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Connections in Unlikely Places: A WWII Genealogy Story

by Phyllis Trager, Volunteer, Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
May 23, 2012

Many patrons arrive at the Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy with questions and something more. Often it is a letter written long ago, an address of a deceased cousin, or a sepia toned photograph from 1930. All are talismans from which patrons begin their family research.

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NYC Reads: Books on the Subway

by Phyllis Trager, Volunteer, Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
April 14, 2011

"I hope you are not here because you like to read." It was the opening salvo for my interview with the admissions director at the University of Maryland's Graduate School of Library & Information Services. I don't remember what, or if, I countered. It was 1967.

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