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SUMMARY:WMGS Monthly Meeting: Misbegotten Children: Tracing the Family Lines of the Illegitimate
DESCRIPTION:Peggy Clemens Lauritzen\, AG\, FOGS will be joining us again on November 3rd for another not-to-be-missed presentation! Her topic will be “Misbegotten Children; Tracing the Family Lines of the Illegitimate.” Nearly all families have children with seemingly missing fathers. Yet there may be clues and resources to help us determine their ancestry. Illegitimacy can be both a surprise  and an embarrassment as we discover more and more about our family’s history.  Treated with care and sensitivity\, we can use many available resources to help us in our research.
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/wmgs-monthly-meeting-misbegotten-children-tracing-the-family-lines-of-the-illegitimate/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:WMGS Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:WMGS Board Meeting
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URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/wmgs-board-meeting-27/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:WMGS Board Meetings
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SUMMARY:WMGS Training Session: Our Ancestor's Clothing - Howard Vincent Kurtz
DESCRIPTION:We’re very excited that Howard Vincent Kurtz will be joining us at our November 18th training session for another presentation of Our Ancestors’ Clothing! If you participated in Professor Kurtz’s first visit to WMGS last April\, you’ll know what a great opportunity he provided to our members.\nAs he did last time\, Prof. Kurtz will review a selection of photographs sent in by our members\, analyzing the clothing worn and other clues in them. His analysis may help you to identify the subjects\, time\, place\, reason for the photo\, and more.\nIf you have photographs of people that you can’t identify\, want to know more about\, or you think other members would find intriguing\, we encourage you to submit them to us. We sent out an email notifying our members of this opportunity a few weeks ago\, but if you haven’t submitted your scanned digital photographs yet\, we’ve extended the deadline for submitting them until Monday\, November 1st. There is a limit of 10 submissions per member.\nTime permitting\, Prof. Kurtz will analyze as many photographs as he can\, selecting photographs that represent features that are useful for genealogical research. They might represent various time periods or have other clues that can help to identify our ancestors.\nNote: If you submitted photos last time and a particular photograph that you hoped would be selected wasn’t analyzed\, feel free to submit it again. Let us know which photograph you would like to prioritize for analysis.\nPlease send your scanned digital photogs to WMGS at: westmassgen@gmail.com. Again\, the deadline is Monday\, November 1st\, so that Professor Kurtz has time for his analysis.\nWhether you submit photographs or not\, please join us for this session as we promise an enjoyable learning experience.
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/wmgs-training-session-our-ancestors-clothing-howard-vincent-kurtz/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211126T080000
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SUMMARY:WMGS Holiday Zoom Party!
DESCRIPTION:It’s bring your own hot chocolate\, hot mulled wine\, hot cider\, or something stronger if you’d like! Dress up in your holiday finery or your ugliest holiday sweater if you wish!  Get in the holiday spirit!\nWe’re hosting a genealogy-focused holiday Zoom party for members on Thursday\, December 9th at 7 p.m. We’d love to have our members send in holiday photos from their childhoods or family collections. Do you have a photo of you or an ancestor sitting on Santa’s lap? Or perhaps a photo of your family around the Christmas tree or enjoying a holiday gathering? Anything holiday related will be appreciated. We’ll create a slideshow of the photos in the form of a genealogy timeline for everyone to enjoy!\nWe’ll also have several holiday genealogy-related topics to get the conversation flowing. If you have a family recipe that you’d like to share\, we encourage you to send it along so we can send it out in advance. (Wish we could send the actual cookies or treats through the mail\, but we don’t have the resources to do that!)\nWe’ll talk about holiday traditions\, favorite heirlooms\, and cherished memories. And we’ll host a holiday genealogy trivia game. Do you know all the vital records details of our beloved holiday figures? We’ll see how many questions you can answer!\nSend your photos or recipes to westmassgen@gmail.com. We hope that you’ll join us at this virtual event! We look forward to visiting with all of you!
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/wmgs-holiday-zoom-party/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with David Silverman: This Land Is Their Land
DESCRIPTION:See December Newsletter for details and how to register for this free event.
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/an-evening-with-david-silverman-this-land-is-their-land/
LOCATION:Online
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