Upcoming Conferences & Workshops
ACGS Spring Workshops - April 28th 2012
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DISCOVER
GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES: IN HOUSE – ON LINE – AND ELSEWHERE
Where:
ACGS LIBRARY BUILDING – 4 ELM ST. IN MANCHESTER, NH
(The library
building is next door to Blessed Sacrament Church –
PARKING: in lot behind building)
TELEPHONE:
603-622-1554
8:00
- REGISTRATION [enter at back of
building – lower lever] No pre-registration required.
9:00
- Welcome: Primary, secondary & tertiary
sources, assessment and evaluation.
9:15-10:15
- Janine Penfield
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Ancestry.com: the best
and worst; Library vs. home editions
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Heritage Quest: Persi
(periodical source index for journals) books and more
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Family Search - Mormon
website now searchable online
10:30-11:30
- Library Tour: Six stations, four 15
minute blocks, you choose!
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Indexes, repertories
and references, Canada and US Jackie Watson
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Available Computer
Databases Gerry Savard
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Vital records &other
sources on film and fiche Pauline Cusson
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Family genealogies,
family files Jeanne Boisvert
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Periodicals,
obituaries, directories Janine Penfield
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In the stacks:
Loyalists, Indian captives, Soldiers, Acadians Muriel Normand
11:30-1:00 -
Lunch out or bring your own and join others in our lunch room
1:00-2:00 - Muriel Normand
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Online and
about-Websites – (with a dedicated focus)
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(Gen Web, Library &
Archives Canada and many more)
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NH libraries, town &
city offices, museums and societies.
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NEHGS
2:15-3:15
- Results:
Janine Penfield
Seriously? A French Canadian in
the DAR
Nelson Disco
Persistence, many records and
luck: Scaling a Wall.
Basic Library
Tour:
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Indexes:
Blue Red, Petit and Fonds Drouin, Tanguay, Jette, Talbot, Charbonneau
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References:
Town names, dit names, dictionaries
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Films:
NH, Ma, Vt and Manchester vitals.
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Fiches:
IGI, Loiselle and female Drouin.
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Border crossings
Reps and other
vital records on the shelves:
Computer
Databases:
(not online)
Drouin, PRDH,
Dictionnaire, our holdings, Ma vitals, BMS 2000
In
the Stacks and in the back.
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Main Collection:
Histories, Biographies, state info, wars, natives, loyalists, filles du roy.
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Journals,
obits, directories
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Acadian Collection
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Notary indexes, general
references, Archives
Online:
Ancestry, Heritage
Quest, Family Search
Other Sources
Of Information:
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Genealogy Bank,
Archives, Fold 3, regional sites, cemetery,
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Quebec genealogy online
(and the other provinces),
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Library and Archives
Canada,
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US genealogy web, state
websites.
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Blogs, facebook and
Elsewhere in New England
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State and city
libraries, archives and vital records (focus on NH)
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Town and city clerk’s
offices
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NEHGS
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DAR: great example of
the use of resources!
Local Events- Something for Everyone!
Radio Broadcasts:
Dimanche - Samedi
L'Air du temps, WUMB,
Boston, MA (
www.wumb.org)
Dimanche - Samedi
Canal Academie, Paris, FR (
www.canalacademie.com)
Dimanche - Samedi
Couleur France, Paris, FR (
www.couleurfrance.net)
Dimanche - Samedi
Radio France Internationale,
Paris, FR (
www.rfi.fr)
Dimanche 08:30-09:30
Salut! Bonjour! WNRI 1380
AM, Woonsocket, RI (
www.wnri.com)
Dimanche 09:00-11:00
La Revue Francaise, WEZR
1240 AM, Auburn, ME (
www.cnn1240.com)
Dimanche 09:00-12:00
Chez Nous, WFEA 1370 AM,
Manch ester, NH (603-669-5777)
Dimanche 12:00-14:00
L'Echo Musical, WNRI 1380
AM, Woonsocket, RI (
www.wnri.com)
Dimanche 17:00 -1 8:00
L'Heure Francaise, WHTB
1400 AM, Fall River, MA (508-677-1400)
Dimanche 17:00-19:00
Your French Connection,
WUML 91.5 FM, Lowell, MA (
www.wuml.org)
Lundi 06:00-08:00
French Toast, WMBR 88.1 FM,
Cambridge, MA (
wmbr.org)
Samedi 11:00-13:00
L'Echo Musical, WNRI 1380
AM, Woonsocket, RI (
www.wnri.com)
Samedi 12:00-14:00
L'Heure Francaise, WCUW
91.3 FM, Worcester, MA (
www.wcuw.com)