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Monday, September 25
All Things Virginia - The Virginia Special Interest Group (Special Interest Group)
The SIG that would normally be held on 25 September has been cancelled. See you in October.
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Monday, October 2
Entering Information onto Find A Grave (Training and Education)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm HHSC Room 214
INSTRUCTOR: Linda MacLachlan
The purpose of the workshop is to learn how to add information onto the Find A Grave website. Workshop is limited to 6 folks.
In order to enter information onto Find A Grave, you will need to set up a free account before the workshop date. Please remember to bring your user id and password with you.
To register for the workshop, please send an email with the workshop name and date, and your name and phone number to Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net. Thank you.
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Tuesday, October 17
An Immigrant’s Life in Little Germany (General Meeting)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Live In-Person, Hollin Hall Senior Center, Room 112
Presenter Name: Sharon Hodges
Description: “Little Germany” was the first urban foreign-language settlement in the United States. More than 250,000 Germans lived in New York City in the area known as “Little Germany.” This talk with explore the history of the area and what life was like living in Kleindeutschland between 1845 and 1880.
Bio: For about 30 years, Sharon has been a professional genealogist, author, and teacher having lectured in New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. She is a past grader for the National Genealogical Society Home Study Course and a graduate of the National Institute for Genealogical Research. Sharon is a member of numerous local and national genealogical societies, past Secretary and Awards Chair of the Virginia Genealogical Society, and Past President of the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society.
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Monday, October 23
All Things Virginia - The Virginia SIG (Special Interest Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm HHSC Room 214
The Virginia SIG will meet on Monday, 23 Oct 2023 from 1-3 in the Research Library. Our topic will be all about taxes in Virginia - personal property taxes, tithables, etc. |
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Monday, November 6
Using FamilySearch.org (Training and Education)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm HHSC Room 214
INSTRUCTOR: Linda MacLachlan
The purpose of the workshop is to learn how to use the Familysearch.org website more effectively. Workshop is limited to 6 folks.
Pleae remember to create a free account, if you don't already have one, ahead of the workshop date. Please remember to bring your user id and password with you.
To register for the workshop, please send an email with the workshop name and date, and your name and phone number to Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net. Thank you.
There is another handout titled "Calling Famsearch for Help" available in the Training Forum portion of the MVGS website.
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Thursday, November 9
Truth or Consequences - Every Source of Info Must be Evaluated (Training and Education)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm HHSC Room 201
INSTRUCTOR: Chuck Mason
Even primary sources can contain mistakes. Secondary sources are notorious for mistakes. How does one evaluate primary sources, secondary sources, direct evidence, indirect evidence, and use the Genealogical Proof Standard?
To register for the class, please send an email with the class name and date, your name and phone number to Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net. Thank you.
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Tuesday, November 21
Untold Stories of the American Revolution (General Meeting)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Virtual Meeting via Zoom
(Members can get the Registration link in the Members Only section)
Presenter Name: Dr. Richard Bell
Description: Most people know something about the American Revolution and about the Founding Fathers. But the full story of the Revolution requires us to look beyond their lives and expand its cast of characters. This lecture examines four other revolutionary lives: an immigrant propagandist, a female solider, a fugitive from slavery, and the grieving widow who became the most important Native American leader during the war.
Bio: Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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Monday, December 4
Using FamilySearch.org (Training and Education)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm HHSC Room 214
INSTRUCTOR: Linda MacLachlan
The purpose of the workshop is to learn how to use the Familysearch.org website more effectively. Workshop is limited to 6 folks.
Please remember to create a free account, if you don't already have one, ahead of the workshop date. Please remember to bring your user id and password with you.
To register for the workshop, please send an email with the workshop name and date, and your name and phone number to Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net. Thank you.
There is another handout titled "Calling Famsearch for Help" available on the Training Forum portion of the MVGS website.
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Monday, January 1, 2024
POSTPONED Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Property Records: A Metes and Bounds Hands-On Workshop (Training and Education)
INSTRUCTOR: Stephanie Campbell
THIS CLASS THAT WAS SCHEDULED for 17 October has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. The 1 Jan 2024 date above is just a placeholder. This site will be updated once a new date has been determined - probably not for a couple of months.
In this class, you will learn property terminology used in state-land states, including metes, bounds, chains, and poles. You will learn how to draw property boundaries using metes and bounds.
A short supply list will be posted here as we get closer to the class. It will include things like a drawing compass, graph paper, etc.
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Monday, January 1, 2024
POSTPONED Field Trip/Road Trip SIG to the National Labor Union Archives (Special Interest Group)
College Park, MD
The Field Trip/Road Trip SIG for a day of research at the National Labor Union Archives at the University of Maryland that was planned for 27 October 2023 has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. This site will be updated once a new date has been decided on - likely not for a couple of months. The 1 Jan 2024 date above is just a placeholder.
The Road Trip will include an introduction and an orientation to the Archives followed by a chance to do individual research. All research levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Times for the Road Trip are currently TBD. Presently, there is no class in conjunction with this Road Trip. The below information should be helpful for anyone interested in attending this outing. Be sure to save your spot for this Road Trip by contacting Stephanie Campbell at sjc8665@gmail.com.
The labor collections of the National Labor Union Archives at the University of Maryland consist of over 19,500 linear feet of archival material, and a library of 18,000 publications and 1,000 linear feet of labor journals and ephemeral publications. Included in the labor collections are the archives of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union (formerly TWIU, BCT, and now BCTGM), the International Labor Communications Association (ILCA), the Cigar Makers International Union (CMIU), the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA), and the archives of the Samuel Gompers Papers Project. The University of Maryland is the official repository for records of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), selected records of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and the merged American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industril Organizations (AFL-CIO), including administrative and staff departments.
The transportation, shipbuilding, and railroad trades, and related businesses, are represented in the holdings of the Cuba Company archives, the International Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA), the Railway Employee's Departemnt, the Transportation Trades Department, and the Work Projects Administration in Maryland records. Additional trade union departments include: the Building and Construction Trades Department; Food and Allied Service Trades Department; Maritime Trades Department; Metal Trades Department; and the Union Label and Service Trades Department.
The following collections also represent international labor union activities; U.S. labor union activities, topics, strikes and other events; labor education; healthcare, Medicare; and the workplace environment: the International Union of Siderographers (1860s-present); National Organizers Alliance archive; American Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor; the Baltimore Federation of Labor; the Bureau of Business Practice Collection; the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (including records of the African American Labor Center, American Institute for Free Labor Development, Free Trade Union Institute, and Asian-American Free Labor Institute); Natioanl Council of Senior Citizens; Working for America Institute; and Working America.
Additional records for union programs and affiliate oraganizations include: the National Labor College; Union Privilege Benefit Program; Coalition of Labor Union Women; Frontlash; Center for Working Capital; International Labor Press; Labor Institute for Public Affairs; National Association of Working Women; and the National Capital Area Trade Union Retirees Club. It also includes Japanese print publications produced by grassroots labor unions during the first four years of the Allied Occupation, 1945-1949.
The collections also include extensive photo documentation of labor union activities from the 1940s to the present in the photographic negative and digital collections of Frank Alexander and Page One Photography, Inc. Collections of graphic images, over 10,000 audio tapes, several hundred films and videotapes, and over 2,000 artifacts are available for research and study. |
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