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FALL NEWSLETTER VOLUME 37, NUMBER 2- 2017 ISSN 8755-173X
From Maureen Taylor’s Website I really love family photographs. All of them — from the mystery images you find in shoeboxes and albums to the pictures you snap with your digital devices. No mystery is too small. A simple question about an image can lead to new stories of your ancestors. If you don’t know who’s in a photo, don’t worry. I have proven methods for putting names to the faces in those pictures. Methods that can tell you more about when they were taken, who took them and why. As a former curator at a historical society, I know how to make sense of photographs and family history. My skills live at the junction of history, genealogy and photography. This means you can count on me to help you identify the people in them, offer solutions for preserving and organizing them, and yes, even guide you in the various ways to gather and share picture stories with your relatives.
Join us for our Fall Meeting featuring
Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective.
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Holiday Inn 172 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Details and registration on page 3.
Registrations must be received by 14 October 2017.
From the President
It hardly seems possible that the Fall Meeting is rapidly approach-ing! I hope you’ll be able to join us. It promises to be a great day!
Have you ever considered exploring Justice of the Peace records in the search for your elusive ancestors?
They’re fascinating records and may hold the evi-dence that will knock down your brick wall!
The Justice of the Peace system has its roots in 14th century England and was established in the colonies from the earliest days. Justices were often sent to new settlements to establish order in the wilderness. They wore many hats. They made arrests, adminis-tered oaths, performed marriages, presided over le-gal disputes, drafted wills, and even resolved pater-nity issues. In some cases, they served as the arrest-ing officer, judge and jury. And that created records!
The records are scattered, but the New Hampshire Historical Society (www.nhhistory.org) has an ex-tensive collection. A quick catalog search for “Justice of the Peace” reveals 450 archival items! For records outside New Hampshire, check World-cat (www.worldcat.org), Archive Grid (https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/), and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (https://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/).
Finding these records may be challenging, but they’re worth the effort. Check it out!
Happy Hunting, Diane Florence Gravel, CGsm
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We Need Your Help...Please Consider
Becoming a Society Volunteer.
We are organizing several committees, and we hope that you will consider contributing your time and talent to help! It’s a great way to get to know fellow genealogists and to make a valuable contri-bution to the growth of NHSOG. We need volun-teers for these committees: Audit; Education/Newsletter; Finance; Publications; Publicity; and Website. Contact Diane Gravel ([email protected]) for further information. We need you!
Welcome to Our Newest Members!
Leroy H. Mason, [email protected]
Patricia Golden and Stephen Michalsky, gold-
Lora L. Coble, [email protected]
Suzanne Austin, [email protected]
Paul S. Johnson. [email protected]
Anita R. Downing, [email protected]
Denise Cross, [email protected]
Barbara Petura, [email protected]
Stephen Gauss, [email protected], researching
Harriman Family
Paul Doucette, [email protected]
Kara Kane, [email protected]
Jennifer Shoer, [email protected]
Angela Harris, [email protected]
Kathleen Kaldis, [email protected]
Joseph Fleming, [email protected]
Martha E. Dewey, [email protected]
Ginny Martin, [email protected]
Susan Sterry, [email protected]
Yvonne Wheeler, [email protected]
William Amidon, [email protected]
Carol Furlong, [email protected]
Roland H. Baker III, [email protected]
General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Queries
Do you need help with your New Hampshire
Research? Please email your queries to
[email protected]. All queries will be
published in the next newsletter.
NHSOG Spring Meeting Saturday, 21 October 2017
Featured Speaker - Maureen Taylor Fall meeting to be held at the Holiday Inn 172 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301 9:30-10:00 Registration and continental breakfast. Assorted pastries, fruit, juices, tea and coffee
10:00-11:00 Identifying and Dating Family Photographs
This interactive lecture on discovering who’s who in family pictures is always an audience fa-vorite. Learn ten easy steps for naming those unidentified pictures tucked away in shoeboxes.
