April 26, Saturday, Spring Conference of the American Canadian Genealogy Society, at the ACGS library, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. See the website www.acgs.org for more information.
May 2 and 3, CK Scrapbook Convention, Manchester, at the Center of New Hampshire, 700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH , 603-625-1000, coupon at website http://www.ckscrapbookevents.com/ckscrapbookconventions/ckcmanchester.aspx Vendor Faire, Classes, exhibits, and more. Adults $10, $7 with coupon, two day pass $13. Children under 10 are free.
May 3, Saturday, 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour, meet at the Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Sponsored by Historic New England, www.historicnewengland.org $6 members, $12 non members. Registration is recommended call 617-994-5920.
May 3, Saturday, 10am – noon (rain date Sunday, May 4) Monuments, Notables and Landscape: A Walking Tour of Mount Auburn Cemetery, sponsored by Historic New England www.historicnewengland.org $6 members, $12 non members. Registration is recommended call 617-994-5920.
May 3, Saturday, Opening Day at the Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, New Hampshire www.shakers.org for more information. Free admission, and parade to celebrate the return of the Brookford Farm cows to the village.
May 4, Sunday, 1pm The Shakers: Models for Modernism, at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. Free lecture with admission to the museum.
May 7, Wednesday, 6pm, Migration to the Boston Neighborhoods and Suburbs, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon presented by author James O’Connell, free to the public.
May 7, Wednesday, 6pm Crafty Bastards: Beer in New England from the Mayflower to Modern Day, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, presentation and book signing by Lauren Clark, who will share her new book. Free and open to the public. Reserve a space by calling 617-226-1226 or email education@nehgs.org
May 8, Thursday, Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Boston History, at the Brighton branch of the Boston Public Library, presented by Paul Della Valle, who will talk about his new book. Free to the Public.
Upcoming Spring Tours at the Lowell
Cemetery,
Friday, May 9, 2014 at 1pm
Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10am
Friday, May 16, 2014 at 1pm
Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10am
Lowell Cemetery Tours in the spring begin at the Lawrence Street Gate and are led by Richard P. Howe Jr. Tours focus on the stories of some of the fascinating Lowell residents buried in the cemetery and consist of a 90 minute walk through this historic, natural setting. Free of charge; no registration required; rain or shine.
Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10am
Friday, May 16, 2014 at 1pm
Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10am
Lowell Cemetery Tours in the spring begin at the Lawrence Street Gate and are led by Richard P. Howe Jr. Tours focus on the stories of some of the fascinating Lowell residents buried in the cemetery and consist of a 90 minute walk through this historic, natural setting. Free of charge; no registration required; rain or shine.
May 10, Saturday 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour (see above May 3)
May 10, Saturday, 2pm, The New England Lighthouse Storm and Yankee Gale by John Horrigan, at the Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts. A presentation about the 16 April 1851 nor’easter. Free to the public. Registration required, call 978-388-8148.
May 10 and 11th, Opening Weekend at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire. The 25th Continental and the 3rd Massachusetts will be in garrison at the fort. See the website www.fortat4.org for more information.
May 13, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Vanished Veteran’s – NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua Street, Milford, New Hampshire, contact 603-249-0645 for more information. Free to the public.
May14, Wednesday, 7:30pm, Collecting John Paul Jones: America’s First Action Hero, at Bedford Public Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, New Hampshire, presented by J. Dennis Robinson. Free to the public. Contact 472-3866 for more information.
May 15 and 16, Thursday and Friday Writing and Publishing Seminar, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Join the experts at NEHGS to learn the best practices and helpful tips in order to turn your research into a publication. This two day program includes goal setting, genealogical style tips, working with images, adding narratives, and you will also learn about working with editors, publishers and family history publications. Register online, $250. www.americanancestors.org
May 16, Friday, 6:30 – 9pm Tales and Ales, at the Swett-Isley House, 4 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, sponsored by Historic New England, $35 members, $60 nonmembers. Enjoy traditional brews from the Ipswich Ale Brewery and a hearty tavern dinner while listening to true tales of sword fights, scandals, and bloody brawls, all from Newbury’s past. Must be over 21. Registration required at 978-462-2634.
May 17, Saturday, 6:30 – 9pm Tales and Ales (see above)
May 17, Saturday, 1pm, Two Hundred Forty Years of Shaker Life in America, at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. Free lecture with admission to the museum.
