Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc.

01/26/2026

What are your genealogy education plans for 2026? Legacy Family Tree Webinars recently announced their 2026 Legacy Family Tree Webinars lineup! This year is the "Year of the Genealogy Deep Dive," featuring over 220 live classes. Check out their line-up and get registered!

You should receive a confirmation email with a link to the webinar soon. You’ll also receive a reminder both the day before and one hour before the webinar begins. Didn’t receive a confirmation email?

01/23/2026

💡Reminder to our CSG Members that the next Monthly Mini Workshop is Tuesday, February 10 at 7pm (Eastern) with Casey Zahn who will lead a mini-workshop on FamilySearch's Full-Text-Search. Full-Text Search will help you go further with your research, especially with land records.

https://csginc.org/event/zoom-monthly-mini-workshop-how-to-use-familysearch-full-text-search-with-casey-zahn/

To register, you will be prompted to log-into the CSG website member area.

01/21/2026

Have you ever scrolled down your match list…past known family, to second, third, and fourth cousins, finding yourself in a harsh landscape of distant cousins?

✅Join us on Zoom on Saturday, February 21 at 1:00 PM (Eastern) as Kate Howard Penney will talk about when distant matches can be useful in confirming Colonial ancestors…and when they can be misleading. Register for “Colonial Origins and DNA."

https://csginc.org/event/zoom-colonial-origins-and-dna-with-kate-penney-howard/

01/19/2026

Today, the Connecticut Society of Genealogists honors the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.—a leader whose story reminds us why genealogy matters.

While Dr. King was born in Atlanta, his work and influence reached Connecticut in meaningful ways. He visited the state in 1959, speaking in Hartford and inspiring local clergy, students, and civil rights advocates. Many Connecticut residents marched, organized, and carried forward the movement he led while creating memories and family stories that remain part of our state’s history.

On this day, we encourage you to:
Explore civil rights–era records in Connecticut
Preserve oral histories from elders who lived during that time
Remember that documenting all families helps tell a fuller history

Genealogy is more than names and dates—it is the story of people, communities, and the ongoing pursuit of justice.

01/17/2026

Has your research hit a brick wall? Register for one of our free Research Sessions on Zoom coming up on January 22nd.

Have you heard about our Free Research Help Sessions via Zoom? CSG offers 45-minute help sessions with experienced researchers 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month (except for holidays) to help you with your research. Questions about brick walls, where to find sou...

01/17/2026

Coming up January 24 at the Fairfield Museum and History Center

Check out the latest community post from one of your neighbors. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

01/12/2026

Good morning everyone. We've had a lot of issues with our web hosting company in the last few months and are currently moving our website to a new hosting.

In the meantime registration for our programs will be temporarily affected. For our CSG Members, if you are trying to register for tonight's Monthly Mini- we will be sending out the direct Zoom link via email. If you do not receive it, please email the CSG office at csginc@csginc.org. We apologize for the inconvenience and are looking forward to more smooth sailing once we are set up at our new hosting company.

01/12/2026

Reminder for CSG Members! TONIGHT, January 12th, begins our new Mini-Monthly virtual workshops for CSG members.

At 7:00 PM (Eastern) Join Jennifer Zinck as she shares resources on "How to Find and Use Connecticut Vital Records." Maximize your ability to find and use the records that serve as the foundation for Connecticut genealogical research.

📣You'll be prompted to log in to the Member Area of the website to register for this workshop. If you need assistance in logging into your member area account, please email us at csginc@csginc.org or call us at 860-569-0002

01/10/2026

The Call for Presentations for NERGC 2027 is now open!

The conference will be held in Portland, Maine, April 14-17, 2027 on the theme "Genealogy in the Age of AI: Innovation Meets Responsibility." Proposals are due by March 15, 2026.

https://nergc.org/call-for-presentations-2027/

01/08/2026

🔍 Sneak Peek at Our Next Webinar
Have you ever scrolled down your match list…past known family, to second, third, and fourth cousins, finding yourself in a harsh landscape of distant cousins?

Join us for our next webinar on February 21, “Colonial Origins and DNA” with Kate Penney Howard to give you a new perspective on those distant cousins.

Kate will talk about when distant matches can be useful in confirming Colonial ancestors…and when they can be misleading.

🗓️ REGISTER : https://csginc.org/event/zoom-colonial-origins-and-dna-with-kate-penney-howard/

01/06/2026

Do you have a brickwall in your research? Let us help you kick-off the New Year by signing up for one of our free Help Sessions on Zoom. The 45 minute sessions are free and you don't need to be a CSG member to register.

Have you heard about our Free Research Help Sessions via Zoom? CSG offers 45-minute help sessions with experienced researchers 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month (except for holidays) to help you with your research. Questions about brick walls, where to find sou...