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As part of executing its educational mission year-round, MGC offers programs on open records and other topics of interest to genealogists 4 to 5 times a year. To avoid conflicting with regularly scheduled meetings of other societies and organizations, M:O.R.E. presentations will occur during the 5th week of a month.  

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Click here to see the presentations of those speakers who have allowed us to record their talks and make them available to everyone.

 

The presentations are free, but registration is required.​​​​

Registration

Upcoming 2027 Schedule​

We're working on it.  Check back to see speakers and topics for 2027.

Mark your calendars when these presentations are scheduled to keep these dates free. 

Registration instructions will follow closer to the presentation dates.

Previous M:O.R.E. Presentations

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  • Bonnie Wade Mucia: Warning Out! Following the Unwanted in Colonial New England (29 Sept. 2026)

  • Samuel Edwards: Finding the Stories of Relatives in Massachusetts Mental Hospitals and State Schools for the Disabled (29 July 2026)

  • Stephen Hartwell: Maritime Records lead to Genealogical Treasure (29 April 2026)

  • Margaret R. Fortier: Bay State Bonanza:  400 Years of Vital Records (30 March 2026)

  • Linda MacIver: Demystifying the Three Big Free Digital Sites for Massachusetts  Genealogists:  The Internet Archive and Beyond! (29 Jan. 2026)

  • Bonnie Wade Mucia: Decoding the Silver books:  Mastering Mayflower Genealogy Research (29 Sept. 2025)

  • Sybil J. Gilchrist: Camarades of War I (30 Jan. 2025)

  • Miriam Weiner: You Are Invited to a Meeting with the KGB (10 Nov. 2024)

  • Jenifer Kahn Bakkala: Writing a Compelling Family History (30 Sept. 2024)

  • Sara E. Campbell:  What's in My Vault--Confessions of a DPW Engineer (29 April 2024)

  • Jill Marie Snyder: Dear Mary, Dear Luther:  A Courtship in Letters (29 Feb. 2024)

  • Anne Hanson, Buried Secrets:  Looking for Frank and Ida (30 Jan. 2024)

  • John D. Warner: Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (30 Nov. 2023)

  • Kate Kelley, Meet the Photo Angel (30 Nov. 2022)

  • Kenvi Phillips, PhD: Sounds like Sounds Like Family:  The Oral Tradition in Researching Family History (29 Sept. 2022)

  • Paul Joseph Fronczak: The Foundling, True Identity (31 Jan. 2022)

  • David J. Silverman: This Land Is Their Land (30 Nov. 2021)

  • Nicka Sewell-Smith: The Trask 500 (30 Sept. 2021)

  • John D. Warner: Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (30 June 2021)

  • Amy Whorf McGuiggan: Finding Emma (31 March 2021)

  • Brooke Schreier Ganz: Reclaim the Records (27 Jan. 2021)

  • Judy Bambrough-Billingsley: Too Brown to Keep (29 Oct. 2020)

Recorded M:O.R.E. Presentations

We are grateful to these presenters who allowed us to record their talks and make them available to you.

Sara E. Campbell Handout

Sybil J. Gilchrist Handout

Recorded Presentations
MostRecent

Margaret Fortier Handout

Stephen Hartwell Handout

Bonnie Wade Mucia Handout

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