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 Fall Conference and Annual Meeting at ACGS - Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Join us for a great day of lectures by two outstanding speakers, Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne and Maureen A. Taylor.  The conference will be followed by our Annual Meeting.  The public is invited to attend.

Speakers:

Our guest speaker, Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne wears two hats: one as part time reference archivist at the Montreal centre of Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec [BAnQ] where 85% of the patrons are amateur genealogists. She also runs a research business in genealogy called HISTOQUEST.  Although her clients are mostly government agencies interested in heir searching, Denyse also researches for individuals from all over the world breaking down brick-wall cases about ancestors in Quebec.

Denyse has written a book about the trial of a black slave accused of setting Montreal on fire in 1734. That research was used as the basis of an award winning web site: The Torture and the Truth. Angelique and the Burning of Montreal which is part of the Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History.  Her book has been at the center of many educational and artistic happenings. In the coming fall a documentary on her and the story of Angelique will be broadcast on Canada French national network.

Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne is looking forward to making this presentation.  She will talk about the following records that could be useful in French-Canadian genealogical research:
 

• tutorship and guardianship records;
• probate records;
• fur trading permits;
• notarial records;
• parish creation records (hold a tremendous amount of information)
  
   

Using the Internet, she will show us:
 

• how to get the best out of BAnQ’s website;
• how to search the genealogical data banks;
• how to plan a trip to the archive centers by using PISTARD;
• how to order documents; and
• how to avail ourselves of BAnQ’s free research services.

Maureen A. Taylor is an internationally recognized expert on the intersection of history, genealogy, and photography. She has been featured in top media outlets, including The View, Martha Stewart Living, and The Today Show. Maureen is the author of a number of books and magazine articles, as well as a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine.  In 2007, The Wall Street Journal called her “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective.” Her books that she will have with her for sale and signing include:  Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles (19.95), Preserving Your Family Photographs (24.99), The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation (45.00) and Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors (8.95) Maureen has graciously agreed to do two presentations for us.  They will be:

Identifying
Learn ten easy steps to help identify family photographs such as researching photographers, dating costume clues and comparing facial characteristics. 

• Identifying the Images
  Basic Photographic History for the Genealogists; How Can I Find Out When a Photographer Was in Business; and What Clothing Has to Say
• Techniques to date and interpret your family photographs using case studies.
• Preserving Family Photographs [if time permits]. A few basic tips you can use to save your photos.

Maureen’s second presentation will delve into an area that many of us are ready to embrace:

Telling the Family Story—From DVD’s to Self-Publishing and Blogs. 
There is more than one way to “write” a family history. Explore the options available in today’s marketplace and tell your family history with words, pictures and sound.

• Oral History Tips for capturing family stories
• Slide Shows, Movies and Audio Players—Ways to add words and action

·         Self-Publishing—You Can Do It.

• Sharing Your Project—DVDS, Blogs, Facebook and Vimeo/YouTube.

Registration begins at 8am on the 24th.  The conference starts at 9am.

                        Everyone is welcome!                         

WHERE:           ACGS LIBRARY BUILDING

                   4  ELM STREET  in  MANCHESTER, NH

    (The library building is next door to the Church of the Blessed Sacrament)

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