Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.

 

A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country. (Amazon Review)

 

Newspapers are a fantastic source of research leads, information, and historical context for your family history. The stories of our ancestor’s lives can be found in the pages of archived newspapers. This updated presentation, given by Jeanette Sheliga, will help teach you how to better search for your ancestors in the news and how they can help lead you towards answering your genealogy research questions.

 

Jeanette Sheliga of Jeanette’s Genealogy lives in Lockport, NY and has been researching her family tree since 2002 and lecturing since 2011. She has had the privilege to speak for societies and libraries locally and virtually all over the world. Jeanette is the President of the Virtual Genealogical Association (VGA), holds many offices in her local societies, completed the study groups of ProGen 49 and ProGen Practicum 02, and has attended many genealogy institutes.

 

 

DNA testing has revolutionized the options available to those with unknown parentage or other unknown ancestor mysteries and this presentation will explain how to use DNA results to help solve these previously unsolvable conundrums. Michelle will walk you through the process from choosing the correct tests for your research question to working with DNA results when there is no known family history information as reference. She will provide practical demonstrations of the most important techniques and essential practices and genuine case studies and success stories will be included to show how DNA testing used in conjunction with traditional research can provide much sought-after answers.

 

Michelle Leonard is a professional genealogist, DNA Detective, freelance researcher, speaker, author and historian. She has extensive experience both in the traditional and genetic genealogy spheres and runs her own genealogy and DNA consultancy business Genes & Genealogy. She specializes in the use of DNA testing for genealogical purposes and, in particular, solving all manner of unknown parentage and unknown ancestor mysteries using a combination of DNA results analysis and conventional research methodologies. Her business also focuses on utilizing DNA testing to verify and enhance family trees and the teaching of genetic genealogy techniques in a variety of ways.

 

 

Ann G. Lawthers presents New England Town Records

 

Town records from New England can contain a wealth of genealogical information.  These records can contain records of births, marriages, burials, mortgages, name changes, and more than can help you fill in the details of your ancestor's life.  This presentation delves into this important resource for New England and demonstrates how you may get the most out of these records for your own family history.

 

Ann Lawthers, Genealogist assists visitors to the American Ancestors Research Center, both in the NEHGS building and online, with their family history research.  She is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Harvard School of Public Health.  With a long-term interest in history and family research, Ann lectures frequently on behalf of American Ancestors.  Areas of particular interest include New England and New York, the Mid-Atlantic states, the southern colonies, Ireland, and migration patterns.

 

10:30 am EDT   Welcome!

11:00 am EDT   Presentation followed by Question and Answer period

12:00 pm EDT   Business Meeting

12:30 pm EDT   Door prizes, socializing, and lunch

  2:00 pm EDT   Meeting ends

 

This meeting will be hybrid - in-person and via Zoom.  It is free and open to the public.

 

Please refrain from bringing coffee beverages into the building.
Littleton Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

616 Great Rd

Littleton, MA

 

Zoom: Pre-registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/MVWRApr2023

 

NEW ENGLAND TOWN RECORDS with Anne G. Lawthers

Joint meeting with Worcester Chapter

For futher information check the Worcester Chapter Event page here on the website.

Look forward to seeing you there.

No Registraton needed. 

The Libraries cataloging and refrence librarian, Michelle will be giving us a brief 30 minute tour of their Local History room. When  we are done with the presentation tour, we will return to the meeting room and have a chance to discuss our genealogy research work or our brick walls and share your work and others who will be happy to help you wth it. Bring your notes, your computer or IPAD.

 

 

 Bring a friend or family member with you. All nonmember visitors, will have their names put in a hat for a gift certificate for an individual MV MSOG membership (must be in person to win/non transferrable). (donated anonymously).

 

Georgetown Peabody Library

2 Maple ST Georgetown MA

 

This program is Free and open to the Public

 

 

 

Program TBD

Details coming soon

Meeting for the members. Come be social with us.

Our Incoming  New officers starting September.

Saying goodbye to the old officers.(some have been on the board for over 3 terms)

We are still here,13th years and counting.  Lets celebrate! Past, Present and our future.

Bring a friend or family member. 

Hybrid Meeting

Refreshments will be served.  Door Prizes

Free and Open to the Public.

 

 

King Philip's War--one of America's first and costliest wars--began in 1675 as an Indian raid on several farms in Plymouth Colony, but quickly escalated into a full-scale war engulfing all of southern New England. Through a careful reconstruction of events, first-person accounts, period illustrations, and maps, and by providing information on the exact locations of more than fifty battles, King Philip's War is useful as well as informative. Students of history, colonial war buffs, those interested in Native American history, and anyone who is curious about how this war affected a particular New England town, will find important insights into one of the most seminal events to shape the American mind and continent. (Amazon Review)

 

Author Eric B. Schultz was raised in Dighton and is a 1975 graduate of D-R. He is a director of the Old Colony Historical Society and the former Chairman of the New England Historic Genealogical Society/American Ancestors. The presentation will draw from his book, King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict (with Michael Tougias).