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Genealogogy Lecture Series



Contact: Brian McNiff

June 23, 2000
Telephone: 617-727-9180


SECRETARY GALVIN PRESENTS GENEALOGY SERIES AT THE MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES


        Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin announced
today that a Sunset Lecture Series  on genealogy will be held at the
Massachusetts State Archives building at Columbia Point on Thursday
evenings July 6 through August 10 between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
        The public lectures will be held in the Meeting Room and light
refreshments will be served. Admission and parking are free and the Archives
Building is handicapped accessible.
        The lecture schedule, topics and guest speakers are:
        July 6 - Overview of the Genealogy Collections of the Massachusetts
State Archives. John Warner, Jr., Ph. D.,  Massachusetts State Archivist.
        July 13 - Where Do I Begin? Beginning Genealogy. Ruth Wellner,
Reference Librarian, New England Genealogical and Historical Society.
        July 20 - Federal Records. Walter Hickey, Archives Specialist,
National Archives, Northeast Region.
        July 27 - Church Archives. Robert Johnson Lally, Archivist,
Archdiocese of Boston.
        August 3 - Passenger Lists, Port of Boston, 1848-1891. Janis Duffy,
Reference Archivist, Massachusetts State Archives.
        August 10 - Workshop: Research Records in the Reading Room. Janis
Duffy.
        For additional information, please call the Commonwealth Museum at
(617) 727-9268 or visit our web site at www.state.ma.us/sec/arc.

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