Our July meeting will be a presentation entitled "Paleography – Reading Old Handwriting" by Edwin Strickland. Paleography is the study of ancient writing systems and, in genealogy, it is an essential skill to have in order to accurately read the … Continue reading
Our annual trip to the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History is just around the corner. Join us on August 2nd from 6-8 PM for our highly anticipated exclusive visit for a night of research. We get the … Continue reading
Our September meeting will feature Diane Brooks-Sherry, a genealogist, speaker, researcher and educator located in the Boston area, speaking on DP.LA (the Digital Public Library of America), a fabulous source for free digitized books.
Our October meeting will consist of a presentation by Nora Galvin on the topic of DNA. Nora has a website called Aunt Lizzie’s Trunk http://www.auntlizziestrunk.com/ and originally came from Cincinnati. OH. She holds a BS in Biology and a Master’s degree … Continue reading
Our November 1st meeting features Dr. Shelley Murphy with a presentation entitled “Timeline's You gotta do one!” Timelines are a critical strategy that most genealogists and the family historians do not use. Why is that? Is it too time consuming … Continue reading
Our December 6th monthly meeting will be a Pot Luck Dinner and Show & Tell. It’s the last meeting before the holidays! Come to our “Pot Luck” dinner and enjoy holiday music while you dine. After dinner, we will host … Continue reading
On January 3rd, at the Chicopee Library on Front Street, David Ouimette, CG from FamilySearch.org will be presenting a webinar on From Wojtowa to Chicopee: The Story of Polish Immigrant Millworkers. This presentation will be collaborative presentation funded by both … Continue reading
Our meeting on February 7th will feature Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, with the presentation “Rubik’s Cube Genealogy: A New Twist on Your Old Data.” Elissa will be exploring the additional information we can discover from the patterns of the … Continue reading
Our speaker on March 7th will be Susan Davies Sit. She was born in North Wales,UK, and has been researching her own family tree and others’ trees for almost 40 years. She also enjoys helping others in their genealogy research … Continue reading
Our speaker in April will be Amy Johnson Crow and she will be speaking on “Ten Years: Census Substitutes” which will help us to locate supporting documents between census years and help with the huge gap between 1880 and 1900. … Continue reading