues. |
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| Speaker: | Christopher Densmore, Curator, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College |
| Christopher Densmore is the Curator (Director) of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, the depository responsible, with Haverford College, for the preservation and research use of the records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Baltimore Yearly, along with sole responsibility for the records of New York Yearly Meeting. Densmore is the author of Red Jacket: Seneca Orator and Diplomat (1999), co-author of Quaker Cross Currents: Three Hundred Years of the New York Yearly Meetings (1995), other books and numerous articles. He frequently lectures on Quaker topics, particularly about the Underground Railroad. He serves on the boards of the Friends Historical Association, the Records Services Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Kennett Underground Railroad Center, and is current Vice President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. Mr. Densmore has forty-two years professional experience as an archivist. | |
| Photos: | View photos of the meeting by clicking here. |