Morris Area Genealogy Society

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Morris Area Genealogy Society meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month at the Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave., Whippany, NJ. Refreshments are served at 6:30; the program begins at 7:00 from September through May. (Directions to the library)
In addition to its regular meetings, MAGS also sponsors Special Interest Groups.

2011 - 2012 Meeting Schedule

Date	Topic
6 Sept 2011	Good Deeds: Unearthing Your Family Roots in Land Records Joseph A. Grabas CTP has performed extensive title research in five states, all twenty-one counties in New Jersey, the records of the NJ State Archives, the East & West Jersey Board of Proprietors and the private land records of Conrail, Public Service Electric & Gas and New Jersey Transit. Joe has owned and operated the largest title research company in NJ, with a large staff of searchers in ten counties. He is past president of the New Jersey Land Title Association. He has published several articles and research papers including one on “Land Speculation in Colonial New Jersey”.
4 Oct 2011	Across the Pond Genealogist Bob Stein will discuss how to "cross the pond" with your family history research. Using examples from his successful research, Bob with provide insight on how to discover details about your European ancestors before they came to America.
1 Nov 2011	What's New At The New Jersey Archives Genealogist Catherine Medich of the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton is back by popular demand.
6 Dec 2011	Annual Holiday Party. Members Only Several members tell family stories. All will have a chance to win free genealogical magazines! Special night.
3 Jan 2012	Workshops and Discussions Topics include: Civil War Genealogy, Jim Malcolm; Beginning Genealogy, Linnea Foster; German Genealogy, Lou Andrews and DNA for Genealogists, Jim Short.
7 Feb 2012	FamilySearch.org: Free records, wikis, and classes online & portal to the great Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Martha Corson. Making more records available to family history researchers worldwide, the Family History Library has been digitizing and indexing vital records and church records for the past few years and posting them on FamilySearch.org. The greater part of this growing collection of documents comes from North America and secondly from Europe, but Africa, Asia, Australia, and the isles of the sea are also represented. As in times past, the site contains the catalogue to the Family History Library, its classic service, from which one can order microfilms and fiches to be sent to local Family History Centers. The expanded FamilySearch site also provides “Five-minute Genealogy” classes for beginners, video classes for all levels of researchers on U.S. and foreign topics, tech tips, and a research wiki with nearly 66,000 articles, access to map collections, and other features. Martha Corson has been doing family history research off and on for the last thirty-five years, mostly in Pennsylvania and New England. Genealogy becomes most satisfying when we start to understand ancestors in the context of their times and families and to appreciate their sacrifices for our generation. Families are forever!
6 Mar 2012	Useful Genealogical Internet Sites, Dennis Piccirillo professional genealogist Find out more about the internet sites that you will helpful to you in your genealogy research.
3 Apr 2012	Introduction to Ancestry.com Pat Merk, a family historian and genealogist, will discuss Ancestry.com, the world's largest genealogy website. She will discuss what is available and and how to use it to assist in your family history research.
1 May 2012	Brand New 1940 Census Christopher Zarr of the New York City branch of the National Archives.
26 June 2012	Cases that Make My Brain Hurt Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, expert genealogist and author. Joint meeting with Family History Interest Group, Bernards Township Library.
	There are generally no meetings in June, July and August.