Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

Michael Strauss
March 1, 2025 - Zoom only

Lois, Margaret, and Diane

April 5,  2025 - In person and via Zoom

Coming Soon 


May 3, 2025 - In person and via Zoom

Next Meeting: Saturday, March 1, 2025

Michael Strauss - Introduction to Military Genealogy

Michael Strauss is a well-known genealogy writer and speaker specializing in military records. This session will focus on
beginning military genealogy research including finding relevant records to add to your ancestor's story.

 Please join us via Zoom

 Members will receive the Zoom link via email by Friday, February 28, 2025
All non-members, please email gpcmgs@gmail.com to register for this free program 

Past Programs


February 1, 2025 - Research Roadblock Challenge

Star and Stephen Pelsue led the group in ways to break through our genealogical brick walls. We divided into smaller groups and gave suggestions that may help our research going forward. 


January 4, 2025 - AI in Genealogy Research

Stephen Pelsue gave a presentation on how family historians can use artificial intelligence to further their research. After explaining the history of AI, he provided the most popular AI tools and what they are best used for. He also gave a live demonstration of how AI can be used to transcribe and analyze genealogy documents. 


November 2, 2024 - Using Pinterest in Genealogy Research

Star Pelsue presented a program on how to use Pinterest in genealogy research. She explained the terminology and showed us examples of the types of genealogy topics that Pinterest offers. She also showed us how we can join and become pinners! It's good for finding information, but also for keeping your research organized through the use of boards.


October 5, 2024 - Add a Snapshot to Research: Adding Photos

Allyson Maughan gave a presentation on using photographs in your genealogy research. Often seen as enhancements, photographs hold answers to questions you have about your ancestors. Photos have faces on the front and writing on the back that tell stories. They provide new leads and solve family mysteries. You can find her sharing genealogy tips on her blog at rememberingrelatives.weebly.com.


September 7, 2024 - Goldie May

Gray Stabley gave a workshop on using Goldie May in genealogy research. Goldie May was developed by Richard Miller and is software that works alongside your genealogy databases and websites. It can help you stay organized and focused on your research.


June 1, 2024 - Genealogy Workshop

This meeting was about helping each other with our genealogy questions and the next steps in our research. 


May 4, 2024 - Newspaper Research

Kenneth R. Marks,  a genealogist from Sun City, AZ presented "How to Develop Online Newspaper Research Skills." Kenneth provided search strategies to be more successful in newspapers research. He has the website www.theancestorhunt.com to help people find free links to online genealogy collections and has written 3 genealogy reference books.


April 6, 2024 - Internet Archive

Genealogist, Thomas MacEntee, spoke about the Internet Archive, an online, digital library home to millions of free books,  movies, music, and more. It is also home to the "Wayback Machine," an archive of web pages to see how websites looked over time. 


March 2, 2024 - Probate

Kathleen Ayers, retired Kennebec County Register of Probate gave a presentation on probate records in Maine. She explained the types of proceedings that a register takes care of and where we can go to search for ancestral probate records.