Family Research - Classes - Workshops - Consultation
At the November meeting of the Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society (WMGS), we listened to a presentation titled, “CSI Gravestones: Causes of Death.” Although that may sound a bit on the morbid side, one of the details that most genealogists look for is the cause of death. The intriguing nature of this presentation was the highlighting of…
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The Chicopee Public Library at 449 Front Street in Chicopee, Massachusetts has been designated a Family History Center by the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS). These are the folks who bring us billions of genealogical records to research at their website Family Search and they do it for free! On Thursday, 19 November 2015, representatives…
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Today was the first NERGC delegate meeting in which Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society was officially involved. I’ve been a delegate for NEAPG for quite a while and attended today. But WMGS is now officially a “Participating Society” for the 2017 NERGC conference (New England Regional Genealogical Conference) being held at the MassMutual Conference Center in…
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We’re all talking about NERGC here in the North East. NERGC? So what’s NERGC? It’s the acronym for the New England Regional Genealogical Consortium. NERGC orchestrates a biennial conference at strategic cities here in New England. Now it’s not RootsTech..nowhere near the size. I believe RT had approximately 30,000 registrants this year, give or…
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Here’s a short hint regarding a search I was having some difficulty with. The family name is “LISIEWISCZ” which, as I’m sure you can imagine, has a wide variety of spelling possibilities. After all, “speeiln duzn’t cownt” right? So the point of the search was to find the obituary for a 1932 death. The obituary…
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I’ll readily admit that I have not been a regular user of Heritage Quest. As a matter of fact, I would avoid it. Probably because I didn’t know how best to take advantage of it. When I did go there, it was usually at the library where I volunteer and occasionally teach or lecture on…
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Today I want to share with you a blog, “The Legal Genealogist” by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL who writes an amazing amount of information, all of which is useful and interesting to genealogists. She is a lawyer, but speaks and writes in English, not “lawyer” so she’s easy to understand. She is also…
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Genealogy Road Show has a lot going for it. They are able to cover many more family stories in a single episode than WDYTYA (either US or UK) and Finding Your Roots with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Not that the others aren’t worth watching. Quite the contrary. I enjoy the stories and I enjoy hearing how…
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If I’ve ever prepared for a monthly meeting of WMGS, it’s this month’s meeting. It will be our 4th virtual meeting, each with an increasing level of technology and the resultant learning curve. We’ve had some high profile guests in virtual environments over the past year interspersed with local genealogists. For example, Maureen Taylor, the…
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This is getting a little frustrating! I’ve put up…or tried to put up…a few new posts. Then POOF! They’re gone and I can’t find them. And WordPress can’t find them! But, I’m going to just soldier on and hope for the best. Lots of interesting things are going on. That was the inspiration to post…
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