In July of 2025, FHSNL hosted a 2-day genealogy conference in St. John's. Slides and video recordings of several of the presentations are in the process of being made available for society members below.

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Keynote Presentation

Keynote Speaker: David Allen Lambert (Chief Genealogist at American Ancestors)

Title: "Boston States" - A Personal Journey on Rediscovering Your Forgotten Heritage and Lost Cousins

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear David Allen Lambert, an internationally acclaimed genealogist and historian with over 30 years of experience at American Ancestors, as he shares his wealth of expertise in family history research. Renowned for his engaging presentations, David specializes in New England and Atlantic Canadian records, military archives, DNA research, and Native American genealogies—and he brings a personal passion for uncovering the roots of his Newfoundland and Labrador ancestors. This is a chance to learn from one of the most celebrated names in genealogy.

 

Presentations by other speakers are available below

• Willeen Keough
  "Two brothers came out from Ireland...": But what did their sisters decide to do?

• David Pike
  The Surname Pike in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Case Study with Y-DNA

• Brenda Jones
  My Ancestral Trail - Two Weeks in Newfoundland and Labrador

• Susan Squires, Susan Reid, and Susan Snelgrove
  Records of the Channel Islands

• Frank Gogos
  A Genealogical Journey Through War and Remembrance

• Raymond Blake and Hayward Blake
  The Personal Is Historical and History is Personal

More are coming soon.