| When: | Saturday, January 6, 2024, 10 am to 12 noon |
| Where: | Virtual meeting via Zoom (open to public) |
| Subject: | Finding Buried Secrets |
| Title: |
Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida – a Genealogical Webinar |
| The paternal grandparents of Anne Hanson were highly secretive about their pasts—so much so that no family member was able to fill in this branch of their family tree. Family historians encountered one brick wall after another which altogether presented a mystery that seem impossible to resolve. In her recent book, Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida, Anne Hanson tells the story of how she solved the family mystery. In her presentation to the Bucks County Genealogical Society, Anne will share what she learned when she unraveled the tangled skein of names, dates, locales—separating real data from false data. Her presentation will review her investigative techniques and the primary sources in a quest that lasted nearly 50 years. Frank and Ida’s photo collection, unseen for decades, had a crooked photo of a grave on a hillside which provided the tiny, key piece of evidence that allowed her to begin tearing down the wall that hid her grandparents’ true identities.
Registration for this program opens on Monday, January 1, 2024 for both members and non-members.
Members, use the link in the email you will receive on Monday, January 1 to register, or log into the website, go to Members Only and select Meeting Registration. Member registration fee is $5.00.
Non-members, use this link beginning on Monday, January 1, either to register as a non-member for $10.00, or to join BCGS and register as a member for a total fee of $25.00.
This presentation will be recorded. Only members who have registered for this program as members will be able to view it for 30 days following the program date, by logging in to the website and selecting "Meeting registration" from the Members-Only menu. |
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| Speaker: |
Anne Hanson |
| Anne Hanson, an inveterate explorer of the unknown, has always followed when her curiosity beckoned. She crossed the ocean for her African Studies degree, and as a reporter would drive endless miles across town to get the story. Finally, when investigating her grandparents’ secrets, she journeyed into a bygone century, her vehicle painstaking and detailed research. Anne has written for the Boston Globe and numerous newspapers, as well as for corporate publications and the New England Historic Genealogical Society’s American Ancestors magazine. Although she loathes first drafts, Anne loves whipping unfinished writing into shape. When she is not sleuthing or writing, Anne, a lover of food, foreign languages, and local history, can often be found photographing plants and trees during open-air exercise sessions, or creating art with repurposed objects. During the day, she works for a software company. Her favorite authors include English novelists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries such as Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, and Barbara Pym. A Wesleyan University graduate, Anne grew up in suburban Philadelphia, where she attended Quaker schools. She now lives with her husband just outside Boston, Massachusetts. |
