About the Speaker: Mary Blauss Edwards is a genealogical researcher whose genealogical interests include New England genealogy; the Blauss, Hanlon, Sironi, and Ramsdell families; Plymouth County, MA; Boston Irish, Vermont Italian and New York German genealogy; online genealogy; material culture; and gravestones and cemeteries. She is the Town Coordinator of two USGenWeb websites for Hanson, MA and Lakeville, MA, and is a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies. Prior to working at NEHGS, she worked in the archives of the John Hay Library and was a research assistant for the genealogies of rural South African families. She holds a degree in American Civilization from Brown University and a masters graduate degree in Public History from Northeastern University.