2021 Featured Speakers

We are proud to announce our three featured speakers for NERGC 2021! More information to follow!

Upcoming Events of Our Member Societies

MSOG, Inc., Merrimack Valley Chapter Meeting January 25, 2020 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple St, Georgetown, MA 01833, USA Bill Porteous, "Unknown Cousins and Proximity Searches."

MSOG, Inc., Worcester Chapter Meeting February 1, 2020 at 9:30 am – 11:30 am First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608, USA Christian DeMarcken, "Live in World War II Belgium and Mother’s Flag."

Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, Inc., Monthly Meeting February 5, 2020 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main St, Agawam, MA 01001, USA Kathryn Lake Hogan, UE, PLCGS, "What's In Your Canadian Toolbox?" For more details, please visit: https://westmassgen.com/calendar/

MSOG, Inc., Middlesex Chapter Meeting February 8, 2020 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Location TBA Pam Holland, "DNA Painter and Chromosome Mapping."

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston Monthly Meeting February 9, 2020 at 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Avraham Groll, "What's New at JewishGen?"; please visit https://www.jgsgb.org/event/avraham-groll-whats-new-at-jewish-gen/ for details.

MSOG, Inc., Merrimack Valley Chapter Meeting February 22, 2020 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple St, Georgetown, MA 01833, USA Featured speaker TBA; please check our website ( https://www.msoginc.org/msogwp/category/chapters/merrimack-valley/ )and Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkaboutgenealogy/ ) for details.

Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, Inc., Monthly Meeting March 4, 2020 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main St, Agawam, MA 01001, USA Lisa Louise Cooke, CEO of Genealogy Gems, "Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers." For more details, please visit: https://westmassgen.com/calendar/

MSOG, Inc., Worcester Chapter Meeting March 7, 2020 at 9:30 am – 11:30 am First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608, USA Margaret Fortier, CG, "French-Canadian Genealogy: How and Why."

MSOG, Inc., Middlesex Chapter Meeting March 14, 2020 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Location TBA Kathleen Kaldis, "Land Ho! Calling All Mayflower Descendants."

Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Webinar March 17, 2020 at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz, "The Do's and Don't's of Crowdsourcing for Genealogy," webinar offered through the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists; for registration and more information, please visit https://www.msoginc.org/msogwp/category/education/webinars/

MSOG, Inc., Merrimack Valley Chapter March 28, 2020 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple St, Georgetown, MA 01833, USA Boy Scouts Genealogy Badge & American Heritage Badge Workshop

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston Monthly Meeting March 29, 2020 at 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Lisa Cooper, "A Forgotten Land: Growing Up in the Jewish Pale." Please visit https://www.jgsgb.org/event/lisa-cooper-a-forgotten-land-growing-up-in-the-jewish-pale/ for details.

Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, Inc., Monthly Meeting April 1, 2020 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main St, Agawam, MA 01001, USA Sara Campbell, "Massachusetts Map History." For more details, please visit: https://westmassgen.com/calendar/

MSOG, Inc., Worcester Chapter Meeting April 4, 2020 at 9:30 am – 11:30 am First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608, USA Lori Lyn Price, "Was Great-Grandma a Suffragist?"

MSOG, Inc., Middlesex Chapter Meeting April 11, 2020 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Location TBA Janine Penfield, "Quirky Quebec."

Maine Genealogical Society Spring Workshop April 18, 2020 at 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Elks Lodge, 397 Civic Center Dr, Augusta, ME 04330, USA Cyndi Ingle will present four different lectures in this day-long workshop focused on strategies to make your online, digital research more rewarding. For more details, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/elks-lodge/mgs-2020-spring-workshop/2436676846411758/

MSOG, Inc., Merrimack Valley Chapter Meeting April 25, 2020 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple St, Georgetown, MA 01833, USA Kathleen Kaldis, "What's in a Name? Tips for Identifying Maiden Names."

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston Monthly Meeting April 26, 2020 at 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Jonathan Brent – YIVO’s Rediscovered Archives in Vilna and New York; and Spotlight Talk: Elliot Matz – Bringing Jewish Life to Lithuania’s “Sturbridge Village." Please visit https://www.jgsgb.org/event/jonathan-brent-yivos-rediscovered-archives-in-vilna-and-new-york/ for more information.

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston Meeting April 30, 2020 at 7:45 pm – 9:30 pm Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Schelly Talalay Dardashti and Maria Apodaca, "Sephardic/Converso Experience: History, Migration, DNA and Personal Journeys: One Program in 2 Parts." Please see https://www.jgsgb.org/event/schelly-tally-dardashti-and-maria-apodaca-sephardic-converso-experience-history-migration-dna-and-personal-journeys-one-program-in-2-parts/ for more information.

MSOG, Inc., Middlesex Chapter Meeting May 9, 2020 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Location TBA Francine Griffis, "Panning for Gold in the 21st Century: Ethically Linking the Present to the Past."

Joint Meeting of the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston May 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz, "Locating Vital Records in Poland Online."

MSOG, Inc., Merrimack Valley Chapter Meeting May 30, 2020 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple St, Georgetown, MA 01833, USA Sara Campbell, "Writing."

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston Monthly Meeting May 31, 2020 at 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Meredith Hoffman, "Demystifying Repositories: Virtual Tours of Local Resources." Please visit https://www.jgsgb.org/event/meredith-hoffman-demystifying-repositories-virtual-tours-of-local-resources/ for more information.

MSOG, Inc., Middlesex Chapter Meeting June 13, 2020 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Location TBA Susan O'Connor, "Adding Spreadsheets to Your Genealogy Toolkit."

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston Monthly Meeting June 14, 2020 at 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA "JGSGB Panel: Digital Storytelling: A New Way to Share Your Information." For more information, please visit https://www.jgsgb.org/event/jgsgb-panel-digital-storytelling-a-new-way-to-share-your-information/

MSOG, Inc., Merrimack Valley Chapter Meeting June 20, 2020 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am Annual meeting; please check our website ( https://www.msoginc.org/msogwp/category/chapters/merrimack-valley/ )and Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkaboutgenealogy/ ) for details.