April 1, Wednesday, 7pm The
Fife is Right: The 10th Annual Old South History Challenge, at
the Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts. $15,
or $5 for OSMH members. Join an evening
of spirited rivalry as you challenge your knowledge of Boston’s literary past
against two teams of local experts. Lots of audience participation!
April 1, Wednesday, 6pm, Founder’s
Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln, at
the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, $20 for the general public, register by phone at 617-646-0578,
presented by Richard Brookhiser, senior editor of the National Review and
author of eleven books.
April 1, Wednesday, 10am, One
Colonial Woman’s World, presented by Michelle Coughlin, author of the
recent book on Mehetabel Coit (1673 – 1758), who wrote what may be earliest
surviving diary by an American woman. At the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth,
Massachusetts.
April 2, Thursday, 7pm, In
the Stable, and on the Road: Coachmen, Stablemen, and Chauffeurs on Beverly’s
Gold Coast: 1850 – 1950, a lecture at the Cabot House, Beverly Historical
Society, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. Free to members, $5
non-members.
April 7, Tuesday, 7pm, Mary
Todd Lincoln: Wife and Widow, at the Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front
Street, Exeter, New Hampshire, presented by living historian Sally Mummy. Free to the public. Sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities
Council.
April 7, Tuesday, 6pm The
House of Seven Gables Presents “A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the
American Experience”, a lecture by Emerson Baker at the House of Seven
Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts.
Professor Baker will discuss his new book. Free to members, $10 for non-members.
April 8, Wednesday, 7pm, Searching
for Black Confederate Soldiers, sponsored by the Medford Historical
Society, 10 Governor’s Avenue, Medford,
Massachusetts. Free to the public. http://www.medfordhistorical.org/
April 8, Wednesday, 2:30 pm, Meet
Eleanor Roosevelt, at the Rodgers Memorial Library 194 Derry Road, Hudson,
New Hampshire, presented by living historian Elena Dodd. Free to the public, sponsored by the New
Hampshire Humanities Council.
April 8, Wednesday, 10am Scenes
& Sitters: Paintings from the Collection, at the Pilgrim Hall Museum,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, presented by Stephen O’Neill, the associate
director/curator of the museum, discussing the latest special exhibition.
April 10, Friday 5:30pm – 9:30pm Genealogy Lock-In, at the Memorial Hall, Andover Public Library,
Andover, Massachusetts. Registration is
$10 for access to databases, computers, microfilm, and local history
materials. Light dinner will be
served. Call 978-623-8401 ext. 31 to
register.
April 10, Friday, 8pm, Uncovering
History: The Story of Captain Parker’s Revenge, at the Lexington Historical
Society, 13 Depot Square, Lexington, Massachusetts. A panel of noted historians
and archaeologists will tell us about their exploration of what happened on the
morning of April 19, 1775. Free to the
public.
April 10, Friday, 1:30pm, Why
Story Matters? Memoir Writing, sponsored by the Rogers Memorial Library
Genealogy Club, Hudson, New Hampshire. Learn to write down the stories of your
life.
April 11, Saturday, 10:30am, Liberty
Pole Capping at Wilson Park, Bedford, Massachusetts. Colonial troops from throughout New England
will parade from Bedford Common to Wilson Park.
A Bedford Minuteman will climb the pole, and in defiance of King George,
place a red cap on the top.
April 11, Saturday, 1pm, Meriam’s
Corner Exercise, Meriam’s Corner, Concord, Massachusetts. Minute companies,
fife and drum units and colonial re-enactors will pay remembrance to the fight
at Meriam’s Corner that marked the beginning of the six-hour running battle
back to Boston on April 19th, 1775.
April 11, Saturday, 3pm, Paul
Revere Capture Ceremony, at the Paul Revere Capture Site, Lincoln,
Massachusetts. The Lincoln Minutemen and
other re-enactment units will observe the historic capture of Paul Revere with
fife and drum music, and a musket fire salute.
April 11, Saturday, New England Family History Conference,
at the Franklin LDS church on 91 Jordan Road, Franklin, Massachusetts. See the website for more information www.nefamilyhistory.com and to register online.
