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How I Used Genealogy to Solve a 200-Year-Old Mystery

2024-05-14 19:00:00 2024-05-14 20:30:00 America/Chicago How I Used Genealogy to Solve a 200-Year-Old Mystery The Urbana Free Library - Online

Tuesday, May 14
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-05-14 19:00:00 2024-05-14 20:30:00 America/Chicago How I Used Genealogy to Solve a 200-Year-Old Mystery Join Greg Girolami to learn about Margaret Bryan, a woman of science! The Urbana Free Library - Online

Join Greg Girolami to learn about Margaret Bryan, a woman of science!

Margaret Bryan, an educator and author who lived 200+ years ago in England, has long been one of the mystery women of science. As headmistress of a boarding school for young ladies, she wrote two well-regarded textbooks on astronomy and physics. Despite 200+ years of interest in her life, no information had been available about when and where she was born, her maiden name and the names of her parents, husband, and children, or when and where she died.

Greg S. Girolami, William and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will give a talk at the Champaign County Genealogical Society's monthly meeting about Margaret Bryan. Greg’s talk will be a detective story: it will describe how a small clue led to a trail of historical records.

This event is free and open to the public. A recording of the presentation will be made available to CCGS members following the event.

This event is co-sponsored by the Champaign County Genealogical Society.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Local History & Genealogy | Adult |

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