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Researching Family in the Oldest Record Sets in the United

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New England records are among the oldest records 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. Keep in mind that after you discover solid genealogical records such as birth, 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 internet and 2) Speeling Duzn't Cownt!

Dave Robison, owner of Old Bones Genealogy of New England, is a professional genealogist from Western Massachusetts with nearly 30 years of experience. He holds a Certificate of Genealogical Research from Boston University and has completed the 18-month ProGen course in Professional Genealogy. In addition to his work with individual clients, he is busy with lectures and classes throughout the United 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 (CNYGS), the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Dave is the former 4-term President of the Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society (WMGS), a member of the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists and is a past President of New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

As a member of the Pomeroy Chapter of the Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), he is the former State Registrar and former Pomeroy Chapter President.

A member of the Mayflower Society, Dave is a resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts where he lives with his wife Karen, a retired RN. Between them, they have 5 adult children and 4 grandchildren.