GENEALOGY CLUB FALL SCHEDULE

Here is our fall schedule. Bring a friend who would like to get started in genealogy. Let us know if you would like to attend or have any questions and hope to see you soon.

Sept. 24, Thursday, at 6:30 PM. MEETING at the Pearle Crawford Memorial Library. Bring your ideas for programs and genealogy questions you have. Election of officers.

Oct. 14, Wednesday, at 6:30 at the Senior Center: Linda Pelletier guest speaker."Your Own Obituary - or - If You Want Something Done Right, Do It Yourself".


Oct. 24, Saturday. The 24th is also the annual meeting of MSOG held in Framingham. Some members of the club will want to attend this meeting. The MSOG schedule for speakers at this meeting can be seen on their website at
http://www.massachusettssocietyofgenealogists.org/Annual_Meeting_2009.html


Nov. 12, Thursday, at 6:30 PM. MEETING at the Dudley Town Offices. Group discussion of findings and planning of further programs.

Dec. 10, Thursday, at 6:30 PM at the Senior Center: Ed Bazinet, Dudley historian, speaker: "Coming Over". The time period from 1630-1640 has been dubbed the Great Migration, that time of the largest migration of settlers from Western England to New England.


Also this year, we are focusing on trips and projects; for example, going to the American French Genealogical Society in Woonsocket, RI. We have some regulars from the club who could guide you - if you would like to go, let us know. See their website http://www.afgs.org/ and here is the complete schedule of talks.

06 Oct 2009 7:00 PM Internet Research Presented by Bill Pommenville
24 Oct 2009 9:00 AM Resources in the AFGS Library Presented by Jan Burkhart
10:30 AM How to read the Repertoires
10 Nov 2009 7:00 PM Researching Native-Canadian-Americans, presented by Patty Locke
21 Nov 2009 9:00 AM DNA in Genealogy, presented by Tom Allaire
28 Nov 2009 9:00 AM Using Charts and Computer Programs to Record Genealogy
Information, presented by Bill Pommenville
16 Jan 2010 9:00 AM Beginning Genealogy Presented by Patty Locke
30 Jan 2010 9:00 AM Internet Research Presented by Bill Pommenville
07 Feb 2010 1:00 PM Writing Your Family History ---- TBA
20 Feb 2010 9:00 AM Using Census records in Your Resaerch Presented by Becky Keegan
20 Mar 2010 9:00 AM Using Microfilms at AFGS Presented by Fran Tivey
17 Apr 2010 8:00 AM Day Trip to the National Archives
27 Mar 2010 9:00 AM Using the Public Library as an Information Source ---TBA
24 APR 2010 8:00 AM Using PRDH and the Jette Dictionary Prsented by Patty Locke
15 May 2010 9:00 AM Acadian Research ---TBA

There will also be trips to the Mass Archives and to NARA.

Possible projects:
Compiling Club Archival Materials
Identifying and Making a List of Dudley Town Resources for Genealogy
Writing Family histories for the CLUB BLOG