April 11, Saturday, 10:30am to noon, Book Signing and Lecture: Stark – The life and Wars of John Stark,
at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH. Authors Richard V.
and John F. Polhemus detail the role that John Stark played in both the French
& Indian War and the Revolutionary War.
Included with regular admission to the Millyard Museum. Pre-registration is requested.
April 11, Saturday, 2pm, Dress
Rehearsal for the Battle of Lexington Green (to be held at 5:30am on April
20th), on the Battle Green, Lexington Center, Lexington,
Massachusetts. This is the dress
rehearsal for the battle re-enactment for those who cannot be at the dawn event
on Patriot’s Day. Avoid the crowds and
attend the dress rehearsal (good for kids).
April 11, Saturday, 9:30am – 2:30pm, Joint Meeting of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists and the
Strafford County Genealogical Society, at the Holiday Inn, 172 North Main
Street, Concord, New Hampshire. $15 for
NHSOG and SCGS members, $20 non-members.
Reservations must be emailed to hal@inglis-unltd.com before April 7th. Two lectures and a buffet luncheon of deli
meats and cheeses, salads and rolls, cheesecake and strawberries.
April 12, Sunday, 1:30pm "What do we really know about Elder William Brewster?", at the Mayflower House, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, local author Barbara Lambert Merrick will discuss new facts uncovered about William Brewster during her research for her new Silver Book The Descendants of Elder William Brewster. FREE to the public, but space is limited. RSVP to Megan Cassidy at communications@themayflowersociety.org or 508-746-3188 ext. 19.
April 12, Sunday, 1:30pm "What do we really know about Elder William Brewster?", at the Mayflower House, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts, local author Barbara Lambert Merrick will discuss new facts uncovered about William Brewster during her research for her new Silver Book The Descendants of Elder William Brewster. FREE to the public, but space is limited. RSVP to Megan Cassidy at communications@themayflowersociety.org or 508-746-3188 ext. 19.
April 15, Wednesday, 6:30pm
Town by Town, Watershed by
Watershed: Native Americans in New
Hampshire, at the Bedford Public
Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, New Hampshire. Presented by Donna and John Moody. Donna is the Tribal Elder for the Abenaki
Nation and Director of the Winter Center for Indigenous Traditions. Free to the public with light refreshements.
April 15, Wednesday, 11am, The
Flight of the Sparrow, at the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts,
presented by author Amy Belding Brown, on her new historical novel about Mary
Rowlandson, a New England woman taken captive by Native Americans during King
Philip’s War.
April 15 – 18, Wednesday – Saturday, The New England Regional Genealogical Consortium Conference “Navigating
the Past: Sailing into the Future”, at the Rhode Island Convention Center
in Providence, Rhode Island.
Registration for NERGC 2015 is now open online at http://www.nergc.org/
April 16, Thursday, 7pm True
Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity, a lecture
at the Cabot House, Beverly Historical Society, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly,
Massachusetts. Free to members, $5 non-members.
April 16, Thursday, 6:30 pm, Always Something Doing & Scollay Square, a talk by David Kruh at the
West End Museum, 150 Staniford Street, Suite 7, Boston, Massachusetts, call
617-416-0718 for more information. FREE
to the public. David Kruh has written
two books on Scollay Square, and he will relate stories from John Winthrop (who
settled here in 1630) to Sally Keith (who entertained there in the 1950s) to
Government Center today. Optional
pre-registration at this link: http://thewestendmuseum.org/events/talk-scollay-square-always-something-doing-and-scollay-square/
April 17 – 19, Historic
Lifeways Conference featuring Stuart Peachy, at Plimoth Plantation,
Plymouth, Massachusetts. Peachy, a
scholar of 17th century rural life, will present a series of
lectures including clothing, music, laundry, dancing, etc. Use this link to
register https://www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-lifeways-conference-with-stuart-peachey-tickets-15657204119
Single day rates, or whole weekend rates.
