tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820176023454345900.post8175038989935419206..comments2024-03-27T22:31:02.750-05:00Comments on a3Genealogy: Female Ancestors - A Different PerspectiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820176023454345900.post-25669787656803668912011-08-19T13:44:28.262-05:002011-08-19T13:44:28.262-05:00Heather...thanks so much for this reminder. I wil...Heather...thanks so much for this reminder. I will try to write a blog on this. Of course this was a practice that needs to be highlighted. In order to locate female ancestors we need all the tools we can get!Kathleen Brandt, Professional Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508112616184739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820176023454345900.post-78616139820196404192011-08-19T07:20:44.549-05:002011-08-19T07:20:44.549-05:00Don't forget that by the 1830s some young wome...Don't forget that by the 1830s some young women also headed to cities to work in textile mills like Lowell, Massachusetts. Thousands of young ladies worked for salaries they saved to educate brothers or themselves, or they saved their wages for marriage. Many worked the mills for more than 10 years. Most mill towns have excellent Historical Societies with amazing records.Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820176023454345900.post-64446034731649360492011-08-14T11:33:51.049-05:002011-08-14T11:33:51.049-05:00Thank you, again, Kathleen, for such a good remind...Thank you, again, Kathleen, for such a good reminder of the unconventional roles of women in our history - that are not that unusual, if we but accept that they are there. These specifics you have provided certain pique my interest! ;-)Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.com