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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.​​​​

An Evening with

Bonnie Wade Mucia

 

 Warning Out! Following the Unwanted in Colonial New England

 

Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 7:00 PM ET via Zoom

This presentation is free but registration is required

Discover one of New England’s most overlooked genealogical resources: warning-out records. Used from the 1600s through the early 1800s, warning-out notices documented newcomers whose legal right to settlement was uncertain—leaving behind powerful clues about movement, kinship, and community boundaries.

 

In this session, we’ll break down what warning out meant, why towns used it, where these records survive, and how to interpret them without modern assumptions. Using real examples, you’ll learn how these brief entries can identify women, children, laborers, people of color, and other under-documented individuals; track families across multiple towns; and solve problems involving migration, identity, and the FAN Club. By the end, you’ll know how to apply warning-out records to strengthen your New England research and uncover stories that have been forgotten for centuries.

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About the Presenter: Bonnie Wade Mucia, AG® an Accredited Genealogist in the New England region and is the owner of Keeper of the Past Genealogy, LLC. She serves as the Director of the Mayflower Families Silver Books Project for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, where she concentrates on the descendants of Mayflower passengers. In addition, Bonnie is a volunteer docent at both Beaufort National Cemetery and the Parris Island Museum at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot. She has published numerous articles in respected genealogical journals and delivered lectures on various topics. Originally from Rhode Island, Bonnie now resides in South Carolina.

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Upcoming 2027 Schedule​

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Registration instructions will follow closer to the presentation dates.

Previous M:O.R.E. Presentations

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

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