Local Club Meetings
Hudson Genealogy Club, at the
Rogers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson, NH
http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/ every 2
nd Friday of the Month, at
1:30 PM contact Gayle St. Cyr 603-886-6030 for more information.
Genealogy Roundtable, at the
Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway, Derry, NH
http://www.derry.lib.nh.us/ every first Tuesday of the Month, at 1 – 2:30
PM. Contact: 603-432-6140 for more
information.
Greater Lowell Genealogy Club,
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maglgc/ meets at the Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA
10AM to 1PM once a month.
Newton, NH Genealogy Club- Gale
Library, Newton, NH, 603-382-4691, 3PM on the third Wednesday of the
month.
Chelmsford Genealogy Club, at the
Chelmsford, MA Public Library, first Tuesday night of the month at 7PM in the
McCarthy Meeting Room, contact Judy Sylvia
http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/programs/programs/genealogy_club.html
978-256-5521
May 1, Wednesday,
Strawbery Banke
Museum reopens for the season. You
can find this living history museum at 14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire
www.strawberybanke.org
May 2, Thursday, noon – 1pm
Lunch
& Learn: The First Peopling of this Place We Now Call Plymouth, Free
for members, $8 non-members at Plimoth Plantation. Archeologist Ellen Berkland
will discuss excavations on the South Shore.
Bring a lunch, or buy one at the Patuxet Café. Discussion starts promptly at noon in the
Accomack Building. Register online
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/programs-adults/lunch-and-learn
May 3, Friday, 10:30am,
Abraham and
Mary Lincoln: The Long and Short of It, at the Bow High School, 32 White
Rock Hill Road, Bow, NH . Abraham
Lincoln and Mary Todd met in Springfield, Illinois, where they married and
began a family. The years that followed
their move to the White House were full of personal and national crises. Contact Betsy Mahoney at 603 224-7113 for
more information.
May 4, Saturday, 8am – 5pm
, 9th
Annual Granite State Story Swap, at the Seacoast Science Center, Odiorne Point
State Park, Rye, NH. Concert
performances by NH, MA and NY storytellers, all are welcome, $16 fee covers
parking, morning coffee, lunch and all story swaps. For more information and advance registration
go to
http://www.nhstorytelling.org
or contact Lauretta Phillips at 603 735-5965
May 4, Saturday, 10am and 1pm
Edson Cemetery Tours with Kim Zunino,
1375 Gorham Street, Lowell, Mass. (rain date May 18) Meet at the front gate for a tour of Edson
Cemetery, founded in 1845. This 45 minute walking tour is sponsored by the
Lowell Historical Society. FREE
May 5, Sunday, 2pm
Lizzie Bordon Took
an Axe, Or Did She? At the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court Street, Nashua,
NH. Annette Holba reviews the facts of
the case and explores the evidence that some experts say points to Lizzie’s
guilt, and others believe point to Lizzie’s innocence. Her connections to NH are also
discussed. Contact Carol Eyman at 603
589-4610 for more information.
May 6, Monday, 2pm
Winning the War, Shaping
the Peace: Industry, Civil War and the Birth of Consumerism at the Amherst,
NH Town Library, 14 Main Street, Amherst, NH
Carrie Brown explores the technological triumph that helped save the
Union and transformed the nation. While
this program tells a broad, national story, it focuses on the critical and
somewhat surprising role of Vermont and NH in producing the industrial
technology that won the war and changed American life. For more information call Helen Tognetti at
603-682-1952.
May 7, Tuesday, 2pm,
Our Town:
Discovering Local History at the Archives,
National Archives, 380 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Mass. Reservations suggested, please call
866-406-2379 or email
boston.archives@nara.gov
May 7, Tuesday, 7:30pm
Petticoat
Patriot: A Woman in the Continental Army, at the Exeter Historical Society,
47 Front Street, Exeter, NH, Joan Gatturna present this living history program
on Deborah Sampson, who disguised as a young man enlisted in the Continental
Army during the American Revolution and served undetected for 17 months. Call Laura Gowing at 603-778-2335 for more
information. Free to the public
May 8, Wednesday, 10am,
Using AmericanAncestors.org, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA Learn all the great features, tools, resources and content at the NEHGS website, with more than 200 million searchable names covering New England, New York and other areas of family research back to 1620. FREE to the public.
May 10, Friday,
The Fort at No. 4
re-opens for the season. You can find
this living history museum at 267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire
www.fortat4.org
May 10, Friday, 7pm,
World War Two
New Hampshire, at the Deerfield Historic Town Hall, 10 Church Street,
Deerfield, NH. A documentary with
interviews, historic news films, photos, and radio reports from the
battlefields, by John Gfoerer. Call
Bernadette Camerson at 603-463-7076 for more information. Free to the public
May 11, Saturday, 11:30am,
Braving
the Middle Ground: Stories of Pre-Revolutionary Northern New England. At the Kimball Public Library, 5 Academy
Avenue, Atkinson, NH. Historian Jo
Radner juxtaposes Native American oral traditions and stories to reveal a
complex “middle ground” in which English settlers and Native people saw one
another as defenders and trespassers, pursuers and refugees, kind neighbors and
ruthless destroyers. Call the Kimball
Library at 603-362-5234 for more information. Free to the public
May 14, Tuesday, 7:30 pm
New
Hampshire and the American Clipper Ship Era, at the Riverwoods in Exeter
(Boulders Hall), 5 Timber Lane, Exeter, NH.
Glen Knoblock explores our maritime past with an exciting look at the
fastest sailing ships ever built in America.
