ZOOM- Basics of New England Research

This program will also be streamed to our Kingsley Room. Register here if you want to watch it at the library.

Whether your ancestors lived in New England in the 17th century or the 21st century, this  presentation will give you the basic information to begin—and advance—your research into  New England records. In preparation for the release of the Sixth Edition of Genealogist’s  Handbook for New England Research, this presentation will give you the basic historical  context, general organization of records, go-to resources, and unique strategies that will give  you a good foundation to succeed in tracing your New England ancestors. NOTE: New  England includes the present-day states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New  Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. 

David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist has been on the staff of American Ancestors/NEHGS  since 1993 and is an internationally recognized speaker on the topics of genealogy and  history. He has authored many articles in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register,  the New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Rhode Island Roots, Mayflower Descendant,  and American Ancestors magazine; and is the author of eleven books including A Guide to  Massachusetts Cemeteries and Vital Records of Stoughton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year  1850. David is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Mass., and a  life member of the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati and the General Society of the  War of 1812. David also serves as the tribal genealogist for the Massachusett Tribe  at Punkapoag in Massachusetts. His areas of expertise include New England and Atlantic  Canadian records of the 17th through 21st century; American and international military 
records; DNA research; and Native American and African American genealogical research in  New England. 

Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this event is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration is required. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library.  For more information about this program, please email Rebecca at rrandall@biblio.org or call the reference desk at 203-262-0626 ext 2.