The Farmer Takes A Wife

Genealogy Research on Women in Rural Areas

Virtual Genealogy Class. What about the farmer's wife in genealogy? Learn about resources to help you with your research about women in rural areas.

This is a virtual class presented by the PCCLD Local History and Genealogy Dept. with guest teacher Gena Philibert-Ortega. "He was just a farmer," is a common lament, but what about the farmer's wife? Sources and material culture can help reconstruct her life. Learn about virtually unknown resources and repositories including the USDA Library, farm newspapers, and more.

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Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is Genealogy, Social and Women's History. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women's Studies) and a Master’s degree in Religion. Her published works include two books, numerous articles published in magazines and online, as well as five editions of the Tracing Your Ancestors series from Morsehead Publishing. She is the editor of the Utah Genealogical Association’s magazine, Crossroads. Her writings can be found on her blogs, Gena’s Genealogy and Food.Family.Ephemera as well as the GenealogyBank and Legacy Webinars blogs. She has presented to diverse groups worldwide including the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series. Her current research includes women's repatriation and citizenship in the 20th century, foodways and community in fundraising cookbooks, and women's material culture.

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