Please join us on Wednesday, February 5 at 7:00 PM at the OWASA Community Center, 400 Jones Ferry Rd, Carrboro, OR ONLINE via Zoom, to hear nationally recognized speaker Diane L. Richard present  Beyond the Battlefield: Uncovering Hidden Gems in Civil War Records.   We often focus on the military service and pension records created due to the Civil War. We’ll take a quick peek at these and then dive into the records most don’t explore. If you don’t look further, you are missing out on gems like old soldier homes, voter registration, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedman’s Bank, artificial limb records, detailed maps, compensation claims, legislative petitions, relief for indigent spouses, newspapers, and more. As an event that affected every citizen, there are many records we can mine as we pursue our ancestors.