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Welcome to the official web site for the Shrewsbury Genealogy
Club, Shrewsbury, MA.
10/26/2009 - Regular Meeting Tonight's meeting was a regular meeting where George and others had some handouts for the group. George had one on the effort to save the 2010 US Census from being thrown out without being microfilmed. Apparently the current plan is to use the data on the forms to count heads and gather other statistical data but then dispose of the forms once that work has been completed. Thus there is a movement amongst genealogists to save the 2010 census and to make sure that the forms are microfilmed before disposal. You can get involved by writing or emailing your representatives in Congress, and also officials at the census bureau and at the National Archives. The remainder of the meeting was spent with Brian Lingard giving a demo of his new Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner. It is an all purpose scanner that can scan photos, film, slides, negatives, documents, etc. The scanner also came with some software that can enhance faded slides and photos, can remove dust and scratches from images, and can help to make hard to read documents easier to read. Next Meeting The next club meeting is scheduled for 11/23/2009 Mon 7:00 PM in the upstairs meeting room. Note the earlier time, all meetings this year are at 7:00 PM instead of 7:30. General Announcements The Shrewsbury Library is now fully wireless. The Shrewsbury Genealogy Club now has an official blog. The Shrewsbury Genealogy Club's Blog has been reconfigured to allow members of the club to post new entries as well as post comments to existing entries. The new mechanism uses plain old email messages to add new posts. Please come to a meeting or ask George for the handout sheet that explains how it works (I can't post the details here since it could lead to spammers flooding the blog with useless postings). If you would like to add a link to your family history web page or to announce an event, please send me the information via email. Note that if you interested in joining the club, simply come to any regular meeting or contact George (508-841-8531) to get on the email mailing list. Beginners are always welcome, just bring your interest and enthusiasm. Note that left-over handouts from previous meetings are available in a folder outside of George's office in the library. As always, please let me know if you would like to anything added to this site. Also let me know if you find that any of the links are "dead". A site mirror is still in the works. Read the old news here.
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