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Past Times

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, INC.

President's Message

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The Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc. 1

Volume 9, Issue 1, September 2017 www.msoginc.org

Begin the membership renewal process on our homepage at www.msoginc.org

This is going to be a great year at the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc., and you are going to want to be a part of it.

The 2016-17 membership year ended on 31 August. September first marks the beginning of a new membership year. Have you renewed yet? If not, you are technically no longer a member.

Fortunately MSOG allows a grace period for renewals. BUT that grace period ends this month. You MUST have joined or renewed no later than 30 September in order to get member pricing on the Annual Meeting and Program, which will be held on 4 November at the Marlborough County Club. Joining or renewing early in the membership year also ensures that your subscription to the Society’s genealogical journal, MASSOG, continues uninterrupted, and helps both our chapter and the state board to budget for events and activities in the coming year.

How do I renew or join? We make it as easy as we can for you to renew or join. If you will be present at one of the chapter meetings in September—that is, a regular meeting of the Bristol, Merrimack Valley, Middlesex, or Worcester chapter—you can give a check or cash—$25 for an individual membership—to your chapter’s membership director. At this time individual chapters are not equipped to process credit card payments in person.

You can also renew online. Online payment may be made by credit card or PayPal, or you can mail a check. I’ve heard of some confusion about the online process, so I’m going to walk you through it step-by-step. You can join or renew online using virtually any device that connects to the internet, including your computer, your smartphone, or your tablet.

Follow the steps along with me to renew.

Denise Picard Lindgren, President

Start at our home page at www.msoginc.org and click the green button to renew. On the next screen,

choose your section and click on it (below).

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CALENDAR Past Times Volume 9, Issue 1, September 2017

Content

Calendar 2

New Members 3

Webinar Series 2017-2018 3

Annual Meeting 4

Chapter Elections 4

Help Wanted 5

Membership Reminder 6

SAVE THE DA

Monthly Webinars Return October 24 “Welcome to the Graveyard – a Valuable Resource

for Genealogists” Presented by Brenda Sullivan

Register at msoginc.org

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, INC. MSOGINC.ORG P.O. Box 215

Ashland, MA 01721-0215

Statement of Purpose The Society’s mission is to promote and encourage Massachusetts genealogical research at all levels—beginner, amateur, and professional. The Society is a Massachusetts nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. The corporation was formed for the following reasons:

“To bring together all persons interested in genealogy, beginner, amateur, and professional;

To set standards of conduct; to insure public access to records; to provide education in genealogical research;

To act in whatever manner needed to promote genealogy and family history; and

To bring together families both past and present.”

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 June 1975

Past Times Editors: Diane Boumenot

and Sara Campbell Past Times is published monthly (except for July & August) by the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc., and is available free to all at msoginc.org.

Membership Information Members receive the Past Times newsletter, free issues of MASSOG, free queries, access to webinars, and participation in the Members’ Surname Project. Membership is from September 1 to August 31, with membership renewals due by July 1.

INDIVIDUAL dues are $25.00 per year FAMILY dues are $30.00 per year

Membership applications received July 1st and thereafter will be applied to the following year’s membership. Membership choices are:

BR/Bristol MV/Merrimack Valley MX/Middlesex WR/Worcester

Chapter affiliation is at the complete discretion of the member, regardless of residence. The membership application is on our website. Join using PayPal online or mail your application and check.

Address any questions to president@msoginc.org or to the appropriate officer, committee chair, or delegate; email addresses are listed on page 5.

MIDDLESEX Saturday, September 9

1:30 PM

Marta Crilly, City of Boston Archivist

"What’s in the Boston Archives for

Genealogists?"

Acton Memorial Library

486 Main Street

Acton, MA

MERRIMACK VALLEY Saturday, September 23

10:00 AM

E. Phillip Brown

"Images of America: Greeks of the Merrimack Valley"

Georgetown Peabody Library

2 Maple Street

Georgetown, MA

WORCESTER

Wednesday, September 13

7:00 PM Pam Holland

"Discovering Cousins Using DNA – Tools and

Case Studies for Exploring Your

Autosomal DNA Matches"

Saxe Room

Worcester Public Library

3 Salem Street

Worcester, MA

BRISTOL Saturday, September 16

11:00 AM Business Meeting

11:30 Member Sharing

12:00 Presentation

Janis Duffy

“Passenger Lists for the Port

of Boston

1848 – 1891”

Somerset Public Library

1464 County Street

Somerset, MA

Bonus Merrimack Valley DNA Session

Saturday, September 30, 10:00 AM Georgetown Peabody Library

Peg Plummer returns to share her expertise with DNA

analysis, fresh from GRIP’s Advanced DNA class.

We continue to schedule webinar presenters through May 2018. If you

have a suggested topic that would be of interest to our members,

please email us at research@msoginc.org with details of your

proposed presentation, or a recommended speaker. We are always on

the lookout for new and interesting topics, and welcome any and all

ideas! Never presented a webinar before? We will assist you to bring

your topic to our virtual audience

Remember, you can still replay our June webinar in the Members area of

the web site!

