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Mahwah Museum Society Inc

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Mahwah Museum Hosts &ldquo;Starting Your Family Tree&rdquo; with Cathy Moran Hajo on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 7:30 pm &nbsp;Mahwah, NJ &ndash; Heading into Thanksgiving gatherings and the winter holidays? It&rsquo;s the perfect time to connect with family and discover your roots! Join historian Cathy Moran Hajo for Starting Your Family Tree, an introduction to beginning genealogical research. Discover how to turn holiday conversations into rich oral histories by interviewing relatives, organizing home treasures, and navigating online genealogy databases and DNA tools. Whether you&#39;re curious about your ancestors&#39; origins or looking for a meaningful family project to start around the holiday dinner table, this session will give you the practical tools and confidence to begin building your family tree. About the speaker:&nbsp;Cathy Moran Hajo is a historian, archivist, and editor who works as the editor and director of the Jane Addams Papers Project at Ramapo College and was previously the associate editor of the Margaret Sanger Papers. She has a Ph.D. in History from New York University and is a graduate of Mahwah High School and Ramapo College of New Jersey and focuses her work on women&#39;s history and digital history. &nbsp;She has curated several exhibits at the Museum, including Mahwah&rsquo;s Herstory Exhibit (2016), &nbsp;A College Comes to Mahwah (2019), and The Gilded Age in the Ramapo Valley (2026). She is the vice-president of the Museum and serves as its Archives Director. Reserve your spot using this form to receive event details and help us plan seating for this educational evening.

Mahwah Museum Hosts “Starting Your Family Tree” with Cathy Moran Hajo on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 7:30 pm  Mahwah, NJ – Heading into Thanksgiving gatherings and the winter holidays? It’s the perfect time to connect with family and discover your roots! Join historian Cathy Moran Hajo for Starting Your Family Tree, an introduction to beginning genealogical research. Discover how to turn holiday conversations into rich oral histories by interviewing relatives, organizing home treasures, and navigating online genealogy databases and DNA tools. Whether you're curious about your ancestors' origins or looking for a meaningful family project to start around the holiday dinner table, this session will give you the practical tools and confidence to begin building your family tree. About the speaker: Cathy Moran Hajo is a historian, archivist, and editor who works as the editor and director of the Jane Addams Papers Project at Ramapo College and was previously the associate editor of the Margaret Sanger Papers. She has a Ph.D. in History from New York University and is a graduate of Mahwah High School and Ramapo College of New Jersey and focuses her work on women's history and digital history.  She has curated several exhibits at the Museum, including Mahwah’s Herstory Exhibit (2016),  A College Comes to Mahwah (2019), and The Gilded Age in the Ramapo Valley (2026). She is the vice-president of the Museum and serves as its Archives Director. Reserve your spot using this form to receive event details and help us plan seating for this educational evening.

Mahwah Museum Society Inc

Starting Your Family Tree

201 Franklin Turnpike

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