11:15-12:15 Preserving Family Photographs 1839 to Present
From daguerreotypes to digital imaging dilemmas, this in-depth seminar covers everything a family photographer needs to know about caring for photographs. Topics include printing and sharing digital images, and how to safely label grandparents’ pictures.
12:15-1:30 Business Meeting, Luncheon, Drawing for Door Prizes. Tossed garden or Caesar salad, home-made soup, sandwiches with pickles and chips (oven roasted turkey with cheese, chicken and tuna salad, roast beef with cheese,) grilled vegetables with Hummus, assorted desserts.
1:30-2:30 The Perfect P.O.P: Photo Organizing Plan
Bring your photo organizing questions to this sharing session. Basic photo organization will be explained in the first half of the lecture, the rest is open to audience participation.
Traditional Library Organization for the Real Stuff
Three Ways to Deal with Your Digital Photos? –download, caption/keyword and share
For Directions
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/concord/ccddt/hoteldetail/directions
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Fall Meeting Registration, 21 October 2017
The following members ($30 each) will attend the Fall Meeting:
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[Insert Name(s) as they should appear on name tags.]
The following non-members ($40 each) will attend the Spring Meeting:
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Your contact information:
Name: _____________________________________________________________________________
Phone/email: ________________________________________________________________________
Send check/money order to NHSOG, c/o Diane Gravel, P.O. Box 1386, Thornton, NH 03285-1386. Must be received no later than 14 October 2017.
New Hampshire Genealogical Meetings and Workshops
Barrington Genealogical Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6:00PM at the Barring-ton Public Library. A group of people meeting to discuss genealogy projects and assist each other in dead ends and research. 105 Ramsdell Lane, Barrington, NH 03825. www.barringtonlibrary.com
Kensington Library is pleased to host Dr. Fred Feldman who will give a presentation on Wednes-day, October 4, 2017 at 7:00 PM on Genealogy, Introduction and Advanced Methods. The presenta-tion is designed for both beginners new to genealogy as well as those with more advanced skills. This event is free and open to the public. Please register in advance, but walk-ins are OK. Kensing-ton Library is located at 126 Amesbury Road in Kensington, NH. 603-772-5022, [email protected]
Meredith Library Genealogy Club meets the first Tuesday of each month at 4:00PM. All levels are welcome and various topics are discussed. 91 Main Street, Meredith, NH 03253. 603-279-4303
Portsmouth Public Library Genealogy Workshops. Contact Nicole Luongo Cloutier [email protected] | 603 766 1725 Fall Session on the third Sunday of each month. Free and open to the public. Open to all experience levels.
Discover Your Civil War Ancestors with Clay Feeter, Sunday September 17 | 2 - 4 PM | Hilton
Garden Inn Room. Local Civil War researcher Clay Feeter will help you gain knowledge about
your Civil War ancestors – where they fought, how to walk in their footsteps, and most important-
ly, “How to make their stories jump off your family history book pages!” Bring your questions!
Bring your research notes, artifacts, letters, discharge papers, etc. Feeter will help make sense of
them and help you make them come to life.
After Hours Genealogy Research with Experts & Library Staff, Sunday October 15| 5:30 – 8:30
PM | Meet in Levenson Room. Once again, the library will provide after-hours time to delve into
the past with you! A very brief presentation to start, then this is free time to explore, begin your
research, ask questions, or go deep on a specific topic. Please visit or call the Reference Desk at
603 766 1720 to reserve your spot. 40 spots available.
Book Publishing for Genealogists with Linda L. Roghaar, Publisher , Sunday November 19 |
2 - 4 PM | Hilton Garden Inn Room. Ever wonder about publishing your family genealogy re
search? How to turn your work into something useful for future generations? Have you gathered
large amounts of documentation? Have you gathered the right stuff? What else do you need to
think about before publishing? Using today’s tools and technologies, this presentation will exam
ine the procedures to turn your family history into a published book.
