Presented by Carol Katsulis

 

I imagine you have heard of the Family, Associates and Neighbors, aka "FAN" which is sometimes an important avenue to work with on your research. The "FAN" will send you messages if you listen to them. In my research story I did just that. Come join me as I present to you my story about my maternal Third Great Grandfather, John Eagan Collins and his family. I had began my genealogy interest with this family about 34 years ago. He was born here in Massachusetts. He was a Irish Catholic, wealthy for those times and from what I discovered, he became a strong hardworking entrepreneur. He and his wife Mary had many children, however they suffered many losses of many of these children did not live past their prime. I will share abut the times when I found living cousins, whom shared with me, their genealogy research, antidotes and their family lore, and especially  a special piece of family heirloom that was handed down to me by one of these cousins. I will share my new found evidence which bring them into my world of today. We have more in common with our past relatives than we realize. 

 

I have been researching my family since 1990's with my mom as my sidekick. It began with a curiosity of finding our ancestors from New Hampshire. Mainly the above Collins family which was her side of the lineage. I have always enjoyed the research and finding new details about all my ancestors. I joined the MSOG and the MV Chapter about 8 years ago. I had attended my first meeting and the rest is history as they say. I have been on my chapters board, as Secretary, Vice President and have served two terms concurrent as President.   I acquired my Genealogy Certificate in 2013 from Boston University.

 

This program is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

This meeting will be online via Zoom.