MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGICAL COUNCIL

2003 SEMINAR PROGRAM 

Location:  Alumnae Hall, Regis College, Weston, Mass.

March 29, 2003

From the Office of the City Clerk:  Records Resources and Issues in Massachusetts Town and Cities, Peter Koutoujian, retired Waltham City Clerk.  Learn about other town and city records in addition to the birth, marriage and death records, as well as the issues that the town clerks have had to deal during the rapid growth of genealogy research requests.

 Using Photographs to Gather Oral History:  Stirring Memories for Individuals and Groups, Ruth Thomasian, Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, Watertown, Mass.  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.

Grass Roots Organizations for Records Preservation:  Washington County Maine Records Preservation Fund Model, 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.