P.O. Box 2107, Teaticket, MA 02536 - Barnstable County
Copyright Falmouth Genealogical Society, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved.
NEXT meeting:
Connecting People with their Family and History!
New Englanders Here, There, Everywhere
Oct. 29th to Nov. 1st
Manchester, NH DoubleTree Hotel
Join FGS members and other family historians. This largest genealogical conference in New England is offered in-person only.
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Our "Get Going with Genealogy!" quick-start sheet.
Note the new start time for our monthly meetings is 10:00 AM!
Why? We want to allow time to Connect, to Chat, and to Share.
Come early and join us for some social time. It’s the perfect time to catch up with fellow members, share latest discoveries, exchange tips, present a family heirloom, or swap magazines and reference materials. We’ll provide the refreshments.
Our social time will run from 10:00-10:30 am followed by our monthly genealogy presentation.
Note: The Falmouth Public Library opens at 10:00 am. Before 10:00 am you can access our meeting in the Hermann Foundation Meeting Room through the back-side lower level “Meeting Room” entrance.
Past Presidents from left: Mary Barry, Ralph Wadleigh, Judy Fenner, Donna Walcovy, Joyce Pendery, Marge Riley, Eleanor Baldic, & John Caspole. Most recent presidents: Thomas Greve then Gerard Luby then currently Tim Martin missing from picture.
Non-Members can request Zoom login credentials by sending an email to
- Please give your full name and reason for the request.
>>> Click Here for a video playlist about our society!
Saturday, October 11th, 2025 - 10:00AM EDT - CG - Kathleen Brunelle at Falmouth Public Library
- Hybrid Meeting with Live Presenter
- Title : "Engaging Youth With Genealogy"
- Kathleen Brunelle, an English teacher and historian, will present Engaging Youth with
Genealogy. Kathleen teaches a genealogy elective where she guides students in family
research projects. With their findings, students create digital books about their ancestry.
Brunelle is a regular speaker at festivals, libraries, and bookstores throughout Cape Cod
and Massachusetts, and is the author of Bellamy’s Bride: The Search for Maria Hallett of
Cape Cod and Cape Cod’s Highfield and Tanglewood: A Tale of Two Cottages. Her
work has been featured on NPR and Spooky Southcoast, among others, and she has
appeared in television shows such as Discovery Channel’s Mummies Unwrapped and
Genealogy Roadshow. She lives in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, with her husband, Robert,
their children, Baylen and Mariel, and yellow lab, Buddy.
FGS Monthly meetings
The Society is a nonprofit organization of beginner, amateur, and professional family historians and genealogists dedicated to studying, preserving and sharing family histories. Established in 1985, FGS promotes genealogical research among members; the Barnstable County, MA community; and anyone interested in family history.
The Society normally meets the
2nd Saturday of each month.
Since April 2022 we have resumed live monthly meetings at the Hermann Foundation Room of the Falmouth (Massachusetts) Public Library
- Check the calendar for more information!