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Past Times Volume 9, Issue 1, September 2017

WEBINAR SERIES 2017-2018

New Members Bristol

Karen Griffin Bonnie Mendes

Lisa Segura Mark A. Wentling

Merrimack Valley

Alan & Maureen Aulson Chandler Billeter Jessica Carpenter

Diane Detour Christine Fiechter

Angela & Emmet Harris Maggie Raymond Marylouise White

Middlesex

Karol Bartlet Mary Burdick Darren Foster

Nanette Whitney-Gorton Marguerite Krupp Suzanne Sanders

Teresa Scott

Worcester

Kimberly Ashe Robert Briere

James & Mary Soloperto Leonard Rea

Totals: Bristol 83 Merrimack Valley 80 Middlesex 119 Worcester 101

Please send any changes in contact information to membership@msoginc.org Thank you!

On the next page that appears, enter your information in the boxes and select choices for our publications – note the chapter you chose is shown at the top – and “Submit.” The next page will take you to the PayPal site. Make sure you select the level of membership by clicking on the open circle to the right of the fees.

Who Will You Run Into at the 2017 Annual Meeting?

Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Marlborough Country Club Talks * Prizes * Lunch * Friends * Exhibit Booths

Registration Information Coming Soon!

Please welcome the new officers of our four chapters. It is through your active participation that we flourish as a society. Thank you to those who stepped up to take a leadership role for the first time! We also salute those who are returning for another term, or shifting responsibilities to a new position. We can all bring a valuable perspective to guiding MSOG Inc. into the future.

MERRIMACK VALLEY CHAPTER OFFICERS: President: Diane Brooks-Sherry Vice President: Kelly Fox Treasurer: Diane Laferriere Secretary: Carol Katsulis Membership: Nancy DiMento-Jerome

MIDDLESEX CHAPTER OFFICERS:

President: Deborah Lee Stewart Treasurer: Paul Keeler Secretary: Erica Dakin Voolich Membership: Dottie Ruiz

WORCESTER CHAPTER OFFICERS: President: Willis Alford Vice President: Seema-Jayne Kenney Secretary: Susan Dion Treasurer: Deborah E. Cardoni Membership: Steven D. Yankus

BRISTOL CHAPTER OFFICERS: President: Kathleen Rubano Vice President: Patricia Gailes Secretary: Terence Dugan Treasurer: Gene Kosinski Membership: Carol Gafford Archivist: Paula Muggleton

CHAPTER ELECTIONS

Help Wanted: Would You Like to Serve as a Delegate to NERGC or FGS, or Assist with our MASSOG Writing Contest?

Planning meetings for NERGC 2019 will begin soon. Want to get more involved? For more information contact President@MSOGinc.org.

The MASSOG Editorial Board is looking for volunteers to serve on the Writing Contest Committee that will oversee our 2018 Writing Contest. You will:

Update the contest rules

Advertise the contest

Receive and submit entries to the board of judges

Present the prizes at the annual meeting

Forward all articles to the Editorial Board in the order of their placement

The Writing Contest Committee does not need editorial experience, only a willingness to commit fully to the contest for one term. Of course they would also be welcome to help in the future! The 2018 Writing Contest ends at the annual meeting in November 2018. To volunteer, please email the editor at massog@msoginc.org

THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, INC.

STATE OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

President Denise Picard Lindgren president@msoginc.org

Vice President C. Yvonne Hickey vicepresident@msoginc.org

Treasurer Michael McClellan treasurer@msoginc.org

Corresponding Secretary Patricia Stano-Carpenter correspondingsecretary@msoginc.org

Recording Secretary Lynda Page recordingsecretary@msoginc.org

Membership Director Margaret R. Fortier membership@msoginc.org

Historian/Archivist Seema-Jayne Kenney archivist@msoginc.org

Bristol Chapter Kathleen Rubano, President bristol@msoginc.org

Merrimack Valley Chapter Diane Brooks-Sherry, President merrimackvalley@msoginc.org

Middlesex Chapter Deborah Lee Stewart, President middlesex@msoginc.org

Worcester Chapter Willis Alford, President worcester@msoginc.org

MASSOG Editor George D. Martin massog@msoginc.org

Past Times Editor Diane Boumenot and Sara Campbell pasttimes@msoginc.org

Webmaster Hope Tillman webmaster@msoginc.org

COMMITTEES & CHAIRS

Annual Meeting C. Yvonne Hickey annualmeeting@msoginc.org

Audit Robert Farmer auditor@msoginc.org

Research & Education Seema-Jayne Kenney research@msoginc.org

Technology Hope Tillman technology@msoginc.org

Writing Contest Editorial Board writingcontest@msoginc.org

DELEGATES

FGS (Federation of Genealogical Societies) Vacant fgs@msoginc.org

MGC (Massachusetts Genealogical Council) Denise Picard Lindgren mgc@msoginc.org

NERGC (New England Regional Vacant nergc@msoginc.org

Genealogical Consortium, Inc.)

OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP YEAR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 1

Renew now to continue your valuable Member Benefits:

Attend the Annual Meeting in November at the Member Rate

Receive copies of our journal, MASSOG

Access 40 years of MASSOG online

Receive 10 monthly copies of Past Times

Learn from 8 Members-Only Webinars

Attend 36+ chapter meetings

Membership Year: September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018

Individual Membership - $25.00

Family Membership (2 members at the same address) - $30.00

Organization/Business Membership - $25.00

Select your Chapter affiliation (or join as an Organization) and renew at www.msoginc.org, or send your name, address, telephone number, email, and a check to:

MSOG, Inc.

P. O. Box 215

P.O. Box 215

http://www.msoginc.org

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