Call Jeanne Wild at 603-658-3049 for more information. Free to the
public
May 16, Thursday, 6pm
Finding Our
Jewish Ancestors: Jewish history, migration, and genealogy, Genealogist
Meredith Hoffman of the Jewish Genealogical Society presents. . National Archives, 380 Trapelo Road, Waltham,
Mass. Reservations suggested, please
call 866-406-2379 or email
boston.archives@nara.gov
May 18, Saturday, 9am to 12:30pm, Family History Mini Conference, at 400 Essex Street, Lynnfield, MA by the Lynnfield LDS church. FREE classes on genealogy.
May 20, Monday,
Canterbury Shaker
Village re-opens for the summer season until October 31
st. This museum is located at 288 Shaker Road,
Canterbury, NH 03224
www.shakers.org
May 22, Wednesday, 7pm
Genealogy Apps
for Mobile Phones, a lecture by genealogist Dick Eastman at Andover,
Massachusetts’ Memorial Hall Library, 2 North Main Street, Andover, MA. Free.
Register at
www.mhl.org/eventcalendar
or call 978-623-8401 x31
May 23, Thursday, 7pm
Lizzie Borden
Took an Axe, Or Did She? At the Harvey Mitchell Memorial Library, 151 Main
Street, Epping, NH. See the same lecture
above on May 5
th. Contact
Bradley Green at 603-734-4587 for more information. Free to the public.
May 25, Saturday, 10am – 3pm
Annual
Lilac Festival at the Wentworth Coolidge Mansion, 375 Little Harbor Road,
Portsmouth, NH Free to the public, free
parking. Come by foot, bike, kayak or canoe.
Lilac lectures and sales, art projects, treasure hunts for the kids and
an alpaca petting zoo. Sroll the new 1.5
mile waterside walking path. Call 603
-828-3359 for more information.
May 30, Thursday, 1pm,
Introduction
to REUNION by Richard Doyle at the Amesbury Public Library, . 149 Main St.,
Amesbury, Mass. Registration required
. 978-388-8148 or register online at
www.amesburylibrary.org This is a gathering for participants that
went to Richard’s first class, it will be a fun afternoon to see everyone and
talk about their successes.
June 1
st, Saturday, 10am,
Lowell
Cemetery Tour with the Chelmsford Genealogy Club and Richard Howe
June 1
st, Saturday,
Piscataqua
Waterfront Festival, 8am – 11pm, at the Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden, 154
Market Street, Portsmouth, NH. Free
family event with music, maritime artisan demonstrations, free museum tours,
children’s activities, boats, booths, and a sale of heirloom plants. Call 603 430-7668 for more information.
June 5, Wednesday, 7pm,
Dissent among
the Puritans at the Merrimack Public Library, 470 Daniel Webster Highway,
Merrimack, NH. A living history presentation
features Ann Vassall in the year 1637, wife of William Vassall of Essex,
England, one of the founders of Massachusetts.
Contact the library at 603-424-5021 for more information. Free to the public.
Thursday, June 6, 13, 20, and 27 at 1:00 Richard
Doyle’s Introduction to Genealogy. At the Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main St.,
Amesbury, Mass. Learn basic steps to get started on your genealogy. He will also show you how to use Ancestry.com
and Heritage Quest to further your search.
When you register for June 6th you are registered for all of
the classes. Registration required
. 978-388-8148 ext. 610 or register
online at www.amesburylibrary.org
Thursday, June 6, noon – 1pm
Lunch
& Learn: The History of Jewish People in Plymouth, Free for members, $8
for non-members at Plimoth Plantation.
Hear Plimoth Plantation’s curator Dr. Karin Goldstein discuss the
“hidden history” of Jewish People in early Plymouth. Bring a lunch or buy one at the Patuxet
Café. Discussion starts promptly at noon
in the Accomack Building. Register
online at
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/programs-adults/lunch-and-learn
June 8, Saturday, 10:30am
Who won the
War of 1812? New Hampshire’s Forgotten
Patriot Pirates, at the Millyard
Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH, J. Dennis Robinson offers an
upbeat, irreverent slideshow on New Hampshire’s reluctant role in Mr. Madison’s
War with special emphasis on the bold privateers from Portsmouth. Contact Veronica Mueller at 603-764-9072 for
more information.
June 10, Monday, 7pm,
Mary Todd
Lincoln: An Unconventional Woman, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Hall, 335 Smyth Road, Manchester, NH.
Sally Mummey re-creates the role of Mary Lincoln and shares stories of
her life and love, triumphs and challenges.
Potluck at 6pm with Program to follow at 7pm. Free to the public. Contact Elise Hood at 603-668-3472 for more
information.
June 11, Tuesday,
A Visit with Queen
Victoria, at the Salem Historical Museum, 310 Main Street, Salem, NH. Sally Mummey recreates the role of Queen
Victoria in proper 19
th century clothing with Royal Orders. Free to the public. Contact Beverly Glynn at 603-893-8882 for
more information.
June 19, Wednesday, 7pm
A Walk Back
in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes, at the Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49
Nashua Street, Milford, NH Adair Mulligan explores the rich story in stone
walls, old foundations, and abandoned homesites. Free to the public. Contact Susan Amann at 603-673-2408 for more
information.
Coming Up:
July 20, 2013,
Massachusetts
Genealogical Council Annual Seminar at Holy Cross College, Hogan Center, Worcester,
Massachusetts featuring Judy G. Russell, CG, CGL “The Legal Genealogist” 8:30am
to 4:30pm.
August 4 – 9, 2013,
The 33rd
IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Boston Park Plaza Hotel
October 19, 2013,
Family History Day,
LDS church, Concord, New Hampshire
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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
