Genealogy Workshop: Researching Your Collateral Lines

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Presentation, Genealogy

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Adult

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Presented by the library’s Special Collections staff and members of the Ranger Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), these events are free, open to the public, and appropriate for all levels of interest and experience. All levels will learn something new!

Researching Your Collateral Lines
with Cynthia Grostick

So many family researchers and genealogists focus their attention on direct lines and fail to look at the collateral lines. This is a great mistake! Join us for our January Genealogy Workshop as Cynthia Grostick teaches us what collateral lines are and why it is important not to forget or ignore them.

This presentation will be offered online via Zoom. Registration is required! Sign up below.

About the Presenter
Cynthia Grostick was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan. She first started working on her family’s history in 1995 after reviewing a publication created by a distant cousin. To improve her research skills, Cynthia joined several local societies.

Cynthia currently serves as vice-president for the Eaton County Genealogical Society and volunteers as a consultant at the Lansing FamilySearch Center. She is a member of the Washtenaw County Genealogical Society, Livingston County Genealogical Society, and the Michigan Genealogical Council. She is twice past president of the Livingston County Genealogical Society, founder and past president of the Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society, and past president of the Michigan Genealogical Council where she was presented with the Award of Merit from the Federation of Genealogical Societies for her leadership role during the Library of Michigan’s family history collection crises. Cynthia also served as corresponding secretary, webmaster, and newsletter editor for the various organizations.

On a personal note. Cynthia’s mother’s family settled in Plainfield (Livingston County), White Oak/Stockbridge townships, and Dexter (Washtenaw) in Michigan back in 1839, coming by covered wagon from New Jersey/New York. Cynthia can trace several lines of her mother’s family in the United States to the 1600s in both New York and New England.

Her father is a veteran of World War II. His father’s family came to Michigan in 1849, arriving by boat from Germany and finally settled in Genoa Township, Livingston County. His maternal side arrived in the United States by boat from Sweden in the 1870s going first to Illinois before eventually settling in Fowlerville, Livingston County, Michigan. Cynthia can trace her Swedish ancestry in Sweden back to the 1600s.

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