Family Research - Classes - Workshops - Consultation
Two programs are coming up. I’ll be presenting “Introduction to Genealogy and Family Research” in at least 2 locations in the coming months. First, at Wilbraham Public Library, a basic “Intro” program will take place in four sessions, one per month beginning November 19th. The second and more comprehensive program will be held at YELLOW HOUSE…
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In last night’s “Introduction to Genealogy”, I took some time to discuss the web site www.findagrave.com. I explained that it’s certainly not a “Primary Source” as the data is uploaded by volunteers who scour public records, family stories and even obituaries. Many volunteers are well intentioned and put up either their own family’s information or…
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“It’s All Relative!” That’s the title of the 3 session program I’ll be leading at the Palmer Public Library in Palmer, MA. It begins September 20th at 6 PM and continues each Thursday until October 4th. Mary Bernat, Assistant Director of the Palmer Public Library, is sponsoring the program for the library. She’ll have it…
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Usually, I’m talking to people who are trying to find their ancestors both near and distant. Usually, I’m encouraging them to seek out the older generations in their families (before it’s too late!) to get to the bottom of family stories, ask the right questions, seek out diaries, letters, photos…anything that may help shed light on…
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This starts out with some friends of ours asking us to head up to Brimfield, MA to a concert on the village green. The “FLAMINGOS” were playing music from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. The Flamingos, you should know, is a band of women…about 14, I think… who mostly play horns: clarinet, trombone, sax… Great…
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The fundraiser for the First Church in Ludlow that just completed was a very successful program. I believe that all the participants learned at least something and most picked up a lot of information regarding doing their own family research. In some cases, the participants have asked me to help them along, which is, of…
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We had a great time last night. Week 3 covered a lot of ground including becoming a detective while reading census records, soundex calculations and some free family tree software called “Family Tree Builder”. We started out with a slide of one of those “jokes” where all the letters of every word are jumbled other…
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This week has flown by…maybe because I’m getting old! But I realized that today is Saturday and Monday will be here any second. So instead of floating comfortably in the pool with Karen and guests, I buckled down and got it done. Monday night we’ll review the last 2 weeks and get into new business. …
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Today I was interviewed for a program that is broadcast on a local community channel in Ludlow, MA. I was able to talk genealogy for about a half an hour: How I became interested, how long have I been researching, where and how could someone get started and then some basics. It was an interesting…
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