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SUMMARY:Deadline for WMGS Founders Award Nominations
DESCRIPTION:WMGS initiated its Founders Award in 2016\, in honor of our one of our founding members\, Diane Ascioti. We were proud to be able to give her this award at our May meeting that year. In 2017\, the Board of Directors decided to bestow this award on an annual basis and approved a set of guidelines and criteria for selecting an awardee. \nAny WMGS member may nominate an individual for this award. The Board will select the award recipient(s) at the April Board meeting and announce their selection in the May newsletter. The award will be presented at the annual meeting in May. \nCriteria for the award were published in last month’s newsletter and are available in the Members Only section of our website. We invite all of our members to review the nomination and award policy and to consider making a nomination. \nAs noted in the policy\, nominees do not have to be a member of the society\, but nominations may only be made by members. Nominations will be accepted until April 1st. Members may email their nominations and supporting reasons to the WMGS Board at westmassgen@gmail.com.
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/deadline-for-wmgs-founders-award-nominations/
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SUMMARY:WMGS April Monthly Meeting: Border - What Border? Our Ancestors Who Called Both Canada and the USA Home
DESCRIPTION:Many of us have ancestors who seem to disappear for periods of time. For those ancestors who lived in New England\, New York\, and the Upper Midwest\, have we considered that they might have periodically lived and worked in Canada? \nAt our April 3rd monthly meeting\, nationally known genealogist Annette Burke Lyttle will present “Border — What Border? Our Ancestors Who Called Both Canada and the USA Home.” \nMovement from the United States to Canada was unrestricted and unrecorded until April 1908. The U.S. began recording the entry of Canadians along its northern border in 1894. Before that\, many thousands of people lived cross border lives\, without visas\, work permits\, passports\, or immigration records. Learn how to find these elusive ancestors.
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/wmgs-april-monthly-meeting-border-what-border-our-ancestors-who-called-both-canada-and-the-usa-home/
LOCATION:Chicopee Public Library & Online\, 449 Front Street\, Chicopee\, MA\, 01013\, United States
CATEGORIES:WMGS Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:WMGS April Training Session: Paleography: Reading Old Handwriting - Part 1
DESCRIPTION:At our April 18th training session\, Ed Strickland will present part one of a two-session course on paleography. The one-hour paleography lecture will be followed by a practice workshop at our May 16th training session. \nAfter only a little research\, we all have to begin to read original documents. Often our eyes glaze over after the first few lines\, or we skip through the document looking for names and overlooking many important details. This short course in paleography explores the development of the Roman alphabet and the cursive hand (including the pesky thorn). Ed will cover five steps to understanding old documents\, transcriptions\, special characters\, and translations.
URL:https://westmassgen.com/event/wmgs-april-training-session-paleography-reading-old-handwriting-part-1/
LOCATION:Online
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