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Arsenic and Old Letters: Why Preserve Your Family's Documents? In-Person
Poor Sally Randall...she died of arsenic poisoning at the age of 30. There was an exhumation of her body, and suspicion fell on her widowed husband and young maid, who was obviously with child. However, a grand jury failed to indict the pair because all evidence was circumstantial. The husband and maid went on to marry, had children, and died decades later. Is this the plot of a novel? No, it is a murder mystery from 1839 found in a letter from one brother in New York to his brother in Ohio. The investigation into the story behind the letter revealed family ties to significant people and national history. What would you find in your family's documents? What is in those boxes of letters, those journals, old photos? Do you really want to keep that old foreign language Bible with some names in it? What about those scrolled up diplomas? If you keep them, how do you preserve them? Come learn the story of poor Sally Randall and learn how to preserve your family's history.
- Date:
- Thursday, January 23, 2020
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Large Meeting Room
- Branch:
- Middlefield Branch
- Categories:
- *Do Not Use*