Annual Meeting and Conference
Salter College
184 W. Boylston Street (Route 12), W. Boylston, MA
(Plenty of FREE Parking)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Program
9:00 – 9:30 Registration, Continental breakfast, Fellowship, Visits to Vendor Booths
9:30 – 10:00 Business Meeting (IF more time is needed, we will resume before the Door Prize drawing)
10:00 – 11:00 "Where The Best Genealogical Research Is: Internet vs. Print Genealogy" by Martin E. Hollick. He will discuss his purpose in writing his book New England Families in the 1600s, as well as how libraries index genealogical materials, the impact of the Internet on genealogical research, and the sources contained in New England Families. Martin Hollick is a reference librarian at the Harvard Law School Library. He holds an M.S. from Simmons College in Library and Information Science, and an A.B. from Bowdoin College. He lives in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. His articles on genealogy have been published several leading journals. Martin is also the associate editor for the Mayflower Descendant. He will also be selling and signing his book.
11:00 – 11:15 Visits to Vendor Booths
11:15 – 12:15 “Forensic Genealogy for Your Unsolved Family Mysteries” by Sharon Sergeant. This presentation illustrates how the same methods that solved the Misha Defonseca international Holocaust fraud can be used to take a fresh look at your own brick walls. Sharon Sergeant has specialized in large complex case studies, leveraging many under-utilized resources, such as maps, newspapers, transportation system, directories, property and financial records. The Defonseca case illustrates how important visual time lines can help you ask the right questions, mine the data and consider adding DNA methods.
12:15 – 12:30 Visits to Vendor Booths
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch Buffet
1:15 – 1:30 Visits to Vendor Booths
1:30 – 2:30 “Organizing Your Family History On Your Computer” by Rhonda McClure. This talk offers suggestions for how to organize your scanned photographs and documents and looks at creative ways to keep track of all those family stories you have transcribed. Rhonda R. McClure, a 20-year professional genealogist specializing in New England and celebrity research as well as computerized genealogy. She is author of The Genealogist Computer Companion, Finding Your Famous and Infamous Ancestors, and Digitizing Your Family History.
2:30 – 3:30 Business Meeting continuation (if needed) followed by Door Prize drawings & Conference Wrap-up.
Lunch
Lunch is optional. Bring your own lunch or purchase the buffet lunch for $12.00. The buffet lunch will consist of assorted wraps & sandwiches: turkey, grilled vegetable, chicken Caesar & Italian Foccacia as well as pasta, potato & tossed salads, assorted chips, beverages, bars, cookies & brownies. Please mark your reservation form accordingly.
All registrations for the conference and all reservations for lunch are to be received no later than October 8, 2008.
Directions
From the Auburn area (western suburbs): I-290 EAST towards Worcester. Merge onto I-190 NORTH (Exit 19) toward Route 12 Holden/Fitchburg. Take Exit 4 to the traffic light; bear left onto Route 12. 1.5 miles to the 2nd traffic light. Salter College is in the shopping plaza on the left at this light.
From the Marlboro area (eastern suburbs): I-290 WEST to Exit 23B onto Route 140 toward Boylston. Stay on Route 140, going around the reservoir to the traffic light at the intersection of Routes 140 and 12. Turn left onto Route 12. 1.5 miles to the 2nd traffic light. Salter College is in the shopping plaza on the right at this light. OR Continue on I-290 getting onto I-190 heading toward Route 12 Holden/Fitchburg and follow the directions under ‘Auburn’ above. (Route 140 is a slower, more scenic route).
From anywhere else: Follow whatever direction from Route 495, Route 9, Route 20, Route 146 or the Mass Pike that connect to I-290 and then follow whichever of the above is appropriate.
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