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MSOG, Inc.
PO Box 215
Ashland, MA 01721-0215 |
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Saturday, November 15
No Bristol Chapter Meeting
Instead please join us for the MSOG Annual Meeting.
Registration will be open from October 1st through October 20th.
MSOG Members: $50.00
Non-members: $60.00
Members Login to Register for the Annual Meeting Register here: https://msoginc.org/store.php?sid=1&acs=A&ars=A&cid=8
When: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Where: Marlborough Country Club, 200 Concord Rd. Marlborough, MA
Directions: From the North or South take 495 to Exit 63A on to Route 20 East, at 3.4 miles turn left on Concord Rd. at .4 miles the Venue will be on your left. Come early to get a good parking spot.
9:00 to 9:30 am - Registration
There will be Breakfast Pastries, Fruit and Muffins along with Coffee & Tea, Orange Juice and Cranberry Juice
9:30 to 10:20 - Annual Business Meeting & Indexing Project of MASSOG Journals
10:20 to 10:30 - Break
10:30 to 10:50 - Special Event
10:50 to 11:00 - Break
11:00 to 12:00 - Speaker: Jennifer Zinck, presents Practical AI: Time-Saving Solutions for Genealogists
12:00 to 1:00 - Buffet Lunch
Garden Salad, Seasonal Spinach Salad, Warm Dinner Rolls, Chicken Marsala, Wild Mushroom Sauce, Parmesan Herb Baked Haddock, Pasta Primavera, Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetables. Assorted Pre-plated Desserts
Email Treasurer@msoginc.org if you have any special dietary requirements.
1:00 to 2:00 - Speaker: Rob Weir, presents Genealogical Gold in New England Town Books and Reports
2:00 to 2:10 - Break
2:10 to 3:10 - History of MSOG and Genealogy
3:10 to 4:00 - Chapter Photos, Door Prizes
If you have any questions, send an email to AnnualMeeting@msoginc.org
Click here: https://msoginc.org/upload/files/2025-11-15_Annual_Meeting_Schedule_flyer.pdf to open a pdf that you can print, it provides the times and directions. |
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Saturday, December 20
Preserving and Passing Down Your Genealogical Legacy
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Attend in Person or Virtually via Zoom
Presented in-person by Kevin Desforges
This two-part presentation will cover two subjects closely related: Tools to Help Your Life's Genealogical Work Survive into the Future and Ancestor Photographs and Facial Recognition AI. After a lifetime of passionate research and compiling your family history, there comes a time when you consider who in the future will appreciate, benefit, and hopefully cherish your work and even build upon it. Let's consider a few tools to help your life's genealogical work survive into the future. The second part will be about how Facial Recognition AI offers a powerful tool to help identify your ancestors in other peoples' photographs.
Kevin Desforges brings together past experiences in programming, data science, database management, and dynamic web development. He worked as a professional programmer and data scientist in the military, in finance, and in health care for such notable organizations as the New York Stock Exchange (NYC), FINRA (NYC), Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA (Boston), and Research Triangle Institute (Cary, NC / Waltham, MA). He attended Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH), Bristol Community College (Fall River, MA), and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He served four years as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (San Antonio, TX) and proceeded to earn a continuing Ed degree in Small Business Entrepreneurship from the Borough of Manhattan Community College (NYC).
In 2006, Kevin began to focus his technical skills in the area of genealogy and the preservation of family legacy by starting Visual Ancestor ( www.visualancestor.com), an elite online library of ancestor photographs, after having been inspired by the antique community in Warren, Rhode Island. In 2022, he co-founded a tech company called Echodify ( www.echodify.com) which specializes in passing on family legacies to future generations. Currently, he continues to pursue his passion for preserving ancestor photographs bringing the subject matter into the realm of modern, AI-driven technology such as facial recognition.
SOMERSET PUBLIC LIBRARY
1464 County Street
Somerset, MA 02726
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 https://tinyurl.com/BristolDec25 |
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Saturday, January 17, 2026
How to Use the FamilySearch Catalog
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Attend in Person or Virtually via Zoom
Presented Virtually by Cheri Hudson Passey
Cheri Hudson Passey is a professional genealogist, instructor, writer, speaker, and owner of Carolina Girl Genealogy, LLC. She hosts the YouTube genealogy chat show GenFriends and is a genealogical researcher subcontracted by Eagle Investigative Services, Inc., for the US Army Past Conflict Repatriations Branch. She is involved in many genealogy societies and organizations and is on the National Genealogical Society board. For over ten years, Cheri has written the blog “Carolina Girl Genealogy,” sharing genealogy tips, methodologies, family stories, and her research adventures in South Carolina.
SOMERSET PUBLIC LIBRARY
1464 County Street
Somerset, MA 02726
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 https://tinyurl.com/BristolJan26 |
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
10th Annual Ancestors Day
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Attend in Person or Virtually via Zoom
Presented by Bristol Chapter Members
Every year, several members from the “Bristol Chapter” volunteer to share interesting stories and research anecdotes about their family. Members will enlighten attendees with their triumphs, journeys, family stories and roadblocks in their quest to find their ancestors.
In an entertaining way, you will learn fascinating facts about our members and their families. Not all the research will result in a happy ending but nevertheless everyone will leave enlightened and energized to solve a family lore. Regardless of what you learn, the day will prove to be fun and educational.
SOMERSET PUBLIC LIBRARY
1464 County Street
Somerset, MA 02726
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 https://tinyurl.com/BristolFeb2026
Those who wish to attend virtually, can pre-register at https://tinyurl.com/BristolFeb26 |
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Saturday, March 21, 2026
Creating an Ancestor Sketch (Rescheduled)
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Attend in Person or Virtually via Zoom
Presented Virtually by Thomas MacEntee
Face it: most genealogists never get around to publishing that family history book based on their genealogy research. How about a different approach: producing short 3-5 page “sketches” about an ancestor? You’ll learn how to include a cover, photos, facts, family stories, source citations and more! And guess what, once you get a few of these ancestor sketches done, you can compile them together for one big book!
Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community.
"This program has applied for support from the Somerset Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency."
SOMERSET PUBLIC LIBRARY
1464 County Street
Somerset, MA 02726
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 https://tinyurl.com/BristolMar2026 |
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Saturday, April 18, 2026
Military Pension Files.
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Attend in Person or Virtually via Zoom
Presented Virtually by Catherine (Casey) Zahn
SOMERSET PUBLIC LIBRARY
1464 County Street
Somerset, MA 02726
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 https://tinyurl.com/BristolApr2026 |
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Saturday, May 16, 2026
Field Trip
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
Business Meeting 11:00-11:30 am
Member Sharing 11:30-11:55 am
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Saturday, June 20, 2026
Bristol Chapter Annual Meeting
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Attend in Person or Virtually via Zoom
Presented by TBA
Location TBA
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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