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Subject: [MANORFOL] MGC Annual Seminar July 14, 2007 Marlborough,Massachusetts
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:48:36 -0400
Early Registration Period for MGC Annual Seminar Extended to July 1, 2007
Massachusetts Genealogical Council Annual Seminar
Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
The Conference Center at Marlborough, Massachusetts
http://www.massgencouncil.com/images/200706MGCflyer.pdf
The Massachusetts Genealogical Council is pleased to announce that it
will extend the early registration period for its annual seminar to
Sunday, July 1, 2007. The early registration period features a
discounted entrance fee of $65 which includes a continental breakfast, a
full buffet lunch, access to the vendor hall, and five concurrent
lecture tracks. MGC welcomes to its annual seminar its own members,
members of its supporting societies, and the general public. The
complete program and registration form are online at
http://www.massgencouncil.com/program2007.html.
The Annual Seminar features the dynamic Marcia Iannizzi Melnyk, who has
taught beginning and advanced genealogy courses for over fifteen years.
She will present four topics:
· Getting the Most from Land and Probate Research
· Revolutionary and Civil War Military Pension Records
· Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Tapping into the Knowledge of Others
· Investigating the Dash (1842-1928): Following an Ancestor from Cradle
to Grave
MGC and several of its supporting societies are also sponsoring lecture
tracks on specific topics.
· The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) is providing four
lectures on starting Irish family history research: Birth, Marriage, and
Death Records in Ireland; Griffith's Valuation; Adminstrative Districts;
and It's Time to Meet the Ancestors.
· The New England Chapter of the African-American Historical and
Genealogical Society (AAHGS) is providing lectures on the Revolutionary
War and the Civil War: Free Women of Color Influential in Rescue of
Civil War POWs; and The Black Loyalists: A Descendant's Perspective.
· The Greater Boston Chapter of the Association of Professional
Genealogists (GBAPG) is providing lectures on Uncovering Your Family
History in Federal Documents & Publications; and The Wampanoag of
Martha's Vineyard.
· MGC is providing a track for people tracing ethnic roots:
Understanding your Western European Ancestors; Russian Family Research;
Early Scottish Immigrants to New England; and Italian Research.
· MGC is providing three lectures on public records and its important
annual panel on records. The lectures are Vital Records Bills in the
Mass. Legislature; Using Federal Census Records; and Finding
Naturalizations and Ships Passenger Lists at the National Archives. The
panel discussion is Access to Public Records for Genealogists: An Open
Forum on State and Federal Issues.
The Massachusetts Genealogical Council acts as a frontline monitoring
group for the statewide genealogical community, tracking legislation
relating to vital records preservation and access. In addition, MGC
provides an annual educational seminar and a quarterly newsletter.
Additional features include a Friday night dinner at the famed Wayside
Inn, a discounted $99 overnight stay at the Marlborough Conference
Center and an array of doorprizes from
www.aahgs-ne.org <http://www.aahgs-ne.org/>;
www.Ancestralmanor.com <http://www.ancestralmanor.com/>;
www.AncestryandGenealogy.com <http://ancestryandgenealogy.com/>;
www.archivecdbooksusa.com <http://www.archivecdbooksusa.com/>;
www.bunnellgenealogybooks.citymaker.com
<http://www.bunnellgenealogybooks.citymaker.com/>;
www.rootsweb.com/~mafsocna/ <mailto:>
www.familytreedna.com <http://www.familytreedna.com/>;
www.jonathansheppardbooks.com <http://www.jonathansheppardbooks.com/>;
*www.legacyfamilytree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/>;
**www.home.gwi.net/~legacycrafts <http://home.gwi.net/%7Elegacycrafts>;
*www.passageexpress.com/ <http://passageexpress.com/>;
www.piperpublishing.com <http://www.piperpublishing.com/>;
*www.tiara.ie <http://tiara.ie/>;
*www.whollygenes.com <http://www.whollygenes.com/>; **
http://www.massgencouncil.com/images/Summer2007.doc
Contact: Michael Brophy, Publicity Director, 198 Patricia Drive,
Abington, MA 02351
(781) 738-2671
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