
Lecture Series
All times listed are in Eastern Standard Time
In 2021, the Mayflower Society launched a very popular Lecture Series covering a variety of Mayflower Pilgrim-related topics including their odyssey, their life and times, their maritime experience and, of course, genealogy!
Please plan to join us for a fun learning experience about the Mayflower Pilgrims and genealogy topics, right from the comfort of your own home.
- Monthly webinar lectures are free and open to the public.
- No pre-registration required.
- Live event links are posted below.
- Webinars are recorded and available on demand.
Missed a lecture? View previously recorded lectures on demand.
2025 Mayflower Society Virtual Program Schedule
There are currently no upcoming virtual lectures scheduled. Please feel free to watch some of our previous recorded virtual lectures below.
View On Demand Webinars
2025 Mayflower Society Virtual Programs
“A Grave Mistake? The English Origins of Old Comer Thomas Clarke”
Presented by: Bill Cole
Passcode: 0u@qgrka
“Plantation Goods: A Material of American Slavery”
Presenter: Seth Rockman
Unavailable for rewatch per request of the presenter
“Plunder? How Museums Got Their Treasures”
Presenter: Justin Jacobs
Passcode: nnA@f=?6
“The Mayflower in Britain”
Presenter: Graham Taylor
No passcode needed
“Welcome To The Graveyard”
Presented by: Brenda Sullivan
No Passcode Needed
“The Bible: A Global History”
Presented by: Bruce Gordon
Passcode: g0%EQ657
“A Perfect Frenzy”
Presented by: Andrew Lawler
Passcode: 1BtakXF@
The Blazing World: Revolutionary England, 1603-1689″
Presenter: Jonathan Healey
Passcode: 3a%Zvzg?
“The Photo Angel”
Presented by: Kate Kelley
Passcode: aM7.=23g
2024 Mayflower Society Virtual Programs
Families and Freedoms:
Connections Between the
Mayflower and the American Revolution
Presenter: Jonathan Lane
Passcode: C5ui+^!F
Making the Presidency:
John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic” Presenter: Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky
Passcode: N*eRm0x3
Pits, Posts and Palisades:
The Archaeology of Patuxet and the
17th century Plimoth Colony Settlement
Presenter: David Landon
Passcode: Z@gm63EE
Indian Wars of New England
Presenter: Michael Tougias
Passcode: T2qY09&X
Marco Polo
Presenter: Laurence Bergreen
Passcode: 9^q.4La0
The Electoral College:
Why It Endures Despite
Two Centuries of Criticism
Presenter: Thomas Weaver
Passcode: f1pj^NxL
The Journey to the Mayflower
Presenter: Stephen Tomkins
Passcode: F4z#.CPe
Squanto: A Native Odyssey
Presenter: Andrew Lipman
Passcode: 8*eXWV?D
Project Mayflower
Presenter: Richard Stone
Passcode: x8H.X9XF
2023 Mayflower Society Virtual Programs
The Mayflower and Her Passengers
Presenter: Caleb Johnson
Passcode: 9Zp9K&ac
Jump Starting Your Family History with Familysearch
Presenter: Lynn Turner
Passcode: N2iy*T3v
Bridging the Gap: Getting Around Brick Walls. Looking into Your Genealogical Background
Presenter: Denise Cross
Passcode: 5JKmGCs?
Welcome to the Plymouth Antiquarian Society
Presenter: Anne Mason
Passcode: %u$m2Kfa
Welcome to Plimoth Patuxet
Presenter: Tom Begley
Passcode: TXn3w=B.
The Virginia Venture: American Colonization and English Society 1580-1660
Presenter: Misha Ewen
Passcode: V6Zq.PKv
The Voyage of Mayflower 400
Presenter: Brett Phaneuf
Passcode: 36&K+PG%
Mutinous Women
Presenter: Joan DeJean
Passcode: +RZ.d!A0
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
Presenter: Richard Thompson Ford
Passcode: =Jvu#4y8
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Presenter: Virginia Postrel
Passcode: nkSG^7h3
2022 Mayflower Society Virtual Programs
Beefing Up an Ancestor’s Timeline
Presenter: Jeanette Sheliga
Presenter: Bonnie Wade Mucia
Passcode: m3cL^zZC
Presenter: Mark Schmidt
Passcode: peNr@7j!
Presenter: Beth Finch McCarthy
Passcode: !Z#9hWdC
Presenter: Nancy Rubin Stuart
Passcode: %dLU$h17
Presenters: Mike Terry, Susan Abanor and Kenneth Whittemore
Passcode: ajI2.8wq
2021 Mayflower Society Virtual Programs
Made in America
Presenter: James W. Baker
Passcode: W?=YE77$
The Peregrine White Webinar
Presenter: Stephen C. O’Neill
Passcode: X&F9Sm5$