Finding the Elusive Maiden Name ~ a webinar lecture presented by David Allen Lambert
Finding the Elusive Maiden Name ~ a webinar lecture presented by David Allen Lambert
Tuesday, April 14, 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Fee: $25, participants receive a link to join after registration at my.americanancestors.org/2748/3410
Registrants receive an email with the lecture recording following the live broadcast
American Ancestors, 97 Newbury St, Boston
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.
The hour-long “Finding the Elusive Maiden Name” lecture includes three, 10-minute intervals, spaced with an audience Q&A. Registration includes access to the live webinar lecture, the lecture recording, syllabus, and PDF files of the lecture slides.
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 Ancestor” 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 BA in History from Northeastern University and is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, 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. His areas of expertise are 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.
About The Family Heritage Experience and American Ancestors®
The Family Heritage Experience—an interactive, state-of-the-art exhibition that introduces visitors to the joy of family history research—was launched in 2025 by American Ancestors®, a national center for family history, heritage & culture. The Family Heritage Experience is located on the first floor of American Ancestors’ headquarters at 97 Newbury Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, visit fhe.americanancestors.org.
American Ancestors® is a national nonprofit center for family history, heritage and culture based in Boston, Massachusetts that has been setting the gold standard for genealogical research since its founding in 1845. Today, American Ancestors serves 400K+ members and subscribers through AmericanAncestors.org, one of the world’s largest online collections of family history resources. In 2025, American Ancestors launched the Family Heritage Experience, an interactive, state-of-the-art exhibition that introduces visitors to the joy of family history research, located at 97 Newbury Street at our headquarters in Boston. American Ancestors is also home to the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center, which preserves New England’s Jewish history, and 10 Million Names, a project dedicated to finding the names of the enslaved men, women, and children in pre- and post-colonial America before emancipation. For more information, visit americanancestors.org.