May 17, Saturday, noon, Overseers of the Poor Records, at the Nevins Memorial Library, Gardner Room, Methuen, Massachusetts, presented by Diane Laferriere and Kim Zunino, and sponsored by the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Merrimack Valley Chapter. Free to the public.
May 17, Saturday,10 am, Searching National and Regional On Line Databases, by Janine Penfield at the American Canadian Genealogy Society library, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. See the website www.acgs.org for more information. Free for members, $5 for non-members.
May 19, Monday, 7pm A Walk Back in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes, at the Goffstown Historical Society, 18 Parker Station Road, Goffstown, New Hampshire, Adair Mulligan presents the rich history of the cellar holes, stone walls, foundations and remains lefts in the New England landscape. Contact 497-8278 for more information.
May 21, Wednesday, 6pm, Mining Family History: Gold in Local Archives and a Speaker’s Roundtable, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon presented by Joanne Riley, with a roundtable discussion about the Local and Family History Lecture Series led by James Madden and Tunney Lee. Free to the public.
May 21, Wednesday, 6pm American Jews and America’s Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, an author talk and book signing by Larry Ruttman. Free and open to the public. Please call 617-226-1226 or email education@nehgs.org to reserve a space.
May 22, Thursday, 7pm Harnessing History: On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the Hollis Social Library, 2 Monument Square, Hollis, Bob Cottrell covers the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks. His dog will accompany him. Contact 465-7721 for more information.
May 24, Saturday, 7pm, Spirits of Claremont, hosted by the Off Broad Street Players of Claremont, New Hampshire. At the Claremont Opera House, tickets are $17.64 per person in honor of Claremont's 250th anniversaray. For Memorial Day, this program focuses on the stories of Claremont veterans, from the Revolutionary War on to be presented by living history characters.
May 24, Saturday, 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour, (see above)
May 25, Sunday, 3pm Cannon Shenanigans and New Hampshire’s Muster Day Tradition, at the Stevens Memorial Hall (Chester Town Hall), Jct. NH 121 and NH 102, Chester, New Hampshire. Jack Noon presents the story of a tradition that ended in 1850, along with the local rivalries that involved stealing cannons. Contact 887-3842 for more information.
May 31, Saturday, 9am to 4pm. Southern Maine Genealogy Conference, to be held at Keeley’s Banquet Center, 178 Warren Avenue, Portland, Maine, the keynote speaker will be Joe Anderson.
May 31, Saturday, 1pm Nipmuc Traditions in Story, Dance and Drums, at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. Free lecture with admission to the museum.
May 31, Saturday, 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour (see above)
May 31, Saturday, 1am and 3pm, One Minute’s Freedom: The Story of Mum Bett at the Royall House and Slave Quarters, 15 George Street, Medford, Mass. Free to the public, sponsored by Historic New England. Tammy Denease brings to life the story of Elizabeth Freeman AKA Mum Bett, who successfully sued for freedom from slavery in 1781. Registration required, visit www.royallhouse.org for more information.
June 4, Wednesday, 6pm, The Quack’s Daughter: A True Story about the Private Life of a Victorian College Girl, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, an author talk and book signing by Greta Nettleton. Free and open to the public. Please call 617-226-1226 or email education@nehgs.org to reserve a space.
June 7 and 8, French and Indian War Encampment at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire. Don’t miss this two day event with living historians portraying British, French, Rangers, camp followers, Native American tribes and sutlers. There will be battle re-enactments, open hearth and campfire cooking, blacksmithing, textile production and frontier trades. See the website www.fortat4.org for more information.
June 13, Friday, 9am – 12noon, Preserving and Identifying Family Photographs with Maureen Taylor, Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. $50 per person. A half day seminar to learn about identifying historical and genealogical information in family photos, and how to preserve images from daguerreotype to digital. Personal consultations will be available after the seminar for an additional charge. Register online www.americanancestors.org
June 10, Tuesday, 7pm Harnessing History: On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the Salem Historical Museum, 310 Main Street, Salem, New Hampshire, Bob Cottrell covers the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks. His dog will accompany him. Contact 890-2280 for more information.
June 14, Saturday, 10am, Acadian Research Pre- and Post-Deportation, presented by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino at the American Canadian Genealogy Society Library, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. See the website www.acgs.org for more information. Free for members, $5 for non-members.
June 14, Saturday, 10:30am, The New England Life of Bob Montana, In the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH, included with admission, free to members. Historian Carol Lee Anderson will discuss the life of Bob Montana, creator of the Archie comics.