April 18, Saturday, 8am – 12 noon, Armed as According to Law: Captain David Brown’s Company of Minute men, at the Old North Bridge, Concord,
Massachusetts, also at the Concord Museum, 200 Lexington Road, Concord from 1pm
– 5pm. Visti this full strength company
of minute men demonstrate drill maneuvers and musket firing. Learn about militia duty in colonial
Massachusetts.
April 18, Saturday, 2pm,
Battle Road: Returning to Lexington, at the Battle Road behind the Minute
Man Visitor Center, Rt. 2A, Lexington, Massachusetts. Hundreds of British and Colonial re-enactors
will engage in a tactical demonstration showing the running battle that took
place along this road on the border of Lincoln and Lexington.
April 19, Sunday, 6am, Dawn
Salute, at the North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts. Observe the opening battle of the American
Revolution with a 21 gun musket and cannon salute.
April 19, Sunday, 2pm, True
Lies and False Facts: A Questionable Tour of Boston, meet at the Long Wharf
Flagpole, 60 Long Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, An hour and a half tour on foot
through Boston with amazing stories about local characters and unlikely events
– some true and some not. This tour is
also a fun competition, with prizes for the most accurate tourist. Reservations highly recommended. $20 by
Boston By Foot http://bostonbyfoot.org/tours/True_Lies
April 20, Monday, 5:30am, Lexington
Battle Re-enactment, at the Lexington Green, Lexington, Massachusetts. The town of Lexington hosts the annual
re-enactment of the first shots of the American Revolution between the town
militia and British regulars. Arrive
early for good seating, bring blankets, chairs and warm clothes.
April 22, Wednesday, 1pm, The
Other Side of Midnight: A Visit with
Rachel Revere, at the Goodlife Programs and Activities, 254 N. State
Street, Concord, New Hampshire, a living history program by Joan Gatturna. Free to the public, sponsored by the New
Hampshire Humanities Council.
April 23 – May 21, Thursdays, 5pm, John Gilbert Winant: Citizen of Concord, Citizen of the World, at
the New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire. This is a 5 part history course on one of New
Hampshire’s most interesting figures, based on Lynne Olson’s recent book, Citizens of London. $60 for members, $75 for nonmembers. Visit the society’s webpage to for more
information and to register http://www.nhhistory.org/calendar.html
April 23, Thursday, 10am, The
Dream of Miles Standish: Building the
Cape Cod Canal, at the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts,
presented by Timothy Orwig, instructor at Boston College and Northeastern
University, on his recent book.
April 25, 9am – 3pm, Bangor
Family History Fair, at 639 Grandview Avenue, Bangor, Maine (corner of
Grandview and Essex), FREE to the public,
8 live class sessions plus 16 video classes from Roots Tech 2015,
including 4 not available except at a local history fair. Please register at https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/host-a-family-history-fair/signup?stake-unit-num=518247&lang=eng Bring a lunch or plan to eat out during the
break.
April 25, Saturday, 7 – 8:30pm, Battle Road Heroes, at the Hartwell Tavern Parking Area, Tours
leave every 15 minutes. Listen to the
personal stories of residents who lived along the Battle Road on April 19,
1775. Join the Guild of Historic
Interpreters for a special evening of theater and history. For ages 8 and up. $5 per person, $10 per family. Children wearing Junior Ranger Badges attend
free.
April 28, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Embattled
Farmers: Revolutionary War Soldiers from Lincoln, Massachusetts, a presentation by author Rick Wiggin on his
award winning book. Free, co-sponsored
by the Old South Meeting House and the Old North Church, with funding by the
Lowell Institute. Preregistration
requested at this link: http://www.osmh.org/calendar
April 29, Wednesday, 6pm, Sex,
DNA and Family History, a lecture by Shellee Morehead at the Abbey Room of
the Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts. Certified genealogist
Shellee Morehead will explain genetic genealogy- the use of DNA for defining
ancestral relationships. Free to the Public.
April 29, Wednesday, 10am, The
Court Martial of Paul Revere, at the Pilgrim Hall Museum, presented by
Michael Greenburg, on his new book about Revere and “America’s forgotten
military disaster”.
May 2, Saturday, 12 noon – 4pm, Ipswich Back in Time, Commemorating the 1657 Alexander Knight House,
A Fun Family Day of Exploring Where History Comes to Life, The Ipswich,
Massachusetts Historical Society.
