Daily Archives: October 18, 2009

Finding your Portuguese Ancestors: A Genealogy Workshop

Portuguese-American Genealogy Workshop

Finding your Portuguese Ancestors: A Genealogy Workshop
Workshop Presented By Professional Genealogists Cheri Mello and George Pacheco

When: October 31st, from 9:30 AM to 3:00 P.M.
Where: Prince Henry Society Reading Room, Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, Claire T. Carney Library
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

This workshop will teach you how to research your family tree using sources from the United States, Portugal and Cape Verde.

Cheri Mello of California is an author, lecturer, chat room host and DNA project participant.

George Pacheco of Rhode Island is a lecturer and researcher associated with the Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Dartmouth, MA.

Workshop fee is $20, payable to the Claire T. Carney Library. Lunch and workshop materials are included. Pre-registration is required.

Please register by calling 508 999-8689 or mail in the attached form with the fee, to the Archives and Special Collections, Claire T. Carney Library, UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, N. Dartmouth, MA, 02747.

For directions to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, go to https://www.umassd.edu/directions/

Parking will be available in Lot 13.

Presented by the Portuguese-American Archives and the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and partially funded by BancoEspirtioSanto