Fall is Here
Summer on Cape Cod is winding down. The temperatures are cooling and traffic is easing (though construction projects are still in full swing). The volunteers at CCGS are busy planning programs and education courses for the upcoming months. We encourage you to check our website often to see what's new and what events are coming up.
Welcome to our New Board Members
Welcome to our new members of the Board of Directors.
- President, Jeff Schiebe
- Recording Secretary, Deirdre Leyden
- Director-at-Large, Brian O'Donnell
- Director-at-Large, Marla Vincent
- Director-at-Large, Barbara Burgo
We thank Jo Anne Makely, Lynne Zalesak, and Kate Peace for their dedication and service to CCGS. Judy Fenner will remain on the Board as Past President.
Researching Newspapers.com
Cape Cod Genealogical Society has a newer database available at our Research Center & Library. You may do much of your research with the major sites such as Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and American Ancestors®; but searching newspapers can unlock gems that don't show up in other databases. Obituaries, engagement and wedding announcements, human interest stories, and criminal cases often were published. CCGS now has a subscription to Newspapers.com at our site located within the Dennis Public Library, 5 Hall Street, Dennis Port, MA. Send a message to our Librarian to make an appointment to explore this treasure chest of stories. Open the second and fourth Tuesdays and every Thursday afternoon from 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.
Upcoming Events
September 2026 Writers SIG – Member Event
via Zoom
Join hosts Sherill Baldwin and Lee MacDonald to share your writing on any topic. This group is a forum for sharing your writing about your ancestors for either family members, personal satisfaction, and/or possible publication. Please share your articles, poems, stories and more. Connect with fellow writers in a caring and mutual-critiquing format. New CCGS members are encouraged to join us!
September 2026 Cape Cod Families – Member Event
Sturgis Library, 3090 Main Street, Barnstable, MA 02630
Join host Bebe Brock to explore resources for discovering your Cape Cod ancestors.
September 2026 RootsMagic SIG – Member Event
via Zoom
Join host David Martin as he leads a discussion of the RootsMagic software program. Share challenges, solve problems, and discuss updates to the software package.
September 2026 Family Tree Maker SIG – Member Event
via Zoom
Join host Bob Oppenheim to share tips and techniques for using the Family Tree Maker software package. Share challenges, solve problems, and discuss updates to the software package.
October 2026 German SIG – Member Event
via Zoom
The group uses an open discussion format. All are welcome to discuss their research, problems that they have encountered, and things they have uncovered. Meetings are recorded. Join host Bob Oppenheim as the group explores their experiences, questions, and successes in researching their German ancestors. Members may join the Facebook group Cape Cod Genealogical Society German SIG.
October 2026 Board of Directors Meeting – Member Event
via Zoom
Board of Directors Meetings are open to all members. CONTACT us for the Zoom link to the meeting.
Click on Events to see all of our scheduled meetings and programs.
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Caleb Nickerson Homestead, Chatham, MA
Photo credit: Pam Eaton
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Replica of the Mayflower, Plymouth, MA
Photo credit: Pam Eaton
How Can You Participate?
The Cape Cod Genealogical Society is your Society. Your participation determines how much we are able to accomplish, whether you serve on the Board of Directors, chair or serve on a committee, help members with their research at the Research Center & Library, offer computer technical support or pick up the mail at the Post Office Box in Harwich. Please contact us HERE if you have skills to offer.
Current positions available:
- Membership Committee
- Technology Support
- Bylaws Committee
- Library Committee Chair
- Hospitality committee
- Research Center Library volunteers
- Event photographer
Supporting Members 2026, $100 or more
- Deborah Baker
- Sherill Baldwin
- Melvina "Bebe" Brock
- Carlton "Bob" Burns
- Irene Chechovich
- Nancy Collins
- Geraldine Cox
- Linda Crocker
- Stephen Daukas
- Pamela and Baird Eaton
- Patricia Flaherty
- Stephanie and Roger Gill
- Meri Hartford
- Everett Johnson
- John Lapham
- Deirdre and Michael Leyden
- Madelyn McHugh
- Pamela Morgan
- Walter Murphy
- Judith Needham
- Ralph Ryall
- Suzanne Walton
- Carolyn Weiss
- Michael and Karen Jo Werner
- Carol Weeks Wister
- Priscilla Young
Contributing Members 2026 , $150 or more
- Wayne Beach
- Julie and Thomas Blake
- Ed Brown and Nancy DeGregory
- John Caspole
- Martin Conroy
- B. Judith Fenner
- Beverly Hamilton
- William and Joan Horrocks
- Mona Lamkin
- Jo Anne Makely
- Kristin Mawhinney
- Patricia Merriell
- Robert and Shirley Oppenheim
- Sharon Ann Paradis
- Thomas O. Philips
- Jeff Schiebe
- Sam Sturgis
- Robert L. Ward