A two-part virtual series with Linda MacIver, Librarian & Genealogy Researcher

Wednesday, March 20 @ 6:00pm -- Week 1-- Getting Started! 

Launching Your Family Search with 6 Key Steps

Wednesday, April 3 @ 6:00pm-- Week 2 – Using your 6 Key Steps

Researching in Free and Commercial Databases

Linda B. MacIver is an educator, lecturer, librarian and genealogy researcher.  She recently retired from the Boston Public Library where she inaugurated the BPL patron genealogy classes, organized two sessions of the Local and Family History Lecture series, and developed the Intermediate Genealogy Summer Lecture series.  Linda is the past Secretary and Civil Records Director for Federal Records for the Massachusetts Genealogical Council (MGC), a member of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG), the Essex (MA) Society of Genealogists (ESOG), the Essex (MA) Society of Genealogists (ESOG) and the Essex (England) Society for Family History (ESFH).  She serves as the New England Representative for the Essex (England) Record Office.  Linda has a BA in History from the University of New Hampshire, an MEd from Boston University and earned her MLIS at Simmons College.  Linda was presented the 2018 Lackey Scholarship award for attendance at the week-long Genealogical Institute for Federal Records (GEN-FED) at the National Archives in Washington, DC.  Linda was also the inaugural recipient of the 2019 "Senior at the Center of Excellence Award" sponsored by Xerox Corporation and the City of Boston.