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Saturday, May 9th, 2026 - 10:00AM EDT - Annette Burke Lyttle (CG) - Hybrid Meeting with Zoom Presenter
- Title : "Colonial American Migration Routes and Modes of Travel"
- PLEASE NOTE this meeting will be held on the third Saturday in March.
NEXT MEETING:
Saturday, March 21st, 2026 - 10:00AM EDT - Jeff Schiebe - Hybrid Meeting with Live Presenter
- Title : "Planning a Trip to Your Ancestral Home — A Case Study to a German Town"
- PLEASE NOTE this meeting will be held on the third Saturday in March.
Saturday, February 14th, 2026 - 10:00AM EST - Joe Mattingly - Hybrid Meeting with Live Presenter
- Falmouth Museums on the Green docent - Joe Mattingly : "Falmouth's Whaling Heritage"
- Falmouth was the home port of 13 whaling ships that made 52 whaling voyages, mainly to the
Pacific, between 1820 and 1864. Six whalers were built in Falmouth, most of them at Bar Neck
Wharf in Woods Hole, under the oversight of the patriarch of Falmouth whaling, Elijah Swift. With
a total population of no more than 2,600, Falmouth produced an astounding 65 ship captains,
some of whom took their wives on whaling voyages of three to five years and had children born
at sea. In this presentation, you will compare the Falmouth boys’ dreams of glory and adventure
with the hard, punishing realities of whaling. - Joe is a docent at Falmouth Museums on the Green and a volunteer at the Cape Cod Canal
Visitors Center with a special interest in the history and culture of New England and Falmouth
whaling.
For the Falmouth Public Library "Joy of Learning Series"
"Let's Do Genealogy!": presented by Tim Martin & Ralph Wadleigh
Four Thursday evenings Oct 2022:
- Oct. 6th : "Overview of Genealogy" - for Class #1: handout and slides and video.
- Oct. 13th : "Researching Sources" - for Class #2: slides and video.
- Oct. 27th : "Building a Family Tree - Applying to Lineage Societies" - Class #3: slides and video.
- Nov. 3rd : "Genetic Genealogy" - Class #4: slides and video.
Saturday, April 4th, 2026 - 10:00AM EDT - Robbin Kelley - Hybrid Meeting with Live Presenter
- Title : "Fostering Cemetery Care in Your Town"
- PLEASE NOTE this meeting will be held on the first Saturday in April.
FROM THE PAST:
Our Monthly Meetings are held at 10:00am at the Falmouth Public LibrarY
300 Main Street, Falmouth MA 02540
Downstairs in the hermann foundation room unless otherwise noted
TUESDAY AFTERNOON GENEALOGY ASSISTANCE EXPERTS - FREE!
Tuesday afternoons from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm at the Falmouth Public Library in the Lemke Reference Room. Falmouth Genealogical Society members assist anyone with their genealogical research. This is a free drop-in session with no appointment needed. FGS video about Library Sessions.