Staggers – Greene Connections

Finding the Women in Our History

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Candice Buchanan

Greene County, Pennsylvania is featured in this Library of Congress Video Presentation. – Watch and learn as we delve into the past with the women from our local history and family trees. Understand the challenges involved in uncovering their stories. Celebrate the details – big and small – that the records reveal about their lives, families, and communities. The lessons learned from these local women will help us to find our female ancestors wherever they lived.

Category: Archives, Case Study, Cemetery, Census Records, Civil War, Courthouse Records, Family History, Featured, Health, Love Story, Waynesburg College, Women, World War ITags: Civil War, Green Mount Cemetery, Lazear, Staggers, Suffrage, Waynesburg College, Women, World War I

In Search of Grandma Elizabeth

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Candice Buchanan

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This is the lesson of a missed clue that unraveled the story of a female ancestor. Follow along in the search for Grandma Elizabeth Mary (Garber) Staggers of Greene County, Pennsylvania.

Category: Case Study, Cemetery, Census Records, Courthouse Records, Family History, Featured, WomenTags: Garber, Staggers