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Thursday, October 12
Finding Your Roots Through Records - Part 3 (Webinar)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The Maryland Genealogical Society is pleased to once again partner with Maryland Public Television (MPT) to offer a new beginner-to-intermediate genealogy workshop series. Finding Your Roots Through Records consists of four (4) two-hour sessions focused on the public records you can use while researching in order to find more information about your ancestors. Sessions will be held September 14, September 26, October 12, and October 24 from 7:00pm-9:00pm Eastern Time. The workshop series will be led by nationally known speaker Annette Burke Lyttle, who was the presenter at our spring workshop series on research practices.
Part 3 on September 26 addresses researching in wills and probate records. The session will feature a combination of lecture, small and large group discussion, question and answer time, and a homework assignment relating to the different record types. A handout will be provided.
Those who register also will receive a one-year introductory membership to the Maryland Genealogical Society (not applicable to current MGS members) and a one-year MPT Passport membership or membership extension. The cost of the series is $100.00. If you register late in the series, you will have access to recordings of all the lectures (although not the small group discussions.) You can register on the MPT registration page.
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Tuesday, October 24
Finding Your Roots Through Records - Part 4 (Webinar)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The Maryland Genealogical Society is pleased to once again partner with Maryland Public Television (MPT) to offer a new beginner-to-intermediate genealogy workshop series. Finding Your Roots Through Records consists of four (4) two-hour sessions focused on the public records you can use while researching in order to find more information about your ancestors. Sessions will be held September 14, September 26, October 12, and October 24 from 7:00pm-9:00pm Eastern Time. The workshop series will be led by nationally known speaker Annette Burke Lyttle, who was the presenter at our spring workshop series on research practices.
Part 4 on September 26 addresses researching in military records. The session will feature a combination of lecture, small and large group discussion, question and answer time, and a homework assignment relating to the different record types. A handout will be provided.
Those who register also will receive a one-year introductory membership to the Maryland Genealogical Society (not applicable to current MGS members) and a one-year MPT Passport membership or membership extension. The cost of the series is $100.00. If you register late in the series, you will have access to recordings of all the lectures (although not the small group discussions.) You can register on the MPT registration page.
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Saturday, October 28
Researching Maryland Records (Fall Seminar)
8:30 am to 3:30 pm DoubleTree by Hilton, 15101 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707
Join us for our first live seminar since the pandemic. Good food, great presentations, and a chance to be with other genealogists. An in-person and online event.
In our MGS/MPT webinars in September and October, you can learn some great information about wills, the general probate process, and land records. Our Fall Seminar will show how to specifically find those Maryland records (plus colonial and religious records). If you can’t be there, join us on Zoom. Advance registration is required.
Presentations:
Tom McCarriar -- Finding Maryland Probate Records
Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS – Colonial Research in Maryland
Bridget M. Sunderlin, CG -- Finding Maryland Land Records on mdlandrec.net
Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS – Religious Records in Maryland
In-person cost: Online (Zoom) cost:
$70 – Members $40 -- Members
$80 – Non-members $50 -- Non-members
In-person price includes continental breakfast, hot buffet lunch and refreshments during breaks. Registration & continental breakfast start at 8:30 am, program at 9:15 am.
Pre-registration deadline: October 21, 2023 (Walk-in registration is an additional $5.)
Registration Info
Nonmembers: Register online using PayPal or a credit card, click on the "Add to Cart" button below.
To register by mail, click here for a registration form to fill in and mail.
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Saturday, December 9
Holiday Luncheon (Luncheon)
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Libations Restaurant, 8541 Veterans Hwy, Millersville, MD
Be sure to save the date for the MGS Holiday Luncheon, which will be held on Saturday, December 9, from 12:00pm – 3:00pm, at Libations Restaurant in Millersville.
The luncheon speaker will be Cecilia Wright, President of the Irish Railroad Workers Museum. Registration will open later this fall. Hope you can join us!
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