Meetings

Past Programs

June 7, 2025 - The Importance of Visiting Ancestral Places

Members discussed how to plan an ancestral/heritage trip and what they learned from the ones already taken.

May 3, 2025 - Genealogy In A Town Historical Society

GPCMGS member, David Farnham, gave an informative presentation on the types of materials that can be found at the Falmouth Historical Society, where he serves as president.  He also explained the role of a historical society in the community and the different groups of residents, businesses, and government offices that rely on the information it houses. 

April 5, 2025 - Scrapbooking (and more) Your Genealogy

Diane Holden explained how she uses scrapbooking to organize and keep her genealogy research.  Margaret Perkins presented her binder research and how she writes her ancestors' life stories. And Lois Knight explained how she researches and organizes her work at the Stockholm Historical Society.  All three women brought examples of their work, which is very impressive. 

March 1, 2025 - Introduction to Military Research

Michael Strauss presented a talk on how to research your ancestors in military records. He covered how to search many record groups and how to obtain military records. 

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. Richard Miller developed Goldie May, a 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.