Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, Inc.

WMGS January Monthly Meeting
2019-01-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
Our January 2, 2019 presenter will be Katherine R. Willson of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Katherine is an engaging & dynamic lecturer at local, regional and national conferences. She’s the founder and president of the Virtual Genealogical Society, member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Professional Genealogists, President of the Michigan Genealogical Council, Secretary for the Genealogical Speakers Guild, Social Media Manager for GRIP /Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, and member of the National Genealogical Society.
Katherine’s presentation to us at the Agawam Senior Center is titled: Seeking Dead People: Getting the Most from Cemetery Research Online & In Person. Katherine will discuss cemetery, funeral home, and online research and provide tips and techniques to help locate photos, family trees, obituaries, and death certificates, and more.

Genealogy Research Clinic
2018-12-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-12-20 18:00 - 20:00, 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 and 1 more date | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States

WMGS December Monthly Meeting
2018-12-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
Cliff McCarthy, archivist at the Museum of Springfield History (MOSH), archivist at the Stone House Museum of Belchertown, local historian, published author, avid genealogist, and president of the Pioneer Valley History Network, a non-profit consortium of historical institutions, will be our December 5th speaker.
Cliff will be presenting on the history of our four Western Massachusetts counties (Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Franklin) and the treasure-trove of genealogical resources for anyone doing research or with ancestors in them.

Board Meeting
2018-11-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA, 01001, United States
The November, 2018, Board Meeting is being rescheduled from Monday, November 11, to Monday, November 19, due to the Veteran’s 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.

Thanksgiving Holiday
2018-11-22 | MA

Veteran's Day
2018-11-12 | MA

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 | MA

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 | MA

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
