Western Mass Genealogical Society

Live in Western Mass? Interested in Irish Genealogy and Research? Mark your calendar for October 2, 2013. Lisa Dougherty, a professional genealogist from Castelton, NY, will speak to our group regarding one of her specialties, researching Irish origins. View her website at Family Research by Lisa Dougherty by clicking the link.

The public is invited to this event at no charge. But we encourage everyone to become a member of the Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, or WMGS. We meet 10 times a year on the first Wednesday of the month from September through the following July. Dues are only $20/year.

In the coming months, we'll have a variety of programs including a "field trip" to the Museum of Springfield History, a repository of an amazing collection of published and unpublished genealogical resource material. Also, Maureen Taylor will give us a remote presentation via SKYPE on photographic genealogy. She is currently publishing her 3rd volume of Revolutionary War Patriot photographs! Yes!! These are photographs of the soldiers of the Revolution who fought at some period between 1776 and 1783 who sat for the new technology in the mid 19th century. Her website can be seen at Maureen Taylor Genealogy by clicking this link.

We meet at the Agawam Senior Center in their Community Room, a modern, comfortable facility. It is located at 954 Main Street, Agawam, MA. You can contact me directly with questions at dave@oldbones.info.

See you in October!

Intro to Genealogy and Family Research: Classes, Lectures and More!

Plenty of classes, lectures and series coming up:

1) Tonight I'm beginning another 5-week course at First Church in Ludlow with up to 12 participants. We'll meet once a week for 5 weeks. That's a good number so that I can dig into any interesting cases that come up.

2) I'm halfway through a lecture series at Hitchcock Free Academy.

3) The Western Mass Genealogical Society is sponsoring an open house in April celebrating the 40th anniversary of their founding. I'm been a member to a few years there but I'll also be speaking at the event.

4) The first series of classes are now over at the Yellow House Center for Community Learning in Palmer. Apparently it was well received as they've booked me for 2 more series'. One will start in early June and the other in late July.

5) The weekly meetings at Chicopee Public Library will continue. March will bring an open house on the subject of genealogy with a number of speakers, myself including!

Please get in touch with me if you're interested in attending any of these genealogical events! Comment here on the blog, call me at (413) 233-4866, or you can always check the web site: Old Bones Genealogy and Family Research. I'll try to get everything updated on the site in the next day or so!