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Past Meeting Schedule
Home | News | Meetings | Members | Events | Docs | Links | Guest | Contacts| 02/28/2011 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 01/24/2011 | Regular meeting with handouts. Talk on newspaper research by club member Brian Lingard. |
| 12/27/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 11/22/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 10/25/2010 | Featured guest speaker Leslie Albrecht Huber talking about new book "The Journey Takers". |
| 09/27/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. George presented a talk on beginning your genealogy. |
| 06/28/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. Last meeting of the 2010/11 season. |
| 05/24/2010 |
Featured guest speaker Janice Duffy from the National Archives, in Waltham, speaking about naturalization and probate records at the archives. |
| 04/26/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 03/22/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 02/22/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 01/25/2010 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 12/28/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 11/23/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 10/26/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts, and demo of Canon scanner by Brian Lingard. |
| 09/28/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 06/22/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 05/18/2009 | Regular meeting with a talk given by Brian Lingard on Beginning Your Genealogy. |
| 04/27/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 03/23/2009 | Special meeting with guest speaker, Marian Pierre-Louis, talking about researching New England cemeteries. |
| 02/23/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 01/26/2009 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 12/15/2008 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 11/24/2008 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 10/27/2008 | Special meeting with guest speaker, Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, speaking about the Acadian deportations in the 1700's. |
| 09/22/2008 | Regular meeting with handouts, first meeting of the new season. |
| 06/23/2008 | Regular meeting with handouts, and munchies as celebration for end of another year. |
| 05/26/2008 | Special meeting with readings as part of the "Big Read" event. |
| 04/28/2008 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 03/24/2008 | Regular meeting with handouts, with suprise news about a new book by club member Marjorie Gibson. |
| 02/25/2008 | Guest speaker, Ernest Caponi, talk on Italian research and his book "Arthur and Rose". |
| 01/28/2008 | Regular meeting with handouts, and a guest speaker (George) discussing the Civil War. |
| 12/17/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 11/26/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts, and a guest speaker discussing analysis of old handwriting. |
| 10/22/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 09/24/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 06/25/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 05/21/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 04/23/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 03/26/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 02/26/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 01/22/2007 | Regular meeting with handouts. |
| 12/11/2006 | Guest speaker from National Archives gave talk "Beyond the Census - local history at the National Archives". |
| 11/27/2006 | Planned guest speaker, but didn't make it to meeting. |
| 10/23/2006 | General meeting, some handouts. |
| 09/25/2006 | First meeting after summer break. Handouts. FGS conference summary from George. |
| 06/26/2006 | General discussion. |
| 05/22/2006 | General discussion -- George discussed his trip out to Belgium, and handed out several flyers. |
| 04/24/2006 | General discussion. |
| 03/27/2006 | General discussion. |
| 02/27/2006 | General discussion -- George discussed his trip out to Pittsfield, and handed out several flyers. |
| 01/23/2006 | General discussion. |
| 11/28/2005 | General discussion -- Members discussed some of their recent discoveries, handout on BYU family history archive, Brian Lingard presented demo of several Gedcom to HTML tools. |
| 10/24/2005 | General discussion -- Several handouts from George, discussed Eastman newsletter, bit torrent, Worcester Library resources, and updates to Shrewsbury Library website. |
| 09/26/2005 | General discussion -- Several handouts from George, discussed possible field trips. |
| 06/09/2005 | General discussion. |
| 10/12/2004 | General discussion. |
| 09/16/2004 | General discussion. |
| 06/10/2004 | General discussion. |
| 05/11/2004 | General discussion. |
| 04/08/2004 | General discussion. |
| 03/09/2004 | General discussion. |
| 02/12/2004 | General discussion. |
| 01/13/2004 | General discussion. |
| 12/11/2003 | General discussion. |
| 11/18/2003 | General discussion. |
| 10/09/2003 | General discussion. |
| 09/17/2003 | General meeting -- a few handouts, self-help, and a speaker from the DAR. |
| 06/19/2003 | Guest speaker - Linda Merle spoke about immigration. |
| 05/13/2003 | General discussion - George handed out several lists of useful links for such things as French-Canadian, colonial times, and Australian genealogy, and more. Also discussed possibly doing a project this Fall. |
| 04/10/2003 | 2 presentations -- brief one from Bob Sweet from Rock of Ages Memorials, longer one from Charles Waid about doing genealogy in New England by a non-New Englander. |
| 03/11/2003 | General discussion -- George handed out a few sheets, also discussed people's research problems. |
| 02/13/2003 | General discussion -- topics included what people got out of the last field trip, talk about future field trips, possibly getting a group subscription to on-line genealogy data service, and George handed various lists of web sites and other information. |
| 01/15/2003 | Field trip to National Archives in Waltham, MA. |
| 12/12/2002 | General discussion -- only 4 attendees, discussed field trip to Waltham National Archives, individual research problems, NEHGS facilities, National Archives census microfilm rental program, and consumed treats courtesy of George. |
| 11/14/2002 | General discussion -- topics included possible National Archives field trip dates, NEHGS book offer, web based training course, Scottish research, War of 1812 soldier listings, and local town maps. |
| 10/08/2002 | Repeat of talk and demonstration of "On-Line Genealogy Research" by Ron McKenzie. Topics covered how to use some key search engines, handling GEDCOM files, using message boards, and how to save your research. |
| 09/12/2002 | General discussion -- topics covered what to do next, possible field trips, George mentioned new book added to library (Discovering the History of Your House), and beginners tips for some new club members. |
| 08/01/2002 | Field trip to Mass State Archives in Boston. |
| 06/13/2002 | General discussion -- topics ranged from George's "house" genealogy, club web site, Swedish research, obituaries, cemetaries, and possible field trip to Mass State Archives. Invitation to Summer series of talks at the Mass State Archives is posted on the Docs page. |
| 05/14/2002 | Brian Lingard presented some information about Old Postcards and Old Photographs, including how to identify and date them, preservation tips, where to go for further information, etc. The handouts are posted on the Docs page. |
| 04/09/2002 | Talk and demonstration of "On-Line Genealogy Research" by Ron McKenzie. Topics covered ranged from getting started to finding data and how to save what you find. |
| 03/14/2002 |
George Brown discussed his recent trip to the Worcester Public Library
grand re-opening. Group talked about where to take future meetings, including modifying meeting schedule to alternate Tue/Thu every other month. Someone suggested a field trip to the Family History Center in Worcester. |
| 02/14/2002 | Demonstration of Legacy software package (via a notebook PC with a projection unit). |
| 11/08/2001 | Talk by Mary McCullough, member of Historical Genealogical Society of Boston and other groups. |
| 10/11/2001 | First meeting. Group discussed several organizational items and generally what people hoped to get out of the club. |