Hopping Down the Paper Trail
Date: May 18, 2025
Time: 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM
Location: Hybrid meeting - Zoom and Trinity Health Ann Arbor

Hopping Down the Paper Trail

Sara Cochran, speaker The records our ancestors left behind often lead us to other records, and sometimes take us down a rabbit hole. Learn how to scour those records for the next clue, and how to prioritize those clues so that you stay on track.

About the Speaker

Sara is a full-time professional genealogist with thirty years of research experience. Her research has taken her to nearly every state in the USA and Ireland. She especially enjoys breaking down brick walls, discovering the stories of black sheep ancestors, and helping individuals preserve their photographic legacy. Sara holds a Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate, a Bachelor's Degree in Library Science, and is an alum of the ProGen Study Group. She is a member of DAR and other lineage societies, the Association of Professional Genealogists, and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. You can find her online at TheSkeletonWhisperer.com.

Meeting Registration and Meeting Place

Registration required for attending via Zoom

  • Members are emailed an invitation to register for attendance via Zoom one week before the meeting.
  • Non-members should request an invitation (no later than 3 days before the meeting) at info@washtenawgenealogy.org.
  • There is a different "Invitation to Register" and "Join Meeting" link for each meeting.
  • Members should check their junk/spam folders for the invitation to register if it does not arrive in their inbox by the Monday before the meeting.

Meeting place. Hybrid meetings will be held at the Trinity Health-Ann Arbor Hospital, Administration Building, Education Center Auditorium, 5305 Elliott Drive, Ypsilanti, Michigan.(Building 5 on the hospital campus map), We recommend that you use Public Parking Lot P.