Renewal for 2026 Membership Year
It’s Membership Renewal Time!
Beginning July 1, 2025 when you log into the website you will see a notice to renew your membership. Membership Year runs from September 1st through August 31st.
Individual $30.00
Family $40.00
Subscription/Organizations $30.00
*PastTimes Mailing fee $11.00
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50th History - Articles of Organization 1975
As genealogists, we are always searching for those elusive records of our ancestors to complete the picture of their lives. Below is a list of the first officers and directors of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc., as recorded in the Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signed June 6, 1975.
President: Robert J. Tarte, Ashland, MA
Treasurer: Gerard LaBonte, Franklin, MA
Clerk: Grace J. Waite, Sherborn, MA
Directors:
Marsha Wiswall, Stoneham, MA
Paul D. Dingwell, Jr, Needham, MA
Robert S. Trim, Rehoboth, MA
Harold Richardson, Worcester, MA
Florence E. Magrane, Reading, MA
Charles D. Townsend, Middleboro, MA
Wallace L. Trumper, Shelburne, MA
Randall M. Loomis, Florence, MA
Ronald A. Stratton, Pittsfield, MA
Phillip W. Morse, Framingham, MA
Welcome!
MSOG is made up of chapters throughout Massachusetts: Bristol, Merrimack Valley, Middlesex, and Worcester. Each chapter has its own governing board of officers, annual meeting, and election. Each chapter is a member of the state board and is represented by the chapter’s president. Chapters do not meet during the months of July and August.
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