August 1, Saturday and August 2, Sunday, 9am – 5pm 17th
Century Encampment, an outdoor interpretive weekend at Colonial Pemaquid in
Maine. Re-enactors showcase civilian and
military life with equipment, crafts, cooking, games, etc. Sponsored jointly by the Friends of Colonial
Pemaquid and the State of Maine.
August 1, Saturday, 1pm, Discover
Mount Auburn – A Walking Tour, at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn
Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. A 1.5 mile walking tour will focus on the
history, monuments and lives of those buried here. Register online at this
link: http://mountauburn.org/2015/discover-mount-auburn-a-walking-tour-42/
This tour will be repeated September 5th.
August 1, Saturday, 10am Walking Tour: Abolitionists in Lowell,
a 90 minute walking tour of Lowell with Bob Forrant, Professor of History at
UMass Lowell. Free to the public. Meet
at the Lowell National Historic Park Visitor Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.
August 1, Saturday, 11am – 3pm, 17th Century Saturday,
at the Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, Massachusetts,
The 1677 Whipple House, reproduction Alexander Knight House, and the
Heard House will be open for tours.
Spinner Leslie Wind and friends will hold a spinning demonstration on
the lawn of the Whipple House. $15 tour
of three houses, $10 for a tour of one house.
August 1 and 2, Saturday and Sunday, Redcoats and Rebels, At Sturbridge Village Museum, Sturbridge,
Massachusetts. This is the largest
military re-enactment in New England with nearly 1,000 soldiers playing
British, Irish, Spanish, Scottish, French and Colonial troops. Events and
activities including extended hours until 8pm are all listed at this link: https://www.osv.org/event/redcoats-to-rebels-2015
August 2, Sunday, 2:30 and again at 4pm, Stamp Act Reenactment - 250th Anniversary, at the Boston National Historical Park, Boston, Massachusetts, visitors can join Park Rangers and recreate a Town Meeting set in 1765. Free to the public.
August 3, Monday, 9:30am to 4:30pm Tracing Your Essex Ancestors, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, $35. Join Neil Wiffen and Allyson Lewis from the Essex Record Office in the UK to learn how to explore your English roots. A full day workshop that will include lectures, a deomonstration of the website Essex Ancestors, and a special display of original records. The NEHGS library and archives will not be open for research during this event. Please pre-register at 617-226-1226.
August 3, Monday, 9:30am to 4:30pm Tracing Your Essex Ancestors, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, $35. Join Neil Wiffen and Allyson Lewis from the Essex Record Office in the UK to learn how to explore your English roots. A full day workshop that will include lectures, a deomonstration of the website Essex Ancestors, and a special display of original records. The NEHGS library and archives will not be open for research during this event. Please pre-register at 617-226-1226.
August 3, Monday, A Visit
with Queen Victoria, at the Meredith Public Library, 91 Main Street,
Meredith, New Hampshire, contact 603-279-4617 for more information. Free to the
public. Sally Mummey performs this living history in proper 19th
century clothing resplendent with Royal Orders.
August 3, Monday, 7pm, Beginner
Genealogy Classes - Class 2: Records and Resources, at the Londonderry
Historical Society, Parmenter Barn, 140 Pillsbury Road, Londonderry, New
Hampshire, taught by certified genealogist Amylynne Murphy, register at
info@NHGenealogist.com or call 603-820-6706.
$20 per class, $50 for all 4 classes (July 27, August 3, August 10, and
August 17th). Proceeds to benefit the
Londonderry Historical Society.
August 4, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Historic Broadway, Beverly, Massachusetts, sponsored by the Beverly Historic Society, Beverly, Massachusetts, walk this architecturally significant street in Beverly with local historian Ed Brown. Meet at the corner of Cabot and Broadway in Beverly. $5 non members, free for members.
August 4, Tuesday, 1pm, The Records of the Essex, England, Records Office, at the National Archives Boston facility at 380 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts. Essex, England archivists Allyson Lewis and Neil Wiffens will demonstrate their new webpage, and how to begin research with their online collection. FREE to the public, please register at the reference desk 1-866-406-2379 or by email to boston.archives@nara.gov
August 4, Tuesday, 1pm, The Records of the Essex, England, Records Office, at the National Archives Boston facility at 380 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts. Essex, England archivists Allyson Lewis and Neil Wiffens will demonstrate their new webpage, and how to begin research with their online collection. FREE to the public, please register at the reference desk 1-866-406-2379 or by email to boston.archives@nara.gov
August 6, Friday, Noon, Lunch
and Learn: The Yale Indian Papers
Project, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Free to members, $8 non-members, bring or buy
a lunch and learn about the cultural significance and potential historical
impact of the Indian Papers Project.
Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-and-learn-the-yale-indian-papers-project-speaker-paul-grant-costa-tickets-15617038984
Click here for the Indian Papers Project http://www.library.yale.edu/yipp/
August 6, Thursday, 6pm, Shipwrecks of the North Shore, sponsored by the Beverly, Massachusetts Historical Society. Join noted shipwreck historian Ray Bates for a two hour boat tour of the coast. Boat leaves promptly at 6pm from Glover's Wharf in Beverly, Massachusetts. $30 non-members, $25 members. Limited capacity. Click here for tickets: http://shipwreck2015.bpt.me/
August 6, Thursday, 7pm, Vanished Veterans – NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Third Congregational Church, 14 River Street, Alstead, New Hampshire, Contact 603-835-7900 for more information. Free to the public. Historian George Morrison presents a diverse selection of New Hampshire’s commemorations.
August 6, Thursday, 7pm, Vanished Veterans – NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Third Congregational Church, 14 River Street, Alstead, New Hampshire, Contact 603-835-7900 for more information. Free to the public. Historian George Morrison presents a diverse selection of New Hampshire’s commemorations.
August 8, Saturday, 10am, Walking
Tour: Honoring Manchester’s Greek Community, a tour of the Greek section of
Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Meet at the chapel. $5 Manchester
Historic Association members, $10 general public, please pre-register at
603-622-7531.
August 8, Saturday, 2pm, Daughters
of the Samurai, at the Mabel Louise Riely Seminar Room (Meeting Room 156)
of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, the tale of five young
ladies sent by the Japanese government to the USA in 1871 to learn Western ways
and help the next generation of Japanese men to lead Japan. Presented by Janice
Nimura, author of Daughters of the
Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back. MFA members $10, non members $12, call
1-800-440-6975 to order tickets by phone.
August 8, Saturday, 10am – 12:30pm, Preparing Your Own Home Remedies, at the Watson Farm, 455 North
Main Road, Jamestown, Rhode Island, join herbalist Kristin Minto to for a
workshop to learn the historic ways to make teas, tinctures, medicinal oils,
and to correctly prepare plants to use in oils. $15 Historic New England
members, $20 non-members. Register at
401-423-0005.
August 8, Saturday, 12:30, The
Value of Using Blogs for Sharing Genealogy and Family Stories, presented by
the Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society at the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 29 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth,
Maine. Craig Siulinski will demonstrate
how to share your family history online via blogging. Free to the public.
August 9, Sunday, 2:30 and again at 4pm, Stamp Act Reenactment - 250th Anniversary, at the Boston National Historical Park, Boston, Massachusetts, visitors can join Park Rangers and recreate a Town Meeting set in