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Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc. PO Box 215 Ashland, MA 01721-0215 |
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Email: Contact us |
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Sandra Goodwin, president of MSOG, and Pat McGrath, president of the Worcester Chapter, offer free beginners and intermediate genealogy classes at local libraries in the central Massachusetts area. Classes are held from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Please call the participating libraries to register for handouts. We ask that everyone bring a bag lunch for an informal lunchtime question and answer session.
To schedule a class, e-mail Pat McGrath.
Beginners’ classes- An introduction that covers guidelines for recording information, filling out the most common genealogy forms, home sources, interviewing relatives, organizing everything, and choosing genealogy database software. An afternoon session covers common primary sources (those created at or near the time of an event by a person who had reasonably close knowledge of an event) such as vital records (birth, marriage, death), tax and voting records, funeral/cemetery records, and censuses.
Upcoming Beginners’ Classes
None scheduled at this time.
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Intermediate classes- Delve into proper internet research and useful websites for locating your ancestors. Also covered in this class are secondary sources. Secondary sources are records created a significant amount of time after an event occurred or by a person who was not present at the event. While both types of sources are important in genealogy research, primary evidence usually carries more weight than secondary evidence, and it is important to know which type of evidence you are viewing!
Upcoming Intermediate Classes
None scheduled at this time.
Family History Writing Classes-
Learn to take all those people, dates, and places and create a narrative that family members will enjoy reading.
Worcester Public Library: January 6, 2008; three other dates to be determined. E-mail Pat McGrath for details.
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Worcester Chapter Genealogy Classes |