The Massachusetts Genealogical Council (MGC) is proud to present a full day seminar by renowned genealogist and noted educator Helen Leary on Saturday March 27 at the Best Western Hotel, Waltham MA. February 29 is the early registration deadline for a $10 savings. See http://massgencouncil.org for registration forms, hotel accomodations and other activities. This program is an exceptional opportunity to learn from the expert's expert - dedicated to the methodologies that crack those brickwall mysteries! Helen Leary is a Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, and a Fellow of the National Genealogical Society (and received its Award of Merit in 1987). She is past-president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (and recipient of its Award for Outstanding Service in 2002) and has held numerous other elective offices in the field: trustee of the Association for Professional Genealogists (and recipient of its Graham T. Smallwood Award in 2003), and many others. In addition to Helen Leary's four fantastic research methodology lectures, more than 2 dozen members of the Association of Professional Genealogists (apgen.org) will provide Q&A in specific areas of expertise during the two hour lunch break. Vendors will include: Paul Bunnell, Loyalist author and lecturer http://www.willowbendbooks.com/advsearch.asp Federal Archives NARA Northeast Region http://www.archives.gov/facilities/ma/boston.html GenealogyFair Ancestral Manor http://www.GenealogyFair.com Godfrey Memorial Library http://www.godfrey.org/ JONATHAN SHEPPARD BOOKS http://jonathansheppardbooks.com/ New Hampshire Society of Genealogists http://www.nhsog.org/ Program Highlights: 8:00a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Registration in the Grand Ballroom, Vendors open, Refreshments (Coffee, Tea, Pastries) 8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Massachusetts Genealogical Council Annual Meeting, including an update on Masschusetts records access issues! 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Is This the Same Man, or a Different One With the Same Name: Proving that our ancestors are who we say they are is essential to proving that they are related to who we claim are their kinfolk. But sometimes everybody in the county has the same name (or at least it seems so to us). How do we separate them from each other, especially when there do not appear to be enough records to do it reliably? 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Time-Lines and Real Lives � Using Ancestor�s Life Patterns to Find Their Parents: Each event in an ancestor�s life occurred at a specific place on the time line between his or her birth and death. Those occurrences form a pattern. Mrs. Leary describes how to chart the time-line, identify the patterns, and use them to find the ancestor�s parents. 12:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hot Buffet Lunch in the Terrace Dining Room (included in the Registration Fee) Members of the Association of Professional Genealogists will be hosting the tables in the dining room. Bring your questions and be ready for a discussion with other interested genealogists. 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Our Ancestors� Voices � Getting the Records To Tell Us Everything They Know: Seemingly minor details in a record can be of major importance in solving an otherwise insoluble genealogical problem. Mrs. Leary will discuss (and illustrate) techniques for getting more information from records than seems to be there. 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. The Hemings-Jefferson Connection: A Genealogical Evaluation of the Evidence: Sally Hemings, slave of Thomas Jefferson, is known to have had at least six children. Was their father Thomas Jefferson, another Jefferson, or a collection of unidentified Virginians? Impartial evaluation of *all* the evidence, including that derived from DNA comparisons among Hemings and Jefferson descendants (real and imagined), points inexorably to a single conclusion." MGC member society literature will also be available: American-French Genealogical Society Allen County Public Library of Fort Wayne, Indiana Berkshire Family History Association Billerica Friends of Genealogy Cape Cod Genealogical Society Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society Descendants of Whaling Masters Essex Society of Genealogists Falmouth Genealogical Society Friends of the Silvio O. Conte Archives Genealogical Roundtable Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants The Greater Boston Chapter of Association of Professional Genealogists The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Plymouth County Genealogists TIARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association Waltham Historical Society Historic Waltham Inc. ===== Sharon Sergeant Ancestors and Ephemera http://GenealogyFair.com Bring Your Ancestors Home!