EDUCATIONAL CLASSES
Classes/Courses/Conferences/Presentations
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MSOG is pleased to offer educational programs about genealogy to the public through libraries and other venues. In this section you will see a calendar showing the Program Schedule, a Program Description of the various classes being offered, and a link to Class Handouts. |
SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMS
| Date/Time | Class/Sponsor | Location | Registration |
| October 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | Beginning Genealogy MSOG, Inc. & Auburn Public Library |
Auburn Public Library | Please call the Auburn Public Library to register for handouts. We ask that everyone bring a bag lunch for an informal lunchtime question and answer session. |
| November 7, 2009, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Getting into Genealogy Bristol Chapter MSOG & Dighton Public Library |
Dighton Public Library Dighton, MA |
Call 508-669-6421 to register. |
| November 14, 2009, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | Beginning Genealogy MSOG, Inc. & Southboro Public Library |
Southboro Public Library | Please call the Southboro Public Library to register for handouts. We ask that everyone bring a bag lunch for an informal lunchtime question and answer session. |
| January 16, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (with a snow date of January 23, 2010) | Intermediate Genealogy MSOG, Inc. & Westboro Public Library |
Westboro Public Library | Please call the Westboro Public Library to register for handouts. A brown-bag lunch is recommended due to time constraints and will include an informal 'question and answer' session. |
| March 13, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | Beginning Genealogy MSOG, Inc. & Senior Center in Brookfield |
Brookfield Senior Center | Please contact Pat McGrath to register for handouts. We ask that everyone bring a bag lunch for an informal lunchtime question and answer session. |
| April 10, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | Intermediate Genealogy MSOG, Inc. & Holden Library |
Holden Library | Please call the Holden Public Library to register for handouts. A brown-bag lunch is recommended due to time constraints and will include an informal 'question and answer' session. |
| April 24, 2010, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | Getting Into Genealogy Merrimack Valley Chapter MSOG, Inc. & Amesbury Public Library |
Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, MA | To register, please go to the Calendar of Events on the Amesbury Public Library's website at, http://www.amesburylibrary.org or call 978-388-8148 |
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
| GETTING INTO GENEALOGY (An Introduction) This two hour presentation will provide sufficient information on how to get started in genealogy and family history. The program is designed to establish partnerships with local libraries and, if available, showcase the genealogy holdings in that library. Libraries are urged to contact any MSOG Chapter President or MSOG Board member to set up a program. |
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| Contact: Chapter President for (Martha's Vineyard, Middlesex, Worcester, Bristol) |
Length of Program: 2 Hours |
| BEGINNING GENEALOGY An introduction to genealogy that covers guidelines for recording information, filling out the most common genealogy forms, home sources, interviewing relatives, organizing everything, and choosing genealogy database software. An afternoon session covers common primary sources (those created at or near the time of an event by a person who had reasonably close knowledge of an event) such as vital records (birth, marriage, death), tax and voting records, funeral/cemetery records, and census. |
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| Contact: Chapter President for ((Martha's Vineyard,Middlesex, Worcester, Bristol) | Length of Program: 5 Hours |
| INTERMEDIATE GENEALOGY Delve into proper internet research and useful websites for locating your ancestors. Also covered in this class are secondary sources, Secondary sources are records created a significant amount of time after an event occurred or by a person who was not present at the event. While both types of sources are important in genealogy research, primary evidence usually carries more weight than secondary evidence, and it is important to know which type of evidence you are viewing! Everyone is asked to bring a bag lunch for an informal lunchtime question and answer session. |
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| Contact: Chapter President for ((Martha's Vineyard, Middlesex, Worcester, Bristol) | Length of Program: 5 Hours |
| WRITING COURSE |
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| Contact: TBA | Length of Program: TBA |
CLASS HANDOUTS
Access to various class handouts is through User Name and Password. This information will be given to class attendees sometime during the class. Handouts are available for the following classes.