{"id":2601,"date":"2018-01-29T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/board-of-directors-2015-2016\/services-aux-membres\/"},"modified":"2019-01-30T08:07:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T13:07:44","slug":"services-aux-membres-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/services-aux-membres-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SERVICES TO MEMBERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SERVICES TO MEMBERS<br \/>\nThe newsletter<\/p>\n<p>The Association publishes a newsletter &#8220;Le Mercien&#8221; 4 times a year. It is published in<br \/>\nFrench and English version, sent to its members, to its sponsors, to the<br \/>\nLibrary and Archives nationale du Qu\u00e9bec and the Library and Archives<br \/>\nCanada. President&#8217;s words, editorials, members activities, invitations, chronicles<br \/>\nhistory are part of the table of contents.<\/p>\n<p>Members and anyone with an interest can collaborate by providing<br \/>\narticles, photographs, genealogical and historical information, events<br \/>\nregional stories, anecdotes, promotion, nomination and tributes to Mercier, etc.<br \/>\nto make the request or to send the information by mail or email to:<\/p>\n<p>Gilmond Mercier: <a href=\"mailto:gilmondm@sogetel.net\">gilmondm@sogetel.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lise St-Andr\u00e9: <a href=\"mailto:familiesmercier1985@gmail.com\">familiesmercier1985@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Members are invited to inform the Association of any change of address so<br \/>\nto avoid delivery times.<\/p>\n<p>Genealogical research<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons for being a family association is to facilitate to its members, the<br \/>\ngenealogical research of their ancestors. The Association, with the assistance of its<br \/>\nmembers, a database of ancestors and their descendants.<br \/>\nIf you wish to obtain a pedigree, please refer to the tab<br \/>\n&#8220;Shop&#8221; and send us by email or by mail the form provided for this<br \/>\neffect after completing it.<\/p>\n<p>Annual general meeting<\/p>\n<p>By its charter, the Association must meet its members at least once a year in order to<br \/>\nthat the directors can report on their administration during the course<br \/>\nof the year ending the previous June 30 and proceed to the election of the directors.<br \/>\nThis meeting is usually held at the rally held in August or<br \/>\nSeptember at different places where there are Merciers. The alternation of a region<br \/>\nis generally respected.<\/p>\n<p>Genealogy Trade Shows<\/p>\n<p>The association usually participates in various fairs organized by the Federation of<br \/>\nassociations of Quebec families in Quebec or in the regions. At these fairs, it is<br \/>\npossible to inquire about the names of your ancestors, their spouse (e).<\/p>\n<p>Promotional items<\/p>\n<p>All orders must be accompanied by payment to the Association des<br \/>\nMercier of North America and mailed to the following address:<br \/>\n560 Desbiens Street, Sainte-Madeleine QC J0H 1S0<\/p>\n<p>Delivery costs vary depending on the items ordered. Please<br \/>\nrefer to the order form in the &#8220;Shop&#8221; section. The delivery time may<br \/>\nbe 2 to 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook group<\/p>\n<p>Creates and maintains a link between the Merciers, Quebec, Canada and<br \/>\nUnited States and is another very important tool for dissemination and promotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERVICES TO MEMBERS The newsletter The Association publishes a newsletter &#8220;Le Mercien&#8221; 4 times a year. It is published in French and English version, sent to its members, to its sponsors, to the Library and Archives nationale du Qu\u00e9bec and the Library and Archives Canada. President&#8217;s words, editorials, members activities, invitations, chronicles history are part of the table of contents. Members and anyone with an interest can collaborate by providing articles, photographs, genealogical and historical information, events regional stories, anecdotes,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/services-aux-membres-2\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2601","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2601\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.famillesmercier.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}