"What's New at AmericanAncestors.org?," presented by Molly Rogers AmericanAncestors.org is the award-winning website of New England Historic Genealogical Society and home to hundreds of databases with 1.4 billion searchable names, our robust online library catalog, digital manuscript collections, educational resources, and online periodicals with more being added each week. Stay up to date with what’s Read More

Peter S. Canellos with The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero Moderator: Carlo Rotella, Professor of English, American Studies and journalism, Boston College Presented in partnership with the Boston Public Library and GBH Forum Network They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of Read More

"Reimagining Historic House Museums," presented by Ken Turino, Historic New England Moderated by Curt DiCamillo Join us when American Ancestors’ Curt DiCamillo hosts the legendary Ken Turino for a presentation on the state of historic sites across the United States and around the world. Ken, long-time curator and educator at Historic New England, will present Read More

"Don't Build Your Own Brick Walls!," presentation by ​Jill Morelli - Professional Genealogist, CG - FGS favorite and July guest to Cape Cod! ​​​​Most brick walls are of our own making! We need to address the reasons why they exist so we can resolve the problem. We will review some of the reasons our brick Read More

Getting Started; The Mythical Trunk in the Attic; 10 Axioms for “Good” Genealogy. Event is live; please visit the event website to register.

"Sanborn Insurance Maps, Census Records and City Directories," by Ari Wilkins Recreating neighborhoods can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. This lecture will demonstrate ways to build a map using Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, census records, and city directories in Google Maps. Ari Wilkins graduated from Louisiana State University with Read More

Menachem Kaiser with Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure Moderator: Dr. Bernice Lerner, author and senior scholar at Boston University's Center for Character and Social Responsibility Presented by the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center On a Fulbright Fellowship in Lithuania in 2010, Toronto native Menachem Kaiser traveled to Poland and there, in Read More

Researching Acadian Ancestors Live broadcasts: July 7, 14, and 21, 6:00—7:30 p.m. EDT; Access to course materials until October 31, 2021 Presented by Tricia Labbe, Ann Lawthers, and Rhonda R. McClure Cost: $85 Tracing Acadian ancestry presents unique—but not insurmountable—challenges for family historians. Record loss, destroyed communities, and large-scale, disparate migration are just some of Read More

"The Great Migration to New England: Conventicles to Companies to Congregations," by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG During the 1630s the migration process to New England was evolving from a pre-planned, top-down system, to a more spontaneous, bottom-up organization. This webinar will explore the evolution of the manner in which committed puritans moved from old England Read More

"Researching 17th Century Ancestors to New England." Access to Five Pre-Recorded Classes starting July 16 until October 31, 2021; Live panel discussion with instructors Saturday, July 24 2:00 – 3:30 PM Presented by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG; Christopher C. Child; David Curtis Dearborn, FASG; Lindsay Fulton; Alicia Crane Williams, FASG The 17th-century colonists in New Read More