Pikes Peak Genealogical Society: Cheri Daniels

When Genealogy Gets Creepy: Mourning Rituals, Photography, and Body Snatchers (via Zoom)

by Cheri Daniels

As we seek out those dead ancestors, we sometimes stumble upon details that give us the creeps.

Join us as we take a tour through the macabre side of genealogy—elaborate mourning rituals with hair from the deceased, a graveyard quilt, spooky photographs, memento mori, and the lucrative business of body snatching in the 19th century!

Cheri Daniels, MSLS, serves as director of the National Sons of the American Revolution Genealogical Research Library and Archives located in the NSSAR headquarters in Louisville, KY.

Spanning a career of over 25 years, Daniels has worked in various types of libraries and archives, with the most recent decade spent leading the library and archives department for a state historical society, editing its online genealogy publication, and producing its statewide genealogy television program.

When she is not writing, researching, and speaking on the national stage, she is producing and hosting her own podcast, BloodRoot, to share stories from her own genealogy journey.

You can learn about her personal projects and upcoming speaking engagements at genealogyliteracy.com.

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Guests are welcome to attend the meeting via Zoom.

Please request an invitation from the PPGS President@PPGS.org.

The Pikes Peak Genealogical Society meets on the second Wednesday of each month in The Venue, Library 21c, when the library is open to public, hybrid meetings (not yet). Guests are welcome. For more information, call PPLD, 719-531-6333, ext. 1252.