Learning about your female ancestors and their families is dependent on knowing her maiden name. Unfortunately, all too often we find women listed by their married names only or that their maiden name is simply not recorded. In this online lecture, learn what records are most likely to provide this information and gain important strategies for finding that elusive maiden name.
This 60-minute lecture will include three, 10-minute intervals for audience Q&A for a total of 90 minutes.
Registration includes access to:
- Live lecture presented on Zoom
- Lecture recording, available to review for the foreseeable future
- 4-page syllabus
- PDF handouts of the lecture slides
Join the Live Broadcast
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Click here to join the live broadcast: https://zoom.us/j/92477504880
If you are unable to attend the live session, you will be able to view a recording on this course page.
Slides and Handout
To come.
Recorded Presentation
To come.
Instructor Bio
David Allen Lambert has been on the staff of American Ancestors since 1993 and is the organization’s Chief Genealogist. David is an internationally recognized speaker on the topics of genealogy and history.
Lambert has published many articles in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, the New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Rhode Island Roots, Mayflower Descendant, and American Ancestors magazine. He has authored and or co-authored in the published genealogies presented to David McCullough, Ken Burns, Angela Lansbury, Michael and Kitty Dukakis, Nathaniel Philbrick, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. He has also published eleven books including A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries (American Ancestors, 2018), and Vital Records of Stoughton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850 (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008). David received his B.A. in History from Northeastern University. David is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Mass., and a life member of the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati and the General Society of the War of 1812. David also serves as the tribal genealogist for the Massachusett Tribe at Punkapoag in Massachusetts.
Areas of expertise: New England and Atlantic Canadian records of the 17th through 21st century; American and international military records; DNA research; and Native American and African American genealogical research in New England.