Dear ACGS,

From The President

Some of you may be wondering why the newsletter is coming out a few days later than normal. Well, that is my doing. I have asked the Newsletter Editor, Jeannine Levesque, to hold the November newsletter release for a few days so that I could make a very special announcement. As many of you know, the Fall Conference was November 5^th, and I will have made this announcement at the conference first and then the newsletter will be sent out to all members who were not in attendance so that everyone is let in on the splendid news.

I will not keep you in suspense any longer…

ACGS will be celebrating its 50^th Anniversary in 2023!

The American-Canadian Genealogical Society is excited to be celebrating this momentous occasion with all its members! To help celebrate our 50th Anniversary, ACGS has planned a year of monthly webinars and a 2-Day Fall Conference, as well as four journal issues spread out over the year, and an in-person reception in September. We hope you join us for our year of celebration as we remember where we came from and look forward to where we are going in the future.

We know that inflation is touching all our lives, so we have worked on ways to offer all our members the opportunity to join our events at minimal costs. We have an Early Bird Special package for both the first half and the second half of the year. The package for the first half of the year will give you six webinars for the price of five, and the package for the second half of the year will give you five webinars for the price of four, plus – in both cases – an additional $5 off for each webinar. For full details on the Early Bird Special please go to the website.

We have a wonderfully detailed page on our website dedicated to all the celebration events, including speakers and topics and dates for each event. Click 50 ^th Anniversary to see all information.

We look forward to sharing this momentous occasion with all of you!

Happy 50^th Anniversary, ACGS!

Thank You,

Jo Zurwell, #10349

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Early Bird Special

With the purchase of the Early Bird Special you will be registered for the first six webinars of the year, January – June, for the price of five webinars.

There is an additional $5 off for each monthly webinar from our regularly priced webinar of $25. This is a total savings of $55 for the first six webinars of 2023. This special is priced at $100, a bargain for all the great presentations we have lined up for our attendees.

If you do not wish to purchase a six-month registration, you are able to register for each webinar you wish to attend individually at the full price of $25 per webinar.

Early Bird Special Registration

Opens November 5th and Closes January 7th

Click Here to Register with the Early Bird Special

The First 6 Speakers

These are the speakers and topics lined up for the first six webinars of 2023, those taking place during the first Early Bird Special announced just above.

All will be held as Saturday webinars and are scheduled for 4 PM Eastern Time.

For more details on the presentations, please visit the ACGS website:

January 14, 2023 – Peggy Jude: DNA – Beyond the Basics – Adding to Your Solid Foundation
February 11, 2023 – Margaret R. Fortier: Bay State Bonanza
March 11, 2023 – Dave Robison: Creative/Effective Online Search Techniques – 1.3 Million Smiths – Yes!
April 15, 2023 – Bonnie Wade Mucia: “Moi Aussi”- Finding & Proving Your French-Canadian DAR Patriot
May 13, 2023 – Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist^®: No Vitals? No Problem! Building a Family Through Circumstantial Evidence (Who in the World was Paul Knop?)
June 10, 2023 – Kate Townsend at Family History Investigations, LLC: Beyond the Basics: Effectively Using Ancestry

ACGS Library Is Open!

We Are Open

Wednesdays* and Saturdays

10am - 2pm

We will have a research helper on hand for most days we are open to help our patrons with their research questions.

Wearing masks is now optional.

On Saturdays, please stand in front of the buzzer system camera (photo at right) and ring the buzzer. The librarian needs to be able to see who he/she is letting into the building and may ask your name if the image is not clear. The buzzer is located to the right of the double doors for the building.

*Please note: The library will be closed Wednesday, November 23, in anticipation of Thanksgiving the next day. It will be open as usual on Saturday, November 26.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

ACGS Board of Directors

New Northern NH Repertoire Available

ACGS has announced the publication by download of a new repertoire:

St. Albert & Sacred Heart, Northern NH

Marriages, June 1878-June 1998.

This repertoire, available by download only, consists of some 1,040 marriages of the two parishes.

St. Albert’s of West Stewartstown, NH, was first established in 1888 as a mission of Sacred Heart Church in North Stratford, NH. The Catholic parishioners who became the nucleus of Sacred Heart were in the North Stratford area in the late 1800s.

The repertoire sells for $40.00, and may be purchased by clicking on the button below.

Purchase This Repertoire

News from the Library

Great news, everyone! As of the week

of 9/26/22, all the computers in the library, including personal laptops on our WIFI, will have automatic access to our website Member’s Portal. This means you will no longer need to bring or remember your credentials to our website or ask the librarians to log you into the guest account on one of the public computers. We hope that this change will help all at the library do their research with our website more easily.

Library Director Sought

ACGS is looking for a local member to be our new Library Director. In this role you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the library, including maintaining library volunteer staff and the holdings database, as well as reviewing and managing book donations. Basic computer skills are required.

Training on all aspects of the position will be provided before the current director steps down.

