Content
Welcome
2m 45s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 44s
Introduction
3m 3s
The Other Gold Rush
1m 21s
The Discovery
13m 5s
The Journey
13m 32s
The People
11m 14s
Impact
8m 33s
The Records
4m 48s
Announcements / prizes
4m 6s
Questions / answers
2m 54s
About this webinar
We often hear of the California Gold Rush but the Klondike Gold Rush pulled the US out of a deep depression yet you do not hear much about it. We will outline the importance of this very short Rush, plot the routes and identify locations where you can find the records of your ancestor in the Canadian Rockies.
About the speaker
Jill Morelli, CG, CGL is a “Roots” genealogist, becoming interested in family history in the 1970’s with the Alex Haley show. At that time, she just collected “stuff.” After a hiatus during which she ...
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Comments (29)
Fascinating. Thanks
Jill rules.
That was a great webinar. Anyone with an interest in history of that area would have enjoyed it. I have some relatives who went to Pierce County Washington - I need to go back to see if they were involved in the mining.
So much great information!
Very Interesting!
Very thorough and definitely convinced me that following a gold rush was NOT worth the time and effort. Thank you Jill.
was not familiar with this topic at all and she used great photos
I thought the context that Jill presented was fascinating.