Tama County Historical Society Museum. TAMA-GRUNDY FILE PHOTO

TOLEDO-The Tama County Historical Society will host author David Connon for a conversation about finding Civil War ancestors on Wednesday, August 9, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St. Toledo, Iowa.

David Connon has spent nearly two decades researching dissenters in Iowa: Grinnell residents who helped on the Underground Railroad, and their polar opposites, Iowa Confederates. He shares some of these stories with audiences across the state through the Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau. He worked as an interpreter at Living History Farms for eleven seasons.

Connon is a member of Sons of Union Veterans, an associate member of Sons of Confederate Veterans, and a member of the Des Moines Civil War Round Table. His articles have appeared in North & South Magazine, Iowa Heritage Illustrated, Iowa History Journal, Illinois Magazine, and the Emerging Civil War blog.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information about upcoming Tama County Historical Society programming, visit www.tamacountyhistory.org.