Tracing your family’s lineage can be a treasure hunt (or maybe a wild goose chase when you hit a brick wall). This week’s #FridayFind, however, isn’t quite so metaphorical.

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Gotlieb Mayer’s descendants, for example, can find his craftwork on display at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. As a silversmith and jeweler, Gotlieb left behind a significant material record. You can check out some of his work here: https://shorturl.at/HLQS3

Have you ever found a physical item your ancestor crafted at a museum or otherwise? Send us an email at emma@backlog-archivists.com

Dmitri Schmidt

Tracing your family’s lineage can be a treasure hunt (or maybe a wild goose chase when you hit a brick wall). This week’s #FridayFind, however, isn’t quite so metaphorical.

Last week’s find was the craftwork of a silversmith. This week’s #FridayFind is how you can find said craftwork.

Since 1790, the U.S. census has been a once-in-a-decade tradition of data collection. But this week’s #FridayFind highlights a rare exception to this long-standing statistics-gathering routine!

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