Middlesex Chapter
Meets in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at various locations in that county on the second Saturday afternoon of the month from September to June. Unless otherwise noted, meetings begin at 1:30 p.m.
MSOG is made up of chapters throughout Massachusetts: Bristol, Martha's Vineyard, Merrimack Valley, Middlesex, and Worcester. Each chapter has its own governing board of officers, an annual meeting, and an 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.
Officers
President: Sharon Christenson
Vice-President: Deborah Lee Stewart
Secretary: Susan C. Bradford
Treasurer: Paul Keeler
Membership: Mike Maglio
Schedule of Speakers 2011-2012
| Date/Time | Speaker/Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2011, 8:30-4:00 | Family Research Day - Joint Program in collaboration with Essex Society of Genealogists, Merrimack Valley Chapter MSOG and Lynnfield Family History Center. Keynote Speaker: Marcia Melnyk: Investigating the Dash, Following an Ancestor from Cradle to Grave. |
Lynnfield Family History Center, 400 Essex St., Lynnfield, MA |
| October 8, 2011, 1:30-4:00 | Laura Prescott, President Association of Professional Genealogists, on Treasures within the Ivory Tower: Finding Family in Academic Archives. | Framingham Public Library, 49 Lexington St., Framingham, MA |
| November 5, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | MSOG Annual Meeting | Littleton LDS, 616 Great Road, Littleton, MA 01460 |
| December 10, 2011, 1:30-4:00 | Dick Eastman, Editor, Eastman's Online Genealogical Newsletter.
Dick will speak on the Family History World in 10 Years Time: Changing research trends, a changing audience, and being "online all the
time" with handheld devices.
View the video of this program . The password for this program is "MSOG". The video is being made available with the generous permission of Dick Eastman. |
Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA |
| January 14, 2012, 1:30-4:00 | Seema-Jayne Kenney, Treasurer, Worcester Chapter . Assistance with Microsoft Word when writing your family history. | Location: Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA |
| February 11, 2012, 1:30 p.m. | Michael Brophy, Brophy Genealogy Myths and Legends, brophygen.com. | Location: Lexington Public Library |
| March 3, 2012, 10:30 a.m. | This will be a joint meeting with the Merrimack Chapter. The visit to NARA will focus on the 1940 Census and NARA will provide a speaker. Note change of usual date and time. | Location: NARA in Waltham |
| April 14, 2012 | Mike Maglio, Membership Director, Middlesex Chapter, on Social Genealogy--finding your cousins and other relatives | Location: Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA |
| May 12, 2012 | Virginia Wright will tell us about the Forresters Project sponsored by TIARA | Location: TBD |
| June 9, 2011, 1:30 p.m. | Chapter Annual Meeting & Program. Member roundtable topic under consideration. | Location: TBD |