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15 December 2026

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Eastern)

When our ancestors packed their bags and crossed an ocean or state line, someone always stayed behind—and those people may hold the keys to a family's story. It may be FAM Club members such as a sister who never left the old country, a grandfather buried in the hometown cemetery, or descendants of relatives still living in an ancestral community. Or it could be FAN Club members such as witnesses, sponsors, and neighbors. Those "left behind" create a rich paper trail of records, relationships, and perhaps even memories. 

In this webinar, we will explore how to leverage:

• Records– death, probate, deed, cemetery, church, newspaper, and more
• The FAM Club– direct and collateral relatives
• Locations and Mapping– cluster research, plotting family movements, identifying ancestral neighborhoods to understand migration patterns and find remnant communities
• The FAN Club – squeezing the most out of every remaining friend, associate, and neighbor left behind whether dead or alive

Learn to flip your research strategy by looking at who did not move—because sometimes the best way forward is to look back at those who stayed put.