Lectures
2026
Feb 21
- Handout for “French-Canadian Genealogy” by Margaret Fortier
- Video recording of the program
Jan 17
- Video recording of the program: Member Show and Tell
2025
Nov 22
- Handout for “Tips for Getting the Most out of FamilySearch, Including Full-Text Search” by Dawn Carlile
- Video recording of the program
Oct 18
- Handout for “The Road to Independence: Defying the British during the Revolutionary War” by Michael L. Strauss
- Video recording of the program
Sep 27
- Video recording: ESOG 50th Anniversary program
Sep 25 - 50th Anniversary Luncheon
May 17
- Handout for “Shaking Loose the Clues: Using Timelines to Organize Your Research” by Claire M. Smith
- Video recording of the program
Apr 19
- Handout for “Ethical Issues Associated with Generative Artificial Intelligence” by Blaine Bettinger
- Video recording of the program
Mar 15
- Handout for “10 Generative AI Prompts Every Genealogist Needs to Know” by Blaine Bettinger
- Video recording of the program
Feb 15
- Handout for “Exploring our Essex County Connections” by Joseph A. Jackson
- Video recording of the program
2024
Nov 16
- Syllabus for “Enriching Genealogy with Memorabilia and Pictures” by Carol McCoy
- Video recording of the program
Oct 19
“How to Reopen and Work a Genealogy Cold Case” by Lisa Louise Cooke
- Per agreement, links to the syllabus and recording were removed after 30 days
Sep 21
- Syllabus for “Finding the Living: Genealogy in Reverse” by Cheri Hudson Passey
- Video recording of the program
May 18
“Got Old Negatives? Scan Them With Your Phone and These 5 (Mostly) Free Apps” by Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal
Apr 20
- Syllabus for “When Enough is Enough” by Judy Russell
Mar 16
- Syllabus for “Researching Your Ancestral Places” by Claire Smith
Feb 17
- Syllabus for “Early New England Families, Essex County Patterns” by Alicia Crane Williams
2023
Dec 16
- Video recording of the program “Member Show and Tell”
Nov 18
- Syllabus for “Landscapes of Indenture: Scottish Prisoners of War in Seventeenth-Century New England” by Emerson “Tad” Baker
Oct 21
- Syllabus for “Following the Trail of Shared Matches” by Seema-Jayne Kenney
Sep 16
- Syllabus for “Bringing Education and Improvement to the People: Lyceums and Chautauquas” by Joseph P. Jackson
- Video recording of the program
May 20
- Syllabus for “How to Create Exciting Interactive Family History Tours with Google Earth Pro” by Lisa Louise Cooke
April 15
- Syllabus for “Going Deeper with Surnames” by Stephen A. Hartwell
- Syllabus for “Evander MacIver: A Living Autobiography Created using DeepStory on MyHeritage” by Linda B. MacIver
Mar 18
- Syllabus for “Re-Introducing Heraldry for Genealogists” by Nathaniel L. Taylor, FASG
- Slides of the lecture (.pdf format)
Feb 18
- Syllabus for “Overlooked Sources for 17th & 18th Century English Records” by Paul Milner
2022
November 19
- Syllabus for “Demystifying the Big Three Free Digital Sites for Genealogist: The Internet Archive and Beyond!” by Linda MacIver
- Video recording of the program
October 15
- Syllabus for “Revisiting Find A Grave” by Diane Laferriere
- Syllabus for “Contributing to Find A Grave” by Barbara Beake
- Video recording of the program
September 17
- Syllabus for “DNA and Your Revolutionary Ancestors” by Jennifer Zinck
May 21
- Syllabus for “WWII Letters to and from a Young Solder” by Seema-Jayne Kenney
April 16
- Syllabus for “Building a Community Genealogy from Historical Maps” by Joseph Jackson
March 19
- Syllabus for “Influenza: The Twentieth Century’s Deadliest Pandemic” by Michael Strauss
February 19
- Syllabus for “Successful Collateral and Cluster Searching” by Thomas MacEntee
2021
November 20
- Syllabus for “The Maritime Records of Essex County” by Stephen Hartwell
October 16
- Syllabus for “Finding Gems in Town Records” by Carol McCoy
September 18
- Syllabus for “One Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools” by Stephen Morse
May 15
- Syllabus for “Cyndi’s List in Practice” by Cyndi Ingle
February 20
- Syllabus for “Organizing Your DNA” by Diahan Southard
2020
November 21
- Syllabus for “New England’s Town Records” by Diane Gravel
October 17
- Syllabus for “Essex, England - Home of the Mayflower” by Linda MacIver
September 19
- Syllabus for “The Ethical Genealogist” by Judy Russell