At our March 6th Meeting, Russ Worthington will be presenting “Recording Your Family Research - The Dash Connection.” Russ will show us how to make better use of the features in various genealogy software programs to help make that Dash … Continue reading
Kathy Kaldis will be our April speaker on the 10th (note the change in date) and her talk will be “What’s in a Name? Strategies for Identifying Maiden Names”. Why is it so difficult to identify maiden names? ~The Recipe … Continue reading
Our May 1st meeting is our annual meeting but after all the administrative tasks, we will be having a presentation on the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) by Dave Robison and the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) by … Continue reading
June 2019 Meeting – Skills Night Our 2nd annual Skills Night will be held at our June 5th meeting this year. This is an opportunity to explore a variety of topics, tools, and resources that will assist you in your … Continue reading
July 10, 6:30 p.m. - - Not July 3, 6:00 p.m. Our July 10th presenter will be Kathleen Reilly, local History and Melville Collections Supervisor at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield, MA. Kathy's presentation will focus on the extensive and … Continue reading
Do you have boxes of old family photographs just sitting in your closet? Are they fading, yellowed, damaged, water stained, or do they have mold damage? The solution is to scan them and then restore them, turning them into digital … Continue reading
Genealogist Melanie McComb will present on September 4 on the resources available at NEHGS and AmericanAncestors.org- NEHGS: Who We Are, What We Do, How We Can Help. Melanie assists library visitors at NEHGS, both on-site and online, with their family … Continue reading
Our October 2nd meeting will feature Maria Beiter-Tucker, the Visitor Center Manager at Quabbin Reservoir who will present Exploring the History of The Quabbin Valley Through Gravestones. Maria will take our members on a virtual walk through the Quabbin Park Cemetery … Continue reading
We’re pleased to be bringing genealogist Kathy Kaldis back to WMGS for our November 6th meeting to help us prepare for the upcoming 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing on our shores. Kathy’s presentation, Land Ho! Calling All Mayflower Descendants, … Continue reading
We’re excited to be bringing nationally-known Thomas MacEntee, Founder & CEO of High-Definition Genealogy, LLC, to our December 4th meeting. The title of his presentation is, The Genealogy Do-Over tm: A Year of Learning from Mistakes It isn’t often that we … Continue reading