New Program Helps Residents Research Family History
September 9, 2024
• The Norfolk Registry of Deeds created a program to make doing research into ancestors easier.
A rapidly growing hobby in the US today is the study of genealogy, and those who pursue it know how valuable land records can be. However, they might not realize all that the Registry has to offer. The office of Norfolk County Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell has four dedicated computers that allows residents to access genealogy websites. TNC Municipal Producer Yuxiao Yuan spoke with Register O’Donnell about it in this past week’s edition of the “Needham Channel News.
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