2021 Fall Seminar

In the 17th century, the eastern seaboard of America swelled with colonists, from the original 350 to over 250,000. Those colonists were the first Americans in many of our family trees. Attending this seminar will help you identify the records these colonists left behind, where you can find them, and how you can use them to fill in the gaps in your family’s early American history

David Allen Lambert is the Chief Genealogist for the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, Mass. (www.AmericanAncestors.org) having served on the staff since 1993.

He is an internationally recognized speaker and author on genealogical, military history and New England topics. His genealogical expertise includes New England and Atlantic Canadian records of the 17th through 21st century; British Isles research; military records; DNA research; and Native American and African American genealogical research in New England.  

He is the author of A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries (NEHGS, 2018).  He authored the NGS Research in the States Series for Massachusetts. Lambert has published many articles in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register; New Hampshire Genealogical Record; Rhode Island Roots; The Mayflower Descendant; and American Ancestors magazine. 

David is the current State Historian for the Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution. David is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Mass.; Registrar of the Massachusetts Sons of the Revolution; and life member of the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati.   He has served as the tribal genealogist for the Massachuset-Punkapoag Indians of Massachusetts for over twenty years.

Sessions — Maine to Virginia: Finding Your Colonial Ancestors

• Session #1 – Seventeenth Century Colonization. Learn about the numerous resources available to you for researching Virginia and New England immigrants of the early 17th century.
• Session #2 – New England Probate. Probate records can answer many genealogical questions. This session offers an overview of the resources for New England 17th-19th century probate court records.
• Session #3 – New England Land Records. An understanding of the 17th-19th century New England land records-from proprietorship records to land deeds-can facilitate your discovery of when and where your ancestors lived, and much more.
• Session #4 – New England Court Records. David Lambert will instruct you how to get the most from New England court records-and how to find them online and in court archives.

This will be a virtual event.

Each session will be recorded. Recordings will be available to registered participants on Sunday October 24, and will be available through midnight on Sunday, October 7, 2021.