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Wednesday, April 3
Don't Make These Mistakes  (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Kenhill Center, 2614 Kenhhill Dr., Bowie, MD 20715, Room 101
Often researchers cause their own research problems by making assumptions that lead them to avoid looking at certain records.  They incorrectly assume they will not find there the answers they seek.  They may also limit the records they search in other ways.  Join us to hear Chuck Mason guide us in ways of improving our research strategies.
 
Chuck is a graduate of the National Genealogical Society’s home study (1994) course and was an instructor for the course for over 25 years. He is co-host of Tracing Your Family Roots (tracingroots.nova.org) at Fairfax Cable Television Channel 10. In July 2009 he received the Distinguished Service Award from NGS, the MVGS Sustained Service Award in 2010 and the NGS President’s Citation in 2017.
 
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Wednesday, May 1
Repository Research: Why Go If It’s All Online?  (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Kenhill Center, 2614 Kenhhill Dr., Bowie, MD 20715
More and more documents and being digitized and placed online, but the researcher who relies only on what is found online is not making use of all available information. A personal visit to a repository, possibly in the area where your ancestor resided, may be necessary. Repositories hold millions of records: microfilm, sound recordings, motion and still pictures and texts. To effectively research in repositories, one needs to understand (1) what types of records exist for the time period being researched; (2) where those records are housed; and (3) how the records are arranged. Preparation is the most important factor in finding records!
 
Join us to hear Sharon Hodges remind us of the importance of personal visits to repositories in our genealogical research and guide us in making such a visit.