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Merrimack Valley December Meeting
Date: December 23, 2023 Time: 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Merrimack Valley December Meeting

 
We will not be meeting the month of December.
Have an enjoyable Holiday season with your family and friends.
 
The MV Chapter Board
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DNA SIG December Meeting
Date: December 20, 2023 Time: 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM

DNA SIG December Meeting

Using SHARED MATCHES within Your DNA Results

Basic DNA research requires nothing more than your matches, their shared matches, and genealogy software!

This quick introduction to getting more from your DNA results will give you the steps for connecting the matches together.

Come join us for a conversation about Shared Matches.

What have you learned by looking at your DNA matches?

What do you have questions about your DNA?

 

 
  
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DNA, Genealogy, and Privacy: Handling the Double-Edged Sword presented by Thomas MacEntee
Date: December 16, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM

DNA, Genealogy, and Privacy: Handling the Double-Edged Sword presented by Thomas MacEntee

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
 
Those who wish to attend virtually, can pre-register at TBA

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Ghosts of Christmas Past: Ancestry Holiday Traditions with Jean Wilcox Hibben
Date: December 14, 2023 Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM

Ghosts of Christmas Past: Ancestry Holiday Traditions with Jean Wilcox Hibben

For our December webinar, Jean Wilcox Hibben will be presenting a program that connects some of our more common holiday traditions in the United States to their beginnings during the time of our ancestors of various cultures and countries.  
 
A native of the Chicago suburbs & former Board Certified genealogist, Jean Wilcox Hibben now resides in So. Cal. where she was a college professor for 13 years, teaching Speech Communication, retiring to pursue her passions: family history & folklore (with a doctorate in the latter). She is a national speaker, the former Director of the Corona (CA) Family History Center, President & webmaster of the Corona Gen. Soc., & Past-President of the So. Calif. Chapter of APG. She has also been on the boards of the Gen'l Speakers Guild, Internat'l Soc. of Family History Writers & Editors, & APG. She was the Lead researcher for the first season of Genealogy Roadshow. She writes the "Aunty Jeff" column for the Informer, the newsletter of the Jefferson County, NY, Gen. Soc. She is part of Genealogy Journeys® producing podcasts on Social History.
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Probate to Equity and Back presented by Kelvin L. Meyers
Date: December 09, 2023 Time: 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Probate to Equity and Back presented by Kelvin L. Meyers

When we allow the records to "talk" to us, we learn many things about our ancestors. We learn about family relationships, the family's social status, and prove marriages without marriage records. Records of probate can be some of the most fruitful for genealogists. Join us to learn the methodology of working within these record groups.

A fifth-generation Texan and professional forensic genealogist since 1996, Kelvin is a popular speaker to genealogical societies and family associations throughout the United States. Kelvin works with several mineral companies in Texas, researching heirs throughout the US and the world. He also specializes in southern brick wall problems for clients.

He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, a past President of the Lone Star Chapter of APG, and a founding member of the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG). Kelvin is also the director of the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR), sponsored by the Texas State Genealogical Society.

Kelvin is the author of Research in Texas for the National Genealogical Society's Research in the States series and an award-winner of The Dallas Genealogical Society's Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Distinguished Service Award. 

This program is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

This meeting will be online via Zoom.
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Book One of Two, Same Night Discussion)
Date: December 05, 2023 Time: 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Book One of Two, Same Night Discussion)

A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from a supernatural visit by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.The book was written and published in early Victorian era Britain, a period when there was strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions together with the introduction of new customs, such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens' sources for the tale appear to be many and varied, but are, principally, the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales. (Amazon Review)
 
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