In support of NEA Big Read with Sandy Spring Museum, our next Transcribe-A-Thon will involve transcribing genealogy and family history documents from our collection. The Sandy Spring Museum’s NEA Big Read project revolves around Yaa Gyasi’s historical fiction novel Homegoing, where Gyasi covers over two-centuries of intercontinental history through glimpses into the lives of two Ghanaian sisters—one trafficked into slavery in the United States, one married to an English governor in West Africa—and their descendants. Similar to how Homegoing follows the genealogy of two separate family lines, many Sandy Spring residents over the years have also attempted to record their own family history in order to preserve these stories for future generations. For this Transcribe-A-Thon, we will be transcribing various notebooks and genealogy records for families with long histories in the Sandy Spring community, including the Stabler, Brooke, and Bentley families. Come join us as we explore these family histories and discover their long ties to Sandy Spring! NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.