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Great Migration Tour 2008
In August 2008, NEHGS sponsored the first-ever Great Migration Tour to England. Based in Chelmsford, Essex, the group of 33 NEHGS members was led by Robert Charles Anderson and assisted by Sandra Hewlett on daily tours of sites in Essex and Hertfordshire counties significant to the lives of five influential Great Migration figures, ministers Thomas Hooker, John Eliot, Roger Williams and Thomas Weld, and Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud.

During the ten day trip which focused on the period between 1627 and 1633, the group visited 21 towns in East Anglia including tours of 18 parish churches, three country manors, two colleges, three fifteenth-century private homes, and two medieval markets.

Robert Charles Anderson describing features of St. Michael’s Church in Bishop Stortford. Touring the courtyard of St. John’s College in Cambridge. Touring the Globe Theater in London before a production of King Lear. Group walk from the town of Chelmsford to the town of Writtle.
Gathering for an introduction to Writtle by Robert Charles Anderson. Left to right: Aly Ray Smith, Flo Bullock, Larry Hewlett, Robert Perry, Carol Rymes, Jan Alpert, Dean Rising, Sherry Atkinson-Mallory, Linda MacLachlan, Robert Charles Anderson. Group arriving for dinner at Pontland’s Park on a 1957 tour coach. Afternoon Tea in Finchingfield. Clockwise: Barbara Lancaster, Jim Bullock, Flo Bullock, Priscilla Greenlees, Marianne Arnold, and Nancy Maulsby. Group picture after tea in Finchingfield.
Enjoying a tour of Little Baddow. Left to right: Robert Perry, Brenton Simons, Carol Rymes, Nancy Maulsby, Priscilla Greenlees, and Ryan Woods.      


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Come Home to New England 2008
In June 2008, NEHGS hosted "Come Home to New England". In this week-long program participants researched their roots with the expert assistance of our genealogical staff at our library in Boston. Participants had the opportunity to work one-on-one with staff and attended daily lectures.

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39th Annual Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank, CA
In June 2008, NEHGS headed west to the 39th annual Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank, CA. The three-day event proved to be a terrific show, gaving NEHGS a chance to say hello to some old friends and make many new ones too. Staff genealogist Chris Child lectured to a packed house on researching New York and New England ancestors and NEHGS President and CEO Brenton Simons gave an insightful talk on researching witchcraft in New England. Chris and Gary Boyd Roberts also hosted a Sunday breakfast talk on presidential genealogy.

Southern California Jamboree NEHGS President and CEO Brenton Simons with life members Davida and Gregg Symonds  Staff genealogist Christopher Child speaks to a standing-room only crowd.  The NEHGS booth attracted a lot of interest and enthusiasm.   
Gary Boyd Roberts discusses notable kin with and NEHGS member.  NEHGS council member Kenyatta Berry gives a talk on African-American family history.  Gary Boyd Roberts and Chris Child and the Sunday breakfast roundtable talk on presidential genealogy.   


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Quebec Research Tour
June 15—22, 2008, twenty-four NEHGS members and four staff took part in the Society’s inaugural research tour to Montreal, Quebec. Throughout the week, members enjoyed guided research at two of Montreal’s top repositories, the Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française (SGCF) and the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec (BAnQ). In addition to NEHGS genealogists Pauline Cusson and Michael Leclerc, both repositories offered bilingual staff and volunteers to assist members with research and record translation. To help provide historical and cultural context for researching in Quebec, members and staff took a mid-week field trip to Drummondville, Quebec to visit the Village Québécois d'Antan, a living history site comprised of seventy structures highlighting the period of 1810-1910.
Researching at Bibliotheque et Archives nationales Quebec, Centre d'archives de Montreal Dana and Jeanne d'Arc Mayo David and Chris Guertin Field Trip to Village d'Atan Quebecois


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Annual Benefit Gala Dinner 2008
NEHGS celebrated its Annual Benefit Dinner on April 27, 2008 to support its “Bringing Your Heritage Home" Campaign.

 Over 185 guests attended the reception and dinner at the Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.  The evening’s theme was  "Re-examining History: Using Genealogy to Understand Our Past," with Cornell University professor, historian, Mary Beth Norton, as the guest speaker. Ms. Norton is also an award-winning author whose most recent book is the bestseller, In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692.

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