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Preregister not needed. You can click on this link day of https://tinyurl.com/MVJune2023
The meeting will be in person and our Presenter will using GoToMeeting.
Chapter Annual Meeting for the members including Business Meeting and Presentation
We are still here,13th year and counting. Lets celebrate our Merrimack Valley Chapter! Past, Present and our Future.
Linda MacIver Presenting: Demystifying the Three Big Free Digital Sites for Genealogists: The Internet Archive and Beyond
As you grumble about the ever-increasing costs of the commercial databases, do you sometimes admit to yourself that you don't value free sites as much as you should? With a whole truckload of formerly copyright-protected, now freely-available, materials out there, has it been at least a year since you stopped to search the Internet Archive, The Digital Commonwealth, or the Digital Public Library of America? Let's revisit these three and a few additional favorites of mine, old and new, to add to your list of "When did I last go mining for a golden discovery in....?!"
Linda B. MacIver is an educator, lecturer, librarian, and genealogy researcher. She retired from a 27-year career at the Boston Public Library where she inaugurated the BPL patron genealogy classes. She taught the multi-week beginners genealogy course, organized two extremely popular seasons of the Local and Family History Lecture series, and developed the Intermediate Genealogy Summer Lecture series. Linda is the past Secretary and Director for Federal Records of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council (MGC), a member of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) and the Essex (MA) Society of Genealogists (ESOG) and the Essex (Eng.) Society for Family History (ESFH.) She serves as the New England Representative for the Essex (England!) Record Office. Linda has a BA in History from the University of New Hampshire, an MEd from Boston University and earned her MLIS at Simmons College. Linda was presented the 2018 Lackey Scholarship award for attendance at the week-long Genealogical Institute for Federal Records (GEN-FED) at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Linda was also the inaugural recipient of the 2019 “Senior at the Center of Excellence Award” sponsored by Xerox Corporation and the City of Boston.
Refreshments will be served. Door Prizes
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Free and Open to the Public.