Massachusetts Genealogical Council
MGC 2022: CONNECTIONS
Welcome to the Seminar
Orientation
Welcome to our Virtual Seminar,
MGC - CONNECTIONS 2022!
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Uploaded 31 March 2022
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Live This Week
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April 2 9:00 AM EDT Orientation
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April 2 11:00 AM EDT LIVE Keynote Address: John Warner - Riders in the Storm: A History
of the Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
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April 5 7:00 PM EDT CHAT: Technology with Alec Ferretti, Susan M. O'Connor, and
Jennifer Zinck
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April 6 7:00 PM EDT WORKSHOP: Susan M. O'Connor - Finding Family History Evidence
in Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
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April 7 7:00 PM EDT TRACK TALKS: Technology and Cultural Tracks
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April 9 2:00 PM EDT Connect with Member Societies
Presentations
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Track 1: Culture
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Kabria Baumgartner – Searching for Sarah: Education, Activism, and Archival Research in Boston
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Thomas Green - History of the Massachusett Tribe
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Michael J. Leclerc, CG® - French Canadians in the American Revolution
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Alice Nash - Indigenous Peoples in the Archives
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Dr. Adina Newman - Conducting Jewish Genealogical Research in Massachusetts
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John Warner - Riders in the Storm: Researching Your Civil War Ancestors
Track 2: Repositories
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Marta Crilly- Old Records Made New: Using Newly Accessible Records at the Boston City Archives
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Janis P. Duffy - Passenger Lists for the Port of Boston, 1848-1891
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Kimberly Toney - Exploring your Ancestry at the American Antiquarian Society
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Jessy Wheeler - An Overview of Genealogy Resources at the Boston Public Library
Track 3: Technology
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Alex Ferretti - Thinking Outside the (Search) Box: Ancestry SearchStrategies
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Susan M. O'Connor - Pinpointing Your Ancestors Using Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
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Jennifer Zinck - Tools & Techniques for Connecting with DNA Matches
Track 4: Town & County Records
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Michael J. Leclerc, CG® - Massachusetts Town Records
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Beth Finch McCarthy - Who Lyeth There? Digging Up Colonial New England Ancestor Records
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Rhonda R. McClure - Genealogy Research in New England
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Claire Smith - Piecing It Together--Uncovering a Family Secret in Massachusetts
Track 5: Unique Records
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Margaret R. Fortier, CG® - Catholic Records in Massachusetts
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Kathleen Kaldis - Huzzah! Researching Your Revolutionary Roots
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Margaret R. Sullivan - Crowdsourcing Genealogy: Documenting the 1919 Boston Police Strikers
Kabria Baumgartner
Searching for Sarah: Education, Activism, and Archival Research in Boston
Track 1: Culture
Track 2: Repositories
Marta Crilly
Old Records Made New: Using Newly Accessible Records at the Boston City Archives
Track 3: Technology
Track 4: Town & County Records
Track 5: Unique Records
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