New England records are among the oldest r ecords available. Beginning with the Mayflower Compact\, billions of bits of data are available if you know where and how to look. The stress should always be made on recorded historical records rather than family lore. Ke ep in mind that after you discover solid genealogical records such as birt h\, marriage\, death\, military\, land\, wills\, and so forth\, there are records that have not yet been digitized from the earliest years right up to what happened yesterday. Two lessons here: 1) It's not all on the inter net and 2) Speeling Duzn't Cownt!
\nDave Robison\, owner of Old Bone s Genealogy of New England\, is a professional genealogist from Western Ma ssachusetts with nearly 30 years of experience. He holds a Certificate of Genealogical Research from Boston University and has completed the 18-mont h ProGen course in Professional Genealogy. In addition to his work with in dividual clients\, he is busy with lectures and classes throughout the Uni ted State thanks to the technology of ZOOM! He is an active member of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists-Worcester Chapter\, the Alabama and Tennessee Societies of Genealogists (ASG)\, among others and formerly the Massachusetts Genealogy Council\, Central New York Genealogical Society (C NYGS)\, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Dave is the fo rmer 4-term President of the Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society (W MGS)\, a member of the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Society of Ge nealogists and is a past President of New England Chapter of the Associati on of Professional Genealogists.
\nAs a member of the Pomeroy Chapte r of the Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)\, he is the f ormer State Registrar and former Pomeroy Chapter President.
\nA memb er of the Mayflower Society\, Dave is a resident of Chicopee\, Massachuset ts where he lives with his wife Karen\, a retired RN. Between them\, they have 5 adult children and 4 grandchildren.
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