August 2022
Unburying Funeral Home Records
Zoom event with Michael John Neill
Thursday, August 18, 2022 – 7 p.m. EDT
Free to all
Members may access recording for 60 days
“Unburying Funeral Home Records” is a discussion of the records typically kept by funeral homes, determining if the home is still in existence, and locating where the records of the home may be presently located. Some funeral home records have been donated to private or public archives, historical/genealogical societies, etc. As private records, these materials are not necessarily available to anyone who wants to see them just because their relative’s name is contained in these records.
September 2022
The Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania through Virginia and the Carolinas
Zoom event with Vic Dunn
Thursday, September 15, 2022 – 7 p.m. EDT
Free to all
Members may access recording for 60 days
After settling in Pennsylvania in the early eighteenth century, these elusive ancestors began migrating southward into Virginia and the Carolinas. Focus is on the migration from Pennsylvania and later directly from Ireland to Virginia. Migration out of Virginia is also discussed as are settlement patterns throughout the Valley and Southside Virginia. While methods of locating land owing ancestors are discussed, much focus is placed on identifying non-land-owning ancestors through court records and manuscript sources.
October and November 2022
Where Did Your Ancestor Live? Researching and Platting Land in Pennsylvania
Zoom event with Kimberly Powell
Part 1- Thursday, October 20, 2022 – 7 p.m. EDT and Part 2- Thursday, November 12, 2022- 7 p.m. EDT
Free to all
Members may access recording for 60 days
Registration coming soon
Land records are an often-overlooked source for unlocking answers to many of our family history questions. Part One of this two-part series offers an introduction to finding and using Pennsylvania deed records, including the types of deeds you may encounter and how to interpret them, where to find deed records online in Pennsylvania, how to navigate some of the trickier indexing systems used in various PA counties, and tips for tracking land in and out of your ancestor’s possession. Part Two digs into the fun of land platting—how to read a legal land description, how to turn that into a plat, and some short case studies of how land platting can help to answer genealogical research questions.
December 2022
What’s New at FamilySearch and the Family History Library
Zoom event with David Rencher
Thursday, December 15, 2022 – 7 p.m. EDT
Free to all
Members may access recording for 60 days
Registration coming soon
Learn what’s happened at the Family History Library during the closure for the pandemic and what you can expect now that it’s reopened, and you can research again. Also, learn the latest features to the FamilySearch website and the exciting online collections.
More 2022 Events
Special Event– Sep 7– Richard K. Miller “The Why and How of Keeping a Research Log” This includes a description of Goldie May features.
Webinar Recordings
Using Evernote to Capture Notes and Ideas
Online Zoom event with Drew Smith
Thursday, July 21, 2022 – 7 p.m. Eastern Time
Members only. Please login to view the recorded presentation. Available until September 19, 2022.
Your Ancestral Methodists: Different Flavors and Available Records
Online Zoom event with David R. Grinnell
Thursday, June 16, 2022 – 7p.m. Eastern Time
Members only. Please login to view the recorded presentation. Available until August 15, 2022.
GSP Annual Business Meeting 2022
Election of officers and directors as well as a “State of the Society” report.
Saturday, March 19, 2022 – 1p.m. Eastern Time
Members only. Please login to view recorded presentation.
Special Event: How to Navigate the Pennsylvania State Archives’ Online Resources
Online Zoom event presented by PA State Archives archivist Aaron McWilliams
Monday, December 6, 2021 – 7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Members only. Please login to view presentation recording
GSP Annual Business Meeting
Saturday, March 27, 2021 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Members only – view recorded presentation
Become a GSP member
Past events
May 19, 2022- “Using African American Newspapers to Find Your Pennsylvania Ancestors and More” with Tim Pinnick
May 7-8, 2022- Spring 2022 Conference: “Researching Your Eastern European Ancestors” with Lisa Alzo, Joseph Everett, Michelle Tucker Chubenko and Emily Garber
Apr. 21, 2022- “From German to English and Back! You Know More German Than You Think You Do!” with Ken Weaver
Mar. 17, 2022- “Happy Days! Find Your Family in the U.S. Census” with Beth Finch McCarthy
Feb. 19, 2022- Winter 2022 Conference: “Researching Your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors” with the Ulster Historical Foundation
Feb. 17, 2022 – “Vital Records of Pennsylvania 1852 to Today” with Denys Allen
Jan. 20, 2022- “DNA Ethnicity in 2022: More Inclusive, Specific, Accurate and Meaningful” with Diahan Southard
Dec. 16, 2021- “Becoming a Probate Detective: Rejoicing in the Probate Files of Our Ancestors” with Dawn King Carson
Dec. 6, 2021- “How to Navigate the Pennsylvania State Archives’ Online Resources” with Aaron McWilliams
Nov. 19, 2021- “Ten Cemeteries Tour in Fishtown” In-person event led by Ken Milano
Nov. 17, 2021- “Find Your Roots in Naturalization Records” with Stephen Szabados
Nov.5, 2021- “Penn Treaty Tour” In-person event led by Ken Milano and staff at the Penn Treaty Museum
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.