FREE BCG-SPONSORED WEBINAR
“From Despair to Cargoes of Hope: WWII’s Displaced Persons”
by C. Ann Staley, CG®, CGL®
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Many immigrants entered the U.S. under the Displaced Persons Act. Based on specific criteria, eligible displaced persons (DPs) could be admitted to the U.S. if they would not become a public charge and have safe and sanitary housing and employment without displacing some other person. The displaced person or refugee was the concern of the International Refugee Organization. The U.S. created the Displaced Persons Commission to oversee the act’s enactment. Is your ancestor named in the record sets created? The presentation will discuss the history of the act and the records created as a result of the act.
C. Ann Staley, CG®, CGL®, has spoken regionally, nationally, and at sea. She serves as the Membership Chair for the Genealogical Speakers Guild; on the faculty of The International Institute for Genealogical Studies; a volunteer on a number of the National Genealogical Society committees; and as a volunteer of the Florida State Genealogical Society. She served previously on the board of the Association of Professional Genealogists and has taught at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR). Ann is the author of articles for the NGS Magazine and is the co-author of the NGS Research in the States Series: Florida. Ann has been researching her family from Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, and Virginia to France, England, Ireland, and Germany.
BCG’s next free monthly webinar in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree Webinars is “From Despair to Cargoes of Hope: WWII's Displaced Persons” by C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL. This webinar airs Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
When you register before May 20 with our partner Legacy Family Tree Webinars (http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=9367), you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Anyone with schedule conflicts may access the webinar at no charge for one week after the broadcast on the Legacy Family Tree Webinarswebsite.
“BCG promotes continuing education as essential for competent family history research,” said President David Ouimette, CG, CGL. “We appreciate this opportunity to provide webinars focused on standards that help genealogists and family historians build their knowledge and skills and hone their craft.”
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Lisa S. Gorrell, CG
BCG News Release Coordinator
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