June 21 and 22, Starke’s Garrison and Muster at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire. Don’t miss this two day re-enactment of the assembly point for colonial troops under General John Stark on the eve of the Battle of Bennington in 1777. See www.fortat4.org for more information.
June 21 and 22, Black History Weekend at Sturbridge Village, Visitors will learn about the movement to abolish slavery in the early 19th century and also enjoy activities and crafts with African-American themes. www.osv.org for more information.
June 28, Saturday, 1pm Abigail Adams: Life, Love, Letters, at the North Bridge
Visitor Center, Minuteman National Park, Concord, Massachusetts. Free to the public.
July 4, Independence Day Celebration at Old Sturbridge Village. Join the parade and huzzah during a rousing patriotic reading of the Declaration of Independence. www.osv.org for more information.
July 8, Tuesday, Passenger Lists, Censuses and Naturalizations: The Big 3 Sources for Family History, at the National Archives facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, 380 Trapelo Road, Free to the public. Learn how to locate and use these resources, and there will be assistance from archives staff and volunteers.
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Local Genealogy Club Meetings:
Amesbury, MA – A new genealogy club has started, every last Monday of the month. No registration, come to as many meetings as you would like. For info contact Margie Walker, Local History Librarian, Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, MA 978-388-8148 or mwalker@mvlc.org
Barrington, NH Genealogy Club, meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm at the Barrington Public Library, 105 Ramsdell Lane, Barrington, NH
http://barringtongenealogy.weebly.com/ or email Wendy at genealogyclub@gmail.com
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
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 7pm to 8:15pm in the downstairs meeting room. Contact: Alan Howard at 603-432-6140 for more information.
Hudson Genealogy Club, at the Rogers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson, NH http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/ every 2nd Friday of the Month, at 1:30 PM contact 603-886-6030 for more information. (on summer hiatus until September)
Littleton Genealogy Club, at the Couper Room in the Littleton, Massachusetts Reuben Hoar Public Library, third Monday of the month. For more information see the website at http://www.littletonma.org/content/19459/19471/26579/26595/default.aspx
Greater Lowell Genealogy Club, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maglgc/ meets at the Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA 10AM to 1PM once a month.
Meredith NH, Genealogy Club http://www.meredithlibrary.org/genealogy.html
Newton, NH Genealogy Club- Gale Library, Newton, NH, 603-382-4691, 3PM on the third Wednesday of the month.
North Hampton, NH Genealogy Club, at the North Hampton Public Library, 237A Atlantic Avenue, North Hampton NH 603-964-6326 http://nhplib.org/?p=1386
Rowley, Massachusetts Genealogy Club, meets the 2nd Monday of each month at the Rowley library, 6 -8pm in the Local History Room. 141 Main Street, Rowley, Massachusetts 978-948-2850
Rye Genealogy Club, at the Rye Public Library, first Tuesday of the month at 2PM. http://ryepubliclibrary.org/
RISE Genealogy Group at the Nashua Public Library, Hunt Room, on the first Friday of the
month at 1pm http://www.nashualibrary.org/ (Rivier
College Institute for Senior Education, see http://www.rivier.edu/rise/default.aspx?id=1619 )
Southborough, MA Genealogy Club, at the Southborough Library, 25 Main Street,
Southborough, MA 508-485-5031 or info@southboroughtlib.org Third
Thursday of the Month. See the website www.southboroughlib.org for a schedule
South Shore Genealogical Society, at the John Curtis Free Library, Rt. 139, Hanover,
Mass at 1:30pm ever second Saturday of the month from September to June.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Genealogy Club, meets third Monday of the month at the Shrewsbury
Public Library, contact George C. Brown at 508-841-8531 or gbrown@cwmars.org
Wednesday Night Jewish Genealogy, Every 3rd Wednesday at NEHGS, 99 – 101
Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. http://www.americanancestors.org/Event.aspx?id=29156
Monthly Irish Study Genealogy Group, usually every 4th Saturday of the month
at NEHGS, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts between 9:30 and noon
in the Education Center (2nd floor).
Contact Mary Ellen Grogan for more information megrogan@ix.netcom.com and to confirm the meeting time and date.
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Copyright 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Thank you for putting this together. Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteRena Hoyt
Thank you for putting these lists together! You are appreciated.
ReplyDeleteRena Hoyt, Tuftonboro, NH
Thanks for the kind comments about the calendar, Rena. Feel free to add more events if you know of any in your area of New Hampshire.
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