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Meetings 2024
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Date: June 25, 2024 -Hope Lodge – Hybrid Meeting
Hope Lodge, 42 Central Street, Gardner, MA
Speaker: Panel of CMGS Members – Topic – “Cemetery Projects”
This meeting will update members on cemetery projects CMGS has completed and are in the process of finishing. It will have many helpful hints on cleaning and preserving the old stones and discussion of why it is so important to preserve these epitaphs.
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Date: July 23, 2024 -Hope Lodge – Hybrid Meeting
Hope Lodge, 42 Central Street, Gardner, MA
Speaker: Deborah Dudek – Topic – “Mixers and Shakers: Tracing Your Saloon, Tavern and Bar Keeping Ancestors Before Prohibition”
Our ancestor’s need for a good drink can provide new details and narratives for your genealogy research
Genealogist-Author-Librarian
Debra M. Dudek is Head of Adult and Teen Services at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, IL. She holds a post graduate certificate in Genealogical, Paleographic & Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Ms. Dudek is the Book Review Editor of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, an executive board member of the Illinois State Historical Society, website coordinator for the Chicago Chapter NSDAR, and is the author of the World War I Research Guide: Tracing American Military and Non-Combatant Ancestors.
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Date: August 27, 2024 -Hope Lodge – Hybrid Meeting
Hope Lodge, 42 Central Street, Gardner, MA
Speaker: Janice Robinson Daley – Topic – “The Unlocked Path”
“THE UNLOCKED PATH” “An often-riveting fictional testament of a doctor’s life at the turn of the 20th century.” –Kirkus Reviews
The Unlocked Path presents and embraces a “New Woman” of the early 20th century: educated, career-minded, independent. In 1897 Philadelphia
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Date: September 24 2024 – Leominster Public Library in Partnership with CMGS – In Person – 6:30-8:30 pm
Speaker: Judy Kalaora – “History at Play Production”
History At PlayTM, LLC productions are designed for the enjoyment of audiences of all ages and demographics.
Our productions provide an immersive, extensively researched educational experience into the lives of women who fought for equality.
Please plan to join us at the Leominster Public Library 30 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453 Parking in the back
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Date: October 22, 2024 -Hope Lodge – Hybrid Meeting
Hope Lodge, 42 Central Street, Gardner, MA
Speaker: Sara Cochran – Topic – “The Skeleton Whisperer” – Helping you unearth the story of your family
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Date: November 19, 2024 – NO MEETING THIS MONTH