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DNA SIG Meeting for MSOG Members Only
Date: October 18, 2023 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

DNA SIG Meeting for MSOG Members Only

MSOG members, we are changing the way we run the DNA SIG meeting.  These will be every other month starting in October. These will be for Members Only and instead of a lecture, these will be a discussion with a different person leading the group at each meeting.
 
Seema Kenney has offered to lead our first meeting the topic will be: The Shared Centimorgan Project: A Tool for Working With Shared Matches.
We'll look at its origins, contents, and the many places you can find it and then discuss how it can help in determining a more accurate relationship estimate.
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Internet Archive presented by Dan Earl
Date: October 07, 2023 Time: 09:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Internet Archive presented by Dan Earl

Genealogists spend a lot of time in archives, but have you been to the Internet Archive? Come find out how to use this invaluable tool that will change the way you do research online. This lecture will cover what the Internet Archive, or 'Wayback Machine' can do to help genealogists with their online research. The Internet Archive is a treasure trove of information. Participants will learn how to find old webpages that have changed or been taken down, search thousands of texts, videos, audio recordings, and more!
 
Dan Earl is a popular genealogy educator. He lives near Lansing, Michigan with his family. He is a teacher in an inner city school district. Some people think he’s funny.
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The Ruin of All Witches by Malcolm Gaskill
Date: October 03, 2023 Time: 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM

The Ruin of All Witches by Malcolm Gaskill

 
A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology.
 
In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, resentment and denunciation. The finger of suspicion soon falls on a young couple with two small children: the prickly brickmaker, Hugh Parsons, and his troubled wife, Mary.
 
Drawing on rich, previously unexplored source material, Malcolm Gaskill vividly evokes a strange past, one where lives were steeped in the divine and the diabolic, in omens, curses and enchantments. The Ruin of All Witches captures an entire society caught in agonized transition between superstition and enlightenment, tradition and innovation. (Amazon Review)
 

 
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"Evander MacIver" A Living Autobiography Created Using DeepStory on MyHeritage presented by Linda MacIver
Date: September 23, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

"Evander MacIver" A Living Autobiography Created Using DeepStory on MyHeritage presented by Linda MacIver

Come along for an introduction to DeepStory, MyHeritage's groundbreaking new AI-based tool which enables your family hsitory to come alive. Built upon their previous photo enhancement and colorization tools. MyHeritage has added very realistic animation and audio, allowing your ancestors to tell thier own personalized stories. You can edit and expand the basic narrative, and by adding photographs and maps, provide context in time and place. If you have struggles with attempts to provide afun and easy way to reach out to family members. DeepStory's simple template creates and exciting and unique product to document, preserve, and share your most treasured family memories.

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Past the Cemetery Gate presented by Brenda Sullivan
Date: September 16, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM

Past the Cemetery Gate presented by Brenda Sullivan

“Past the Cemetery Gate” is a 60 minute presentation where we learn to ‘read’ the cemetery for clues and information.  Using both direct observation and deductive reasoning from objects such as the writing, art, geology and the cemetery landscape, much new insight can be revealed.  That new insight can answer questions, create new inquiries and open doors for further detective work.  Many use the cemetery as a cursory resource for learning, genealogy or entertainment, some haven’t tapped it at all.  This program will get guests looking at these spaces, both old and new, as a valuable resource for their data collection activities.
 
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Bridging Your Past and Future
Date: September 09, 2023 Time: 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Bridging Your Past and Future

Bridging Your Past and Future: Creating Powerful Personal Stories  (Middlesex)
Presented by Melissa Ann Kitchen
Since losing her parents at a young age, Melissa has placed more importance on preserving her family history and ties to the past. She and her siblings struggled to find many details of their past and longed for stories told in their parents' own words. Melissa believes the Russian proverb, “You live as long as you are remembered,” and so, as a mom, she decided to do a better job building the bridge between generations for her children by documenting family stories to pass along to her future generations.
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