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CONTENTS Announcements – 2 & 5 Chapter Meetings – 4 Kim’s Corner – 4 New Members – 4 Officers – 6 President’s Message – 3 Society Information – 2 MAY 2 0 2 0 | V O L U M E 11 , I S S U E 9 PAST TIMES Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc. Monthly Newsletter
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CONTENTS Announcements – 2 & 5
Chapter Meetings – 4
Kim’s Corner – 4
New Members – 4
Officers – 6
President’s Message – 3
Society Information – 2
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MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, INC.
MSOGINC.ORG
P.O. Box 215
Ashland, MA 01721-0215
Statement of Purpose
The Society’s mission is to promote and encourage Massachusetts genealogical research at all levels—beginner, amateur, and professional. The Society is a Massachusetts nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. The corporation was formed for the following reasons:
To bring together all persons interested in genealogy, beginner, amateur, and professional;
To set standards of conduct; to insure public access to records; to provide education in genealogical research;
To act in whatever manner needed to promote genealogy and family history; and
To bring together families both past and present. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 June 1975.
Membership Information Members receive the Past Times newsletter, free issues of MASSOG, free queries, and access to webinars. Membership is from September 1 to August 31, with membership renewals due by July 1. INDIVIDUAL dues are $25.00 per year. FAMILY dues are $30.00 per year. Membership applications received July 1st and thereafter will be applied to the following year’s membership. Membership choices are:
BR – Bristol
MV – Merrimack Valley
MX – Middlesex
WR – Worcester Chapter affiliation is at the discretion of the member, regardless of residence. The membership application is on our website. Join online using PayPal, or mail your application and check to the above address. Address any questions to [email protected] or to the appropriate officer, committee chair, or delegate. E-mail addresses are listed on the last page.
Please Save the Date!
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I’m not a fan of Star Wars, but as I looked for a
photo for this page, I thought for this month, in this year – the saying was apt – May the Force Be With You! The Force to endure these strange days, weeks, and now months. The Force to do what is right for your family, your friends, and mostly, for YOURSELF! The Force to ask for whatever assistance you may need – speak up because there are plenty of ways people can spread your message to get you the correct help at the correct time. And most importantly, The Force to protect both your physical and mental health until we, as a group, and as humanity, reach whatever our ‘new normal’ may be.
As we make our way to the last chapter meetings of the 2019-2020 season, let us pause on May 31. On this date in 1975, the “official state-wide meeting of the newly created Massachusetts Society of Genealogists” took place at the “Mormon church Stake Center, Route #30 and Brown Street, Weston, Massachusetts.” The meeting began at 9 a.m. and was scheduled to end at 3 p.m. The business meeting was from 10-12. There were sandwiches and punch for the lunch break. The afternoon began with greetings from “Mr. Edward Sullivan, Clerk of the Middlesex County Superior Court” followed by brief talk on Heraldry – Coats of Arms by Mrs. M. Elaine Muldoon of Heraldic Associates and a talk by Mr. Donald Bentley of Oldstone Enterprises on stone rubbing and ending with remarks by the President of the Society.
This is just one of many facts about this Society that are included in the archives of MSOG. Our Archivist/Historian, Wendy Sheppard, is working to get a great portion of our archived material (currently taking up almost 20 boxes) digitized and onto a
Google-based cloud location to be shared with interested parties. As one of the few people who has read most of what is in those boxes (I was the Archivist/Historian before Wendy), I encourage you to watch for what is being digitized and look through various pieces of this history. It is a great reminder of how social interactions and communications occurred in recent history. After all, when was the last time you attended an event and were served punch?
Of course, now is also a time to think ahead to what will be in those same archives about our 2019-2020 season. It certainly was an unusual one! I’m proud of how people came together to enjoy what could be offered. Hopefully many of you now have experience with webinars and virtual learning and will embrace that in the days and years ahead.
I know that many more people are now familiar with our GoToWebinar software and how to organize, moderate, and evaluate a webinar. All of which is an asset to MSOG as we move forward.
Chapters will make their own decisions on when to resume in-person meetings based on their membership, expected attendance, and town and state guidelines for in-person gatherings. Until we can safely meet in medium sized groups – please enjoy all the digital offerings of our society as well as other genealogy groups and businesses. It truly is a great time to be so involved in this hobby we all love!
