YouTube archive of FGS videos produced 1995-1997 : click here
Recent Programs – listed by date – most recent at the top:
Annette Burke Lyttle – May 9th, 2026 – “Colonial American Migration Routes and Modes of Travel”
Robbin Kelley – April 4th, 2026 – “How to Get Your Town Engaged in Cemetery Care”
No Handout and video recording (starts a few minutes late into the talk)
Jeff Schiebe – March 21, 2026 – “Planning a Successful Visit to Your Ancestral Home”
Joe Mattingly – February 14, 2026 – “Falmouth’s Whaling Heritage”
No Handout and video recording
Mary O’Keefe – FGS member – January 17, 2026 – “I Knew I was Adopted – How I Filled in the Story with Research”
No Handout and video recording
Christine Cohen (ChristineCohenGenealogy.com) – December 13, 2025 – “U.S. Naturalization and Citizenship Records”
Handout PDF and video recording
CCGS/FGS Joint Meeting featuring Jill Morelli for two talks – November 15, 2025
“Data Collection”: Handout PDF – video recording
“Broad Context” : Handout PDF – video recording
Kathleen Brunelle ( kathleenbrunelle28@gmail.com ) – October 11, 2025 – “Engaging Youth With Genealogy”
Tim Martin – September 13, 2025 – “Workshop : Building Your FamilySearch Tree”
Handout PDF – no video recording
Rhonda McClure – August 9, 2025 – “Finding the Living – Doing Descendancy Research”
Handout PDF and video recording
Jennifer Zinck – July 12, 2025 – “The AI Powered Genealogist”
Handout PDF and video recording
Stan Vincent – May 10, 2025 – “The Dainty/Undy Saga – Connecting Two Identities to One Person.”
Tina LaFreniere – April 12, 2025 – “Don’t Be Afraid of Technology—AI for Facial Recognition and Pairing”
Handout PDF and video recording
Michael Proctor – March 8, 2025 – “Brick Wall Solved with Oral History, Research, and DNA”
Kate Penney Howard – February 8, 2025 – “Genetic Genealogy, Empathy, and the NPE Community”
Handout PDF and video recording
Elizabeth Heslop Sheehy – January 11, 2025 – “Research Process and Vignettes from ‘A Home in Woods Hole, Life and History on Eel Pond.'”
Karen Rinaldo & Kevin Doyle – December 14, 2024 – “In the Steps of the Mayflower”
CCGS/FGS Joint Meeting – Michael Leclerc CG – November 16, 2024
Bill Gilbrook, Shirley Lombardozzi, Daniel Roy, Deborah Pickett Mills – October 19th, 2024 – “FGS Members Artifacts Day!”
Kate Kelley – August 10, 2024 – “The Photo Angel”
Judy Russell – June 8, 2024 – “More Than Just Names: Advanced US Census Research”
Handout PDF and video recording available to Family Tree Webinars subscribers
Peter Boni – May 11, 2024 – “Misattributed: When Your Genealogy and Your Birth Certificate are at Odds.”
No Handout and video recording
Rachel Lovett – April 13, 2024 – “The Art of Mourning – A Closer Look at Early 19th Century Falmouth Cousins”
Handout PDF and video recording
Deborah Shaw – March 9, 2024 – “Finding Original Names and Towns”
Handout PDF and video recording
Mary Anne Conboy – February 10, 2024 – “Genealogical Crux Problem” Group Team Up
Handout PDF and video recording
Pam Vestal – January 13, 2024 – “Finding What You Need”
Handout PDF and video recording
Thomas MacEntee – December 9, 2023 – “Future Proofing Your Genealogy”
Handout PDF and video recording
David Allen Lambert – November 18, 2023 – “Verifying Descent from Salem’s Accused Witches”
Handout PDF and video recording
David Allen Lambert – November 18, 2023 – “Revolutionary War Research”
Handout PDF and video recording
FGS Members – October 14th, 2023 – “Artifacts Day!”
Elissa Scalise Powell – September 9, 2023 – “Writing as You Go is the W.A.Y. to Go!”
Handout PDF and video recording
Annette Lyttle – August 12, 2023 – “Dig Deeper into Family Search”
Handout PDF and video recording
Alec Ferretti – July 8, 2023 – “USCIS Genealogy Records”
Handout PDF and video recording
Bill Cole – May 13, 2023 – “A Grave Mistake? The English Origins of Old Comer Thomas Clark”
No handout : but see Mayflower Descendant Vol. 69 No 1. pages 30-59
Rhonda McClure – April 15, 2023 – “Choosing Genealogical Software”
Handout PDF and video recording
Bill Cole – March 11, 2023 – “The Power of Story”
Handout PDF and video recording
Tamsen George – Feb. 11, 2023 -“Allegiance : The Life and Times of William Eustis.”