Wolfeboro Public Library Thursday, September 28, 2017: The Lakes Region Genealogy Interest
Group and the Wolfeboro Library are sponsoring a program presented by Kate and Mike Lancor on
“Chasing Irish Ancestors” on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 6:30 pm. Free and open to all. FMI:
569-2428.
Libraries and Societies are Looking for Speakers
Are you a genealogist who would be willing to speak at a New Hampshire library or society? Please
contact Erin Apostolos, [email protected], to be added to a list of available speakers. Please in-
clude your name, previous experience, topics and a fee range. Libraries often contact NHSOG looking
for speakers and it would be helpful to be able to provide a list.
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Judy Albano
Barbara Alex
Leatrice Bane
Bruce Barmby
Edith Bartley
Larry Berkson
Judith Chary
Deborah Child
Patricia Colagiuri
Frank Colley
Priscilla Davis
Susan Fraser
Sean Furniss
Carole Gardner
Judith Garland
Joan Hall
Diantha Howard
Barbara Jones
Charlotte Jones
Gail Klahs
Marilyn Labbe
Andrew Langlois
Frank Lesure
Nancy Loughlin
Carolyn MacDonald
Sigrid Maldonado
Jane Marshall
Robert Mehrmann
Carole Milliken
Thomas Milne
Gertrude O'Brien
Lori Lyn Price
Jennifer Randolph
Margaret Ransom
Donald Sloper
Claire Smith
John Stevens
Carol Swaine-Kuzel
Leighton Symonds
Fred and Daisy Thomas
Tina Torsey
Jeanne Turner
Sally Vaun
Wayne Wasson
Douglas Wenny
Blair Wentworth
William Wentworth
Ann Williams
Deborah Wilson
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS!
Looking for Journal Submissions
Would you like to be published in a future edition
of the New Hampshire Genealogical Record? We
are looking for genealogies of New Hampshire
families, record transcriptions (e.g., family
Bibles, diaries, newspapers, unusual
documents), queries, articles on records and
repositories important in New Hampshire
research. Please submit them to Diane Gravel
NH Society of Genealogists on
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New England Regional Genealogical Conference…Save the Date!
The next conference is April 3-6, 2019 in Manchester, NH! Go to http://www.nergc.org/2019-
conference/ for more information. We had a great time at this year’s conference and hope more
society members can join us in 2019 since it will be so close to home. Would you like to help out
at NERGC? Please contact Diane Gravel at [email protected]
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Facebook: A Tool for Genealogy Research ©2017, copyright Thomas MacEntee. All rights reserved. For more information, please visit Abundant Genealogy at http://abundantgenealogy.com. At first glance, Facebook doesn’t seem like a good fit for genealo-gy research. Yet, many genealogists and family historians are us-ing the world’s most popular social media platform to locate other researchers, post queries and lookups, and to harness the power of Facebook Pages and Groups.
Facebook, like many other websites, can be a distraction and time waster. However, with a little practice and a focuses approach to using the site, you will be amazed at how much Facebook can help advance your research.
Using Facebook’s Search Function for Genealogy One of the most neglected features of Facebook by any user, not just genealogists, is the search function. By using strategic searches based on place names, surnames and more, you can find new information rel-evant to your family history research.
Facebook’s Search field is located in the upper left corner. Enter your search criteria and click the magni-fying glass icon to see search results.
Use Facebook Graph Search: Create specialized and “compound searches” for not-so-obvious re-sults. Example: enter “Friends who like genealogy” and a list of friends meeting the search criteria will appear. Key function words include “people” and “places.”
Explore ALL results: Click the magnifying glass icon at the top or bottom of the search results list. A new page will appear with results grouped by section in the Result Type sidebar on the left.
Use See More option: Facebook limits the number of results shown for each section. Always click See more at the bottom of the results list.
Explore all Result Types: Use the Result Types sidebar on the left to explore search results for Pages, Groups, Photos and more.
Using Facebook Groups for Genealogy Research
Before you can use any of the features of a Facebook Group, you may have to make a request to “join” that group. Most groups have a security setting of Closed in order to ensure that members understand the group’s rules and focus area.
