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Virtual events
Special Interest Group: GSP Member Gathering
Monday, December 15, 2025
It’s time to join us again for the Member Gathering on the 15th! This month after we cover what is new at GSP and in the world of genealogy, we will have longer breakouts, by popular demand. GSP members can choose one of the following breakout rooms:
-Planning to apply to a lineage society – Focus on PALS
-FamilySearch Full Text and land records
-What research question do you need help with?
- TIME: 7 p.m. ET
- COST: Free for GSP members
- LOCATION: Zoom
Where will you gather?
Join our interactive virtual discussion group to share and/or learn genealogy research tips on one of these subjects. All skill levels are welcome! The event is FREE and only for all GSP members.
Webinar: Timeline Techniques for Early Rural Genealogy
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Learn how to use comparative timelines in conjunction with tax lists and clues from a variety of other records to overcome research obstacles pertaining to early rural families. You’ll also learn how timelines can help keep large overwhelming projects organized and focused.
- PRESENTER: Kimberly F.B. Bucklaw
- TIME: 7:00 p.m. ET
- COST: FREE
- LOCATION: Zoom
- The recording will be available to GSP Members until Feb. 16, 2026.
About the speaker:
Kimberly F.B. Bucklaw is an archivist, historian, and professional genealogist with a master’s degree in history from Temple University. She has diverse U.S. research experience and specializes in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, with particular expertise in 18th and 19th-century African American research.
In-Person Special Interest Groups
Genealogists Helping Genealogists
- DATE: Saturday, December 13, 2025; Saturday, January 10, 2026
- In-person round table discussion group
- TIME: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- COST: GSP members- free; Non-members- $5
- LOCATION: GSP 2100 Byberry Rd., Suite 111, Philadelphia
- Space is limited. Email info@genpa.org to reserve.
This SIG has a roundtable format, starting with a “tip of the month” (a 5- to 10-minute presentation on an investigative tool), after which the meeting then will be opened for discussion on individual genealogical questions.
All skill levels are welcome. This is an in-person only meeting with the aim of furthering individual research. If you have any genealogy research questions; looking for help trying to break through your brick wall; or just want to meet up with fellow genealogists, come join us.
Genealogy Small Talk
- DATE: Tuesday January 27, 2026 (Note: There will be no December meeting due to the holiday.)
- In-person round table discussion group
- TIME: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
- COST: Free to GSP members; $5 for non-members
- LOCATION: GSP 2100 Byberry Rd., Suite 111, Philadelphia PA 19116
- Space is limited. Email info@genpa.org to reserve.
Enhance your genealogy research knowledge! Join our roundtable discussion group in-person on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Everyone will have the opportunity to express new ideas, ask questions, learn new techniques with time to research. This is a friendly atmosphere for all.
Upcoming GSP webinars
- 15 January – “Intro to U.S. Church Records: Why We Care Where Grandma Went to Church” with Sunny Morton
- 19 February – “The Page-Turning Truth: write a compelling autobiography or family history story” with Rhonda Lauritzen
- 19 March – TBA
- 16 April – “How DNA Solved the Idaho Multiple-Murder Case but Raised Ethical Issues” with Michael Ramage
- 21 May – “Hidden Gems in German and Polish Archives” with Ute Brandenburg
Webinar Recordings
Wie sagt man…? (How Do You Say…?) German Pronunciation for Genealogists
Zoom event with Ken Weaver
November 20, 2025
View the recorded presentation. This recording is for GSP members until January 19, 2026.
Understanding the State Land Records of Pennsylvania
Zoom event with Aaron McWilliams
October 16, 2025
View the recorded presentation. This recording is for GSP members until December 15, 2025.
The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Annual Business Meeting 2025
See a review of GSP’s last 12 months, what’s in store for 2025 and the election of officers and directors.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
View the annual meeting recording. This recording is available to GSP members.
339 Quaker Manumissions and Beyond Project
Zoom event with the 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project
Thursday, February 20, 2025
View the recorded presentation. It is available to all.
This is a Members Only Area
Visiting the GSP Office?
Directions: Coming from the Roosevelt Blvd we are the first driveway on the left, after WaWa, GSP is listed on the property sign on the bottom row. The entrance is across from the Gazebo and you ring the bell to the right of Gen of PA to be buzzed in.