Seema
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Bristol May 16
Registration Link: www.tinyurl.com/BristolMay20
20PT 11:00am–1:00pm
Ellen B. Alden
Presents
Yours Faithfully, Florence
Burke
DNA SIG May 16
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/DNA-05-16
9:000 am–11:00am
Continued Discussion of The
Family Tree Guide to DNA
Testing and Genetic Genealogy
Middlesex May 9
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/MX-05-09-
20 10:30am–12:30pm
Kathy Kaldis
Presents
Land Ho! Calling all
Mayflower Descendants
Worcester May 2
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/WR-5-2-20
9:30am–11:30am
Jen Baldwin
Presents
PERSI Across the
Generations
WEBINAR
May 19
Emily Hackett Fiske
“LucidCharts”
7:00 pm
Registration Link:
https://tinyurl.com/WEB-5-
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On-Line Chapter Meetings
Kim’s Corner This month’s question is:
What is your biggest accomplishment during your ‘stay at home’ time?
Please forward your answer to [email protected], and keep in mind that your response may be shared and thus should not contain names and dates of living individuals.
Merrimack Valley May 30
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/MV-May-
2020
10:00am–12:00pm
Sara Campbell
Presents
You Can Write Your Family
Story
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Please welcome these new members:
Bristol Chapter – Kimberly Poirier, Grace Smith, Kathy Thomas
Worcester Chapter - Stella Laurie, Bob Majewicz, Jane Werthmann
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MASSOG
•Writing Contest - Deadline 3 August 2020
Enter an original, not previously published, family sketch or a story of how you solved a brick wall.
•Editorial Board Members also needed - 3 or 4 meetings PER YEAR! Read submitted articles and review for content, grammar, or style.
Non-Computer Members
•To all of our members who are not comfortable on the computer - You are NOT forgotten - the world was forced to 'go digital,' but we miss you! If you can, be brave, ask for a little help, try to join a webinar or virtual meeting just to see the faces of people you know. Reach out to an officer or chapter member for help. If you just can't handle the technology, please be the first to show up when our meetings resume!
Chapter Photos
•I would love to see more photos in the newsletter, just like other MSOG members, unfortunately, I am just not able to add them and get the newsletter out on time!
•Let's hope a new Editor is found who has the time to put into more graphics in our newsletter!
Elections
•State Elections need to happen in October!
•A Nominating Committee needs to be formed, candidates contacted, announcements written, a ballot created, and votes counted before results can be announced at the 2020 Annual Meeting.
•Please consider participating in this short-term task that benefits YOUR society!
Technology
•We need technical support for our website.
•If you know or want to learn WordPress, please contact Hope Tillman about how you can assist with MSOGINC.ORG.
•If you have other technical skills , please contact Hope to see how they could help MSOG.
STATE OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS
President Seema-Jayne Kenney [email protected]
Vice President Kelly A. Fox [email protected]
Treasurer Diane Laferriere [email protected]
Corresponding Secretary Patricia Stano-Carpenter [email protected]
Recording Secretary Elizabeth Pyle Handler [email protected]
Membership Director Margaret R. Fortier [email protected]
Historian/Archivist Wendy Rawson Sheppard [email protected]
Bristol Chapter Yvonne Hickey, President [email protected]
Merrimack Valley Chapter Diane Brooks-Sherry, President [email protected]
Middlesex Chapter Deborah Lee Stewart, President [email protected]
Worcester Chapter Charlene Key Sokal, President [email protected]
MASSOG Editor George D. Martin [email protected]
Past Times Editor vacant [email protected]
Webmaster Hope Tillman [email protected]
COMMITTEES & CHAIRS
Annual Meeting Kelly A. Fox [email protected]
Audit Committee Robert Farmer [email protected]
Research & Education Carol Gafford [email protected]
Technology Hope Tillman [email protected]
Writing Contest Editorial Board [email protected]
DELEGATES
FGS (Federation of Genealogical Societies) Susie Haenish [email protected]
MGC (Mass. Genealogical Council) Raymond Gendreau [email protected]
NERGC (N. E. Reg’l Genealogical Consortium) Dennis Hogan [email protected]
