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Lauren Newton

Head of Instruction
University of North Florida

Lauren Newton is the Head of Instruction at the Thomas G. Carpenter Library at the University of North Florida.

Member for

2 years 8 months

Resources Contributed

Researching Family History
This LibGuide is used when teaching a 30 minute workshop for Honors students who are required to research an immigration story from their own family tree.  They have to research their geneology to the point where they find an ancestor who immigrated to the United States. They will try to find why that immigrant came to America and whether they are part of a particular wave of migration, i.e. slavery, Irish potato famine, industrialization, etc... Since everyone's family story is unique,…
Researching Family History
This LibGuide is used when teaching a 30 minute workshop for Honors students who are required to research an immigration story from their own family tree.  They have to research their geneology to the point where they find an ancestor who immigrated to the United States. They will try to find why that immigrant came to America and whether they are part of a particular wave of migration, i.e. slavery, Irish potato famine, industrialization, etc... Since everyone's family story is unique,…