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WMGS Training Session: Hillary Schau presents Roots Magic Software – Part 2
OnlineAt our June training session, Hillary Schau will be offering Part 2 of her presentation on the features of RootsMagic 8 software, along with demonstrations on how to do the most common tasks of logging your family history and research. … Continue reading
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WMGS July Monthly Meeting: War and Change in the Post-Civil Ware Era Until World War I
Chicopee Public Library & Online 449 Front Street, Chicopee, MA, United StatesAt our July 5th monthly meeting, genealogist John Putnam will join us to present War and Change in the Post-Civil War Era Until World War I. This presentation is part four of John’s New England series and covers the incredible … Continue reading
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WMGS August Monthly Meeting: Genograms for Genealogists
OnlineHave you ever noticed common threads in your family tree and wondered why they happened? At our August monthly meeting, genealogist, and member, Edwin Strickland II will present an intriguing and useful topic for our members, “Genograms for Genealogists.” Edwin … Continue reading
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September Meeting: Mining Information from City Directories
Chicopee Public Library & Online 449 Front Street, Chicopee, MA, United StatesBefore phone books, many municipalities had city directories. Updated annually, the directories were comprehensive listings of adult residents, along with their addresses, their occupations, names of spouses, and other helpful facts. Initially intended for salesmen and merchants who wanted to … Continue reading
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September Board Meeting
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September Training Event: Tech Talk with Dave
OnlineAt our September training session, Dave Lapierre will host another session of “Tech Talk with Dave.” Dave will field and (hopefully) answer your technology questions. Dave will spend some time teaching us useful Zoom techniques, including how to mute and … Continue reading
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October Meeting: The Hub of the Wheel: How Tracing a Brother With No Children Connected Ten Siblings
Chicopee Public Library & Online 449 Front Street, Chicopee, MA, United StatesFinding the origins of immigrant ancestors can be challenging for sure. For anyone with Irish ancestors, finding their origins in Ireland can be especially difficult. Most of our ancestors left few clues to where they were born and where they … Continue reading
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WMGS Board Meeting
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October Training Session: Back to the Future
OnlineRemember the old days when members could chat about their genealogy research interests, talk about discoveries and brick walls, meet up with old friends, and make new friends at meetings? Well, a worldwide pandemic upended all of that. We miss … Continue reading