May 7, noon, Lunch and
Learn: In Modest Attire – Clothing the Pilgrims, at Plimoth Plantation,
Free for members, $8 non-members, Speaker Kristen Haggerty will describe how
the clothing of the colonists has been portrayed throughout history, and why
today’s interpreters wear what they do!
May 9, Saturday, 10am – noon, Uncovering
Your Family History in Federal Publications, speaker Connie Reik,
professional genealogist, sponsored by the Genealogy Group at the Kennebunk,
public library, 112 Main Street, Kennebunk, Maine, call 207-985-2173 for more
information. Free to the public.
May 13, Wednesday, 6pm, Women
and Physical Culture in Nineteenth Century Boston, a talk by Helaine Davis
and Linda Stern at the Abbey Room of the Boston Public Library, Boston,
Massachusetts. This lecture is about how several pioneering women changed
the face of sports and recreation in Boston at the close of the 19th century.
Free to the public.
May 14 and 16. Events all day, Pirates Ashore in Plymouth, at the Mayflower Society House, 4
Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts 10am, the pirates land at State Pier,
3pm Murder Trial at the Mayflower House, 7pm lecture “Caribbean Buccaneers in
Early Plymouth” at Pilgrim Hall.
Plymouth colony was attacked by privateers in May 1646, come celebrate
and learn more about pirates and privateers in early New England. Rain date May 17th. Sponsored by the Plymouth Historical Alliance,
the Mayflower Society, and the New Plimmoth Gard www.newplimmothgard.org
May 18, Monday, 6pm, Lost
Boston Tour: Old Scollay Square and Vicinity, led by Anthony Mitchell
Sanmarco, Author and Historian and sponsored by the Victorian Society, New
England Chapter. Meet under the Steaming
Tea Kettle at Cambridge and Court Streets, $12 or $10 members of the Victorian
Society.
May 20, Wednesday, 6:30pm, How
did Old North Become Old North?, at the Old North Church, 193 Salem Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, a presentation by Robert J. Allison of Suffolk
University, who will discuss how this Puritan meeting house became an Episcopal
church. Free to the public.
May 20, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Abraham
& Mary Lincoln: The Long and Short of It, at the Bedford Public
Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, New Hampshire. A living history
presentation by Steve and Sharon Wood set in 1861 portraying the Lincolns. Free and open to the public, with light refreshments.
May 27, Wednesday, 6pm, Finding
Living Ancestors: Being a Genealogy Gumshoe, by genealogist Michael Maglio.
A discussion on how sometimes it is necessary to find a living relative
in order to track down records, get a DNA sample, return a rare photo or family
Bible, but finding the living can be as challenging as finding a dead ancestor.
Free to the public.
May 30, Saturday, 2015
Southern Maine Genealogical Conference sponsored by the Greater Portland
Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society will be held in Portland, Maine. The keynote speaker will be Margaret Dube,
CG. For more information see www.maineroots.org
May 30, 1pm Summer Walking
Tours of the Black Heritage Trail in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Meet up at the Discover Portsmouth Center, 10
Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire from May to September. There will be a fee involved. Stay tuned or call for more information.
June 10, Saturday, 10am, From
the Roots Up- The Basics of Climbing your Family Tree, at the Nevins Public
Library, Route 28/ Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts, sponsored by the Merrimack
Valley Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, and presented by
Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Free to the
public.
July 11, Saturday, The
Maine Genealogical Society Fair at the Cultural Building, Home of the State
Library, Archives and Museum, Augusta, Maine, Free admission. Visit with
genealogical and historical societies from around the state of Maine.
July 26, Sunday, Massachusetts Genealogical Council Annual
Meeting and Seminar, Mansfield, Massachusetts
November 14, Saturday, 2pm, How
to Discover Your Family and Community History, part of the “Exploring the
World War One Home Front” series at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington,
Massachusetts. This workshop will
support you in exploration of family stories from the World War 1 era, and help
you find the documents and resources to uncover your family narrative. Free to the public, registration required by
November 5th, contact programs@monh.org
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