Daniel Horowitz – Jan. 14, 2023 – “Using MyHeritage DNA for European DNA Matches”
R. Andrew Pierce – Nov. 12, 2022 -“The 1861 Earle Report” and “Making the Irish Connection to Massachusetts”.
- Handout PDFs: Earle Report and Irish Connection
- Videos: Earle Report and Irish Connection
Caroline Anderson (FGS Member) – Sept. 10th 2022 – “Using Swedish Records to Resolve Family Lore”
Tim Martin – FGS V.P. – June 11, 2022 – “Uncovering a DNA Surprise”
Ryan Brubacher (LOC) – May, 14th 2022 – “Using the Library of Congress Online Photo Catalog”
Colleen Hurter – April, 9th 2022 – “Records Available at the Woods Hole Historical Museum”
- Handout PDF and video recording
Pamela Holland – March 12th, 2022 – “Researching in Irish Records”
Christopher Child – February 10, 2022 – “Uncovering Mayflower Connections Through DNA”
Michael Palmer – January 8th, 2022 – “The Evolution of Vital Records from Falmouth MA”
FGS Members share – December 11th, 2021:
Eleanor Baldic : FGS Founding President, Bruce Bumpus : Bumpus Genealogical Overview, Geri&Emory Anderson : Scandinavian Ancestors, Karen Hinds : Cape Verdean Connections – video recording.
Lisa Louise Cooke – November 13th, 2021:
- Handouts for Google Search Methodology and Reopen a Cold Case.
Sandra Faiman-Silva – October 9, 2021 – “Researching Diaspora and Indigenous New England Communities”
Diane Boumenot – September 11, 2021 – “The Real Life of Vital Records”
L. Ray Sears – August 12, 2021 – “WikiTree – The In Crowd”
Dave Robison – June 10, 2021 – “It’s More than Ancestry and Family Search”
Chief & Elder Paul Bunnell – May 8, 2021 – “Abenaki : Hard Road in History”
Aiden Feerick – March 13, 2021 – “Researching Irish Ancestors”
Thomas MacEntee – February 22, 2021 – “Brick Wall Breakthroughs”
- Handout PDF – video recording
- The Case of Adeline Hartman : Overview PDF – Via TimeToast
- Research Log XLS – Generic Research Log Template XLS
Janice Lovelace – January 9, 2021 – “Did Your Ancestors Own Slaves” : Handout
FGS Members – December 12 2020 – “Stories and Artifacts from Home” : Video available
David Allen Lambert – November 16 2020 – “Massachusetts Research” : Video available – PDF handout
Mayflower 400 – October 2020 – The Wampanoag and English Perspectives:
- Linda Coombs : Oct 7 Video -“A Wampanoag Perspective in 400 Years of History”
- Indigenous History Bibliography – assembled by Linda Coombs
- Ron Peterson : Oct 14 Video – “Influences on Native Perspectives – Myths, Legends and Realities“
- David Young/Phyllis Day : Oct 21 Video – “Early Falmouth Families“
- Ralph Wadleigh : Oct 28 Video – “Proving a Mayflower Connection”
- NEHGS – “Proving Your Mayflower Ancestry”
Ralph Wadleigh – September 12, 2020 – “What’s in a Letter?” : Video here
Brad Jordan & Jerry Luby – August 8, 2020 -“Research Opportunities at Oak Grove Cemetery Falmouth” – No handout : Video available here.
Alan Moniz – June 13, 2020 – “The Adventures of my Portuguese Grandfather, Jose Moniz”- No handout : Video available here.
Mary Roddy – January 11, 2020 – Telling Their Story
Michael Strauss – November 9, 2019 – two talks:
Thomas MacEntee – October 12, 2019 – Privacy, DNA, and Genealogy…
Ann Lawthers – April 13, 2019 – Migration Westward in the USA
Mary Roddy – January 12, 2019 – Bagging a Live One.
Judy Russell – November 10, 2018 – Finding the Law and Copyright Law
Pamela Cobb – August 11, 2018 – History of Burial Practices and Records
Nora Galvin – May 12, 2018 –Using DNA as Evidence in Family History Research: Y-DNA, mtDNA
Tom Sbarra – April 14, 2018 – Quakers in Falmouth Timeline
Seema Kenney – March 10, 2018 : USA Immigration and Naturalization
Margaret Fortier – February 10, 2018 : Andiamo! Finding Your Italian Family
Thomas Greve – January 13, 2018 : What Next? Third Party Tools for Exploring Autosomal DNA
Mary Tedesco – November 11, 2017 : Social Media for Genealogists
Thomas MacEntee – October 14, 2017 : 10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Genealogy
David Martin – June 2017 :
Margaret Sullivan – Apr 2017 : A Needle in a Haystack: Identifying 19th Century African Americans
Pam Stone Eagleson CCGS/FGS – Nov 12, 2016 :
Shellee Morehead – Oct 2016 : Conserving Our Personal Collections
Pamela Holland – Sep 2016 : Finding Cousins Using DNA
Barbara Mathews – Aug 2016 : Colonial Records
John Colletta – Nov 2015 : Understanding Archives
Ralph Wadleigh/Phyllis Day – Jan 2015 : Civil War Pension Records
Mary Ellen Grogan ~ March 2014 : Researching Your Irish Roots