Middling Folk: Three Seas, Three Centuries, One Scots-Irish Family
Middling Folk: Three Seas, Three Centuries, One Scots-Irish Family
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The Hammill family moved from North Ayrshire, Scotland to Northern Ireland, then to various locations throughout North America. Linda Matthews, a Hammill family descendant, thoroughly documents a multigenerational middle-class family’s journey, and conveys the history of ordinary people.
This event is co-sponsored by the Newberry Library’s A.C. McClurg Bookstore.
Recorded Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at The Newberry Library.