The typical time requirement of this role is approximately 4-5 hours a week, with the possibility of doing some work from home.

We are willing to split the responsibilities with a few people so that the post can be filled.

If you are interested in helping the ACGS with this important post, please click the button below to email your name and indicate your interest in learning more about the position. A full position description will be emailed to you. We will then set up a time for you to come in and discuss the position in greater detail.

Interested in Library Director Post

What Our Members are Reading: Issue #164,

Volume 48, Number 2, 2022

Look for Unexpected Information in Parish Records.

Finding the Y-DNA 'Signature' of the New France Pioneer René BAUDIN (1663-1737).

Fall Conference and Ballot for Voting on New Board of Directors.

Étoile d'Acadie - The Reconstitution of the Passenger List of the Pembroke -- Part II.

And A Whole Lot More!

Query Entries in Our Journal

Did you know that each member of the ACGS is entitled to post three (3) queries per issue of the American-Canadian Genealogist? Queries should be specific rather than a request for "all data" on a particular individual, however, if space is available, we will print general queries. It is more productive if the query stays with one event per inquiry.

To have your query in our next journal that comes out in August, click the link below to send an email with your query(ies).

Send Your Queries

Parents' Names Added to Index

of Genealogy Quebec Marriages

Around 2.6 million individuals have been added to the index of the Marriages 1926-1997 collection, one of the 15 tools available to Genealogy Quebec subscribers.

These individuals are the parents of the spouses, who were not included in the index until now.

Marriages 1926-1997

This collection includes the majority of marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1926 and 1997, which represents nearly 2.5 million records. The original document can be viewed in addition to the index.

In 1975, the government started including the spouses' parents in these marriage forms, doing so until 1993. The parents are also mentioned in the 1926 version of the form. It is these individuals who were added to the collection's index today.

You can consult the Marriages 1926-1997 collection with a subscription to Genealogy Quebec.

Trace your ancestors and discover your family's history using more than 50 million images and historical documents by subscribing to Genealogy Quebec today!

Genealogy Quebec

ACGS Business Partners

See below for a listing of ACGS' business partners!

Keep them in mind, and use their services whenever you can as thanks for their support!

Perk of Membership

Did you know that, as a member of ACGS, you can utilize the talents of our Research Department at a discounted rate?

Even better, we have a FREE, FREE, FREE service just for Members!

Are you stuck at home without a car, or don't want to venture out due to the pandemic, or do you live in a different state and just need a little information to continue your research?

Well, as a member you can ask us for help for FREE!

Click to Email Research Your Request for Assistance

SINGLE SOURCE DOCUMENTS, ARTICLES, and COPIES: This is to be provided for Members for NO CHARGE, as long as it can be accomplished in less than a half- hour, and does not need special handling or translation. You can ask for a copy of a page of a book in the library, or we can find, say, a baptism and then copy the page for you.

Being stuck at home no longer means you need to be stuck in your research!

For more membership perks, look below in the newsletter!

See Whose Publications We Get!

It is now possible to determine what organizations/societies we receive publications from on a regular basis. A new link has been added to the Periodicals from Other Publications page of the Members-Only section of our website. This list is sorted by organization, and includes the name of their journal. The link below will also take you to the listing.

Listing of Periodicals

DON'T FORGET

Our Research Department is waiting to help you solve your problems and find those elusive ancestors in the Witness Protection Program. They can also translate those "LEGIBLE" documents that you have from French to English.

We are Here to Help!

OUR ADDRESS IS:

1 SUNDIAL AVENUE - SUITE 317, MANCHESTER, NH 03103

(603) 622-1554

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAYS, AND SATURDAYS. PLEASE SEE THE WEBSITE FOR ANY CURRENT CLOSURES FOR ALL REASONS.

All members are invited to all Board Meetings!

Mark your calendar for the third Sunday of the Month

10:00 AM - Noon

excluding July and Holidays. Call ahead when there's inclement weather.

The Library is not open for research during the meeting.

If you would like to present an issue at the meeting,

please send an email with "Board Meeting" in the subject line.

The President will contact you about being added to the agenda.

Benefits of Membership!!

Note new Member-Only Benefits on our Website.

Unlimited access to one of the largest French-Canadian Research Libraries in the United States
Access to Members-Only Portal of ACGS.org:
ACGS Obituary Collection
ACGS Published Repertoires
Past Genealogists
MyHeritage
Genealogie Quebec
PRDH
Individual assistance and training in using the facilities of our Research Library
Discounted use of our Research Department services
Subscription to the Society's journal, American-Canadian Genealogist
Free publication of three single-event queries in the American-Canadian Genealogist
Monthly Newsletter
Invitation to attend semi-annual conferences
Classes presented at ACGS Library
Participation in ACGS's DNA Interest Group
Use of Family Search Affiliate Library website onsite
Member pricing for Conferences
Member pricing for Franco-American Centre event