Cluster Research

Discovering You're Related to the Whole Block

Join archivist and librarian Jessica Trotter for tips, tricks, and examples of how researching ?the neighborhood? can provide valuable insights into family history.

As Aristotle noted, “Man is by nature a social animal” – he has family and society, and throughout history, has moved with them. This is true even researching in and around a system meant to extinguish familial bonds, like the institution of American slavery. Join archivist and librarian Jessica Trotter for tips, tricks, and examples of how researching “the neighborhood” can provide valuable insights into family history.