Franco-American Genealogy Webinar by USM Franco-American Collection

The Franco-American Collection (FAC) at the University of Southern Maine (USM)
invites you to join us in the second of a series of online workshops exploring personal history
and memory.

On Monday October 26, 1 pm-2 pm, B.J. Jamieson, the Maine State Library’s genealogy
librarian, will present a webinar on basics of genealogy with a focus on Franco-American
genealogy research. Interested in your family’s story? Find out how to start to trace your
ancestors’ stories, with a focus on resources that are most helpful for Franco-American families
who settled in Maine.

B.J. Jamieson is the genealogy reference specialist at the Maine State Library, as well as
serving as the genealogy interest group chair for the Maine Library Association. She holds an
M.S. in library science from Clarion University as well as a postgraduate certificate in genealogy
from the University of Strathclyde.

We hope you will join the Franco-American Collection in a warm welcome to the second
of our mini-series presenters this fall! There is no fee for the programs which are made possible
by a generous grant from the Québec Delegation in Boston. The Delegation has shown itself
enthusiastic in supporting Franco-American initiatives.

All programs are archived at https://video.maine.edu/channel/Franco-
American%2BCollection%2BHistory%2Band%2BMemory%2BVirtual%2BSeries/186544603
and can be viewed at your leisure. A full listing of The Franco-American Collection’s 2020-2021
programs is also available there.

The third in our series will be a memoir-writing program with Denis Ledoux. Ledoux’s
Zoom talk will be held November 2 at 1 PM.

For more information or to register, contact Denis Ledoux, the FAC board’s Program
Chair at Denis@thememoirnetwork.com or the FAC’s archivist, Anna Faherty at
anna.faherty@maine.edu or by phone (207) 753-6545. You can also register at this link:
https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMufuusrDIvE9UUFJM_x_YiVO1vPzcV8P36