Here are some tips for Facebook Group members on how to get the maximum benefit from your membership:
Search within the group: After joining a Facebook Group, scroll through the recent posts. Be-fore posting a query, use the search box (upper right below the Cover Photo) to see if your ques-tion has already been posted and answered.
Post only relevant info: A Facebook Group is not a billboard or a place to have general conver-sations. If the focus of the group is on German Genealogy, only post articles and queries relevant to that topic. Most group Admins will remove irrelevant posts and will go as far as banning members who don’t follow the group rules.
Update posts: When asking for assistance with a problem, if a resolution has been found, return to the original post, click Edit and type SOLVED or RESOLVED at the beginning of the post.
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Add group to Favorites: On the left sidebar , under Groups, click More. A list of groups to which you belong will appear. Click +Add to Favorites.
Manage Notifications: If you belong to an active group, click Notifications and decide how and when you want to be notified of updates.
Check Files section: Locate the Cover photo at the top of the group and click on Files. Often, the group Admin and members will post templates and other downloadable files for genealogy.
Using Facebook Pages for Genealogy Research Facebook Pages have limited use for genealogists and family historians; think of a page as a news channel where you receive updates. Pages don’t allow much interaction with those who “like” or follow a page; the conversation is often “one way.”
Here are some tips for users of Facebook Pages on how to get the maximum benefit from your using pages:
Use Facebook Page as an information feed: Click Like on a page to follow any updates made on the page. These updates will appear in your News Feed.
Use Facebook Pages for vendor customer service: If you encounter an issue with a genealogy product or service, try sending a Message to the page Admin; most vendors monitor their pages for customer-service related inquiries.
Get Notifications: Make sure you are notified when new items are posted to the page. Click the down arrow next to Liked and select Get Notifications.
Add page to Favorites: On the left sidebar , under Pages, click More. A list of pages you follow will appear. Click the “gear” icon for a page and then click Add to Favorites.
Claim a vanity URL: When first created, Facebook assigns a long multi-digit number to your page. Click About and scroll down to Facebook Web Address. Hover the cursor pointer on the right and click the Edit icon to make changes.
Review Page Insights: Click Insights to see how your page is performing. You can also research trends, demographics, and the best time to post to your page.
Understanding Privacy on Facebook Privacy continues to be one of the features most criticized by Facebook users, despite the fact that many us-ers haven’t taken the time to understand how the privacy functions work.
Get a Privacy Checkup: Click the padlock icon in the upper r ight corner and select Privacy Checkup. Walk through all the steps to review your current pr ivacy settings.
Always check your posting status: Facebook remember the status you last used for posting. So if you posted an article using Public, it will use that same status for your next post. Always determine the post’s audience before clicking Publish.
Use View As: Want to know what your Fr iends or others see when they look at your Facebook Timeline? Click the ellipsis (...) on your profile and select View As.
Control photo and post tagging: Under Settings, select Timeline and Tagging. In the section How can I manage tags people add and tagging suggestions, click Edit and select On. This setting will then allow you to approve when others tag you in posts and photos.
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8 New Hampshire Society of Genealogists
NH Society of Genealogists
P. O. Box 2316
Concord, NH 03302-2316
Leadership of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists
Below is the contact information for the leadership of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. We may
also be contacted at NHSOG, PO Box 2316, Concord, NH 03302-2316.
Diane Gravel, CGsm
President
Cynthia N. O’Neil
Vice President
William “Bill” Day
Treasurer
Erin M. Apostolos
Recording Secretary
Newsletter Editor
Alex Auty
Legislative Affairs
RPAC Representative
Barbara Avery
Membership
David Goudsward
Webmaster
Mission Statement - The New Hampshire Society of Genealogists was founded in 1978 as a not-for-profit organization with the following purposes: To provide education in genealogical research techniques - bring together all persons interested in genealogy - publish and make available genealogical material - ensure public access to records and promote records preservation.