Events
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Meet Your Town/City Clerk, Vital Records in Bristol County
Bristol County Town/City Clerk’s will be our guests. They will share what vital records and resources are available for their town or city. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and gain valuable information.
What You Can Find in the David Allen Lambert Library
Business Meeting 11:00-11:30 am
Member Sharing 11:30-11:55 am
Presentation Begins at Noon.
This program is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information contact: bristol@msoginc.org
Schedule of Events Available at: https://msoginc.org
The Government of the People: Leveraging Freedom of Information Laws to Procure Novel Records
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This lecture presented by Alec Ferretti will explain Freedom of Information Laws, and how genealogists can use them to obtain often inaccessible record sets and to learn about how systems of records are organized. A variety of jurisdictions and case studies will be discussed.
Alec Ferretti is a New York City-based professional genealogist who has worked for the Wells Fargo Family & Business History Center, researching family histories for high-net-worth clients. Alec specializes in the genealogy of 20th-century immigrants to the United States. He is a regular lecturer at genealogical societies and conferences. He serves as the President of the New York Genealogy & Technology Group, serves actively on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and on the Board of Reclaim the Records, a nonprofit dedicated to wrangling public records from obstinate government agencies.
This program is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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Mass Amherst Special Collections
Worcester Chapter Meeting: Quakers, Aggies, and Archivists: An Inside Look at Genealogy Resources at UMass Amherst's Archives
What Can DNA Segments Tell Us
Bristol 8th Annual Ancestors' Day
Presented by Bristol Chapter Members
Every year, several members from the “Bristol Chapter” volunteer to share interesting stories and research anecdotes about their family. Members will enlighten attendees with their triumphs, journeys, family stories and roadblocks in their quest to find their ancestors. In an entertaining way,