Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, Inc.

Genealogy Research Clinic
2018-11-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-10-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-10-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-09-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-09-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-08-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-08-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States

Veteran's Day
2018-11-12

WMGS November Monthly Meeting
2018-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
David Ouimette, CG, CGL from FamilySearch.org will be our November 7th speaker. His presentation is entitled, “Discovering Your Ancestors Using Family Search.”
FamilySearch has the most comprehensive collection of family history records in the world, with billions of images and billions of indexes of the best records for ancestral discovery across much of the globe. Come and learn how FamilySearch prioritizes, digitizes, publishes, and indexes records that tell the stories of your ancestors. With that background, we will then demonstrate effective search strategies across the FamilySearch website, covering historical records, family trees, published genealogies, the research wiki, and the FamilySearch catalog.

Board Meeting
2018-10-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
The October 2018 Board Meeting is being rescheduled from Monday, October 8, to Wednesday, October 24, due to the Columbus Day holiday.
Board meeting for the Officers of WMGS. Members are welcome to attend the meetings which are held at the Agawam Senior Center in the Garden Room.

DNA Boot Camp: Session #12: Adoption & Unknown Parentage Case Studies
2018-10-11 18:00 - 20:00 | First Church in Ludlow, MA, 859 Center Street, Ludlow, MA, 01056, United States

Columbus Day
2018-10-08

Swedish American Genealogical Conference
2018-10-05 08:00 - 2018-10-06 17:00 | Sturbridge Host Hotel, 366 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, United States
Featuring Kathy Meade, from ArkivDigital
October 5 – 6, 2018 at the Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA
366 Main Street, Sturbridge MA 800-582-3232 (mention SARA for special rate)
Find your way back to Sweden Find your relatives in America and follow your
Family in Sweden.
2 Days of enjoyable Skill Building with fellow Swedish – American Genealogists. Maybe meet unknown cousins. Research help will be available
Welcoming reception Thursday evening, October 4, 2018
CONFERENCE COST ($244) INCLUDES: Breakfast, lunch and Banquet, each day and all sessions. Hotel separate.
For more information: Contact: saraconference2018@aol.com Annual Dues $15 To see a brochure with detailed schedule and more information, click Here

WMGS October Monthly Meeting
2018-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
Our speaker on October 3rd, will be Susan Sit. She presented for us back in March on the topic of Welsh and other ethnic research challenges. This time she will be speaking on Wales, Scotland & England – Similar but Different Research.
Susan Davies Sit was born in North Wales and has been researching her own family tree and others’ trees for almost 40 years. She also enjoys helping others in their genealogy research including her husband’s Chinese American tree, which is as difficult as it sounds! Her specialty is researching in Wales, Scotland and England. She is a Professional genealogist (APG); President of the Welsh Society of Western New England (WSWNE); a member of the Gwynedd Family History Society (Wales); and the Welsh-American Genealogy Society (WAGS).

Introduction to RootsMagic: Session #3
2018-09-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Chicopee Public Library & Online, 449 Front Street, Chicopee, MA, 01013, United States
Hillary Schau will be presenting a free class entitled Introduction to RootsMagic at the Chicopee Library, located at 449 Front St, Chicopee, in September. This program is presented over three sessions and will take from initial installment of the program through adding or importing information and printing out reports and charts.
The classes will be held in September on Fridays (Sept 14, 21, and 28) from 1-3. If you are interested in learning about this free software program for organizing your tree, register by contacting the Chicopee Library at 413-594-1800 ext. 3 or stop in to sign up. Space is limited.

DNA Boot Camp: Session #11: Using DNA for Adoption & Unknown Parentage Work
2018-09-27 18:00 - 20:00 | First Church in Ludlow, MA, 859 Center Street, Ludlow, MA, 01056, United States

Introduction to RootsMagic: Session #2
2018-09-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Chicopee Public Library & Online, 449 Front Street, Chicopee, MA, 01013, United States

Introduction to RootsMagic: Session #1
2018-09-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Chicopee Public Library & Online, 449 Front Street, Chicopee, MA, 01013, United States

DNA Boot Camp: Session #10: Best Tools for Researching Difficult DNA Matches
2018-09-13 18:00 - 20:00 | First Church in Ludlow, MA, 859 Center Street, Ludlow, MA, 01056, United States

Board Meeting
2018-09-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-08-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
Board meeting for the Officers of WMGS. Members are welcome to attend the meetings which are held at the Agawam Senior Center in the Garden Room.

WMGS September Monthly Meeting
2018-09-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
On September 5th, join us as Marian B Wood presents on the topic Using Facebook
and Twitter for Genealogy – She will reveal the fun, benefits, and mechanics of
Facebook and Twitter to connect with family-history researchers in areas where
ancestors lived, request assistance, obtain translations, and learn more about
genealogy sources, technology, and methodology. The many forms of Social media
are easy to use and offer the opportunity for more immediate response compared with
traditional surname message boards–to jumpstart genealogy efforts at any level.
Marian B. Wood is a popular genealogy speaker and hosts a blog entitled Climbing My Family Tree. She has also written a book “Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past” available at smile.amazon.com.

Labor Day Holiday
2018-09-03

DNA Boot Camp: Session #9: Mirror Trees
2018-08-23 18:00 - 20:00 | First Church in Ludlow, MA, 859 Center Street, Ludlow, MA, 01056, United States

DNA Boot Camp: Session #8: Interpreting your 23andMe Results
2018-08-09 18:00 - 20:00 | First Church in Ludlow, MA, 859 Center Street, Ludlow, MA, 01056, United States

"A Summer of DNA" eConference
2018-08-04 10:00 - 16:00 | Online
Speakers and topics will include:

Diahan Southard – Your Tree is Full, There is Still Room for DNA
Sam Williams – Ancestry DNA Tools
Michelle Leonard – Adoption and Unknown Parentage
Kitty Cooper – Segment Triangulation

The online sessions will begin at 9am Central Time on August 4th. Some answers to common questions that people have asked us:

Yes, the sessions are live. These are not pre-recorded, so if you have questions, then please ask them in the chat during any of the sessions and we’ll get them answered.
Yes, there are door prizes.
No, you don’t have to be logged on to the live session to win.
Yes, recordings of the sessions will be available for 30 days after the eConference so even if you can’t make the live session, register so that you can watch the recordings.
Yes, we use our webcams. You don’t have to watch slides all the time. You also get to see people.

Register and get your questions answered by some of the most popular genetic genealogy educators! Price is only $24.99.
More information is available on the website:
http://www.familyhistoryfanatics.com/summerdna
Feel free to let any friends, family, or genealogy society members (or anyone else who may be interested) know about this great opportunity.

WMGS August Monthly Meeting
2018-08-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, 21 Edwards Street, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
Our annual trip to the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield
History is just around the corner. Join us on August 1st from 6-8 PM for our
highly anticipated exclusive visit for a night of research. We get the place to
ourselves, but remember, you have to be a paid member to attend! Due to
limited space, sign up is required. Email us at WestMassGen@gmail.com
and sign up today (put MOSH in the subject line). The first 30 get on the list
with others put on a waiting list.

DNA Boot Camp - Session #7
2018-07-26 18:00 - 20:00 | First Church in Ludlow, MA, 859 Center Street, Ludlow, MA, 01056, United States

Genealogy Research Clinic
2018-07-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-07-19 18:00 - 20:00
Members have free use of our Ancestry Library subscription and other research sites while seeking assistance from WMGS members with family research experience. Non-members may participate for only $10 per session…or join for $25 per year!
Sessions are held on the third and fourth Thursdays of the month in the computer room of the Agawam Senior Center.
