MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGICAL COUNCIL The Massachusetts Genealogical Council acts as a frontline advocate to the genealogical community, monitoring legislation relating to vital records and working to ensure the public�s right to access. ANNUAL MEETING AND SEMINAR "Beyond Vital Records", Alumnae Hall, Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:00 to 9:00 Registration Desk, Vendor Booths and Continental Breakfast (included) in Upper Student Union foyer 9:00 to 10:00 Annual Meeting with Update on Public Records Issues and Legislation, led by Bernie Couming, President of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council in Upper Student Union Lounge 10:00 to 10:15 Break and Vendor Booths 10:15 to 11:15 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK: RECORDS RESOURCES AND ISSUES IN MASSACHUSETTS TOWN AND CITIES by Peter Koutoujian, retired Waltham MA City Clerk Learn about other town and city records in addition to the birth, marriage and death records, as well as the issues that that town clerks have had to deal during the rapid growth of genealogy research requests. 11:15 to 11:30 Break and Vendor Booths 11:30 to 12:30 USING PHOTOGRAPHS TO GATHER ORAL HISTORY: STIRRING MEMORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS by Ruth Thomasian, Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, Watertown, MA An overview of how to help collaborate with others to identify photographs and collect oral histories � especially helpful for refugee populations or other situations when vital records sources have been destroyed. [email protected] 12:30 to 1:30 Lunch (included) in Upper Student Union cafeteria, Vendor Booths in the in Upper Student Union foyer 1:30 to 2:30 GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS FOR RECORDS PRESERVATION : WASHINGTON COUNTY MAINE RECORDS PRESERVATION FUND MODEL by Sharon Howland, Grantor and Trustee of the Washington County, Maine Records Preservation Fund Learn how local people can collaborate to preserve deteriorating records and those that have never been copied through simple and cost effective methods � providing backup in the case of government budget cuts, fires and floods. http://hometown.aol.com/shwkrp/shwkrp.html 2:30 to 2:45 Break 2:45 to 3:45 READ BETWEEN THE LINES: GETTING THE MOST OUT OF NEWSPAPER RESEARCH by David Allen Lambert, NEHGS Reference Librarian Learn how newspapers can give you both specifics of your ancestors� lives and clues for other resources in your family history research. Please make checks payable to Massachusetts Genealogical Council and mail to PO Box 5393, Dept. AM, Cochituate, MA 01778-5393 The cost, including continental breakfast and cafeteria lunch, is $20 for 2003 members and $30 for non-members. For more information, please visit http://massgencouncil.home.attbi.com/index.htm for details, call (781) 209-8861 or email [email protected] ===== Sharon Sergeant Ancestors and Ephemera http://GenealogyFair.com Bring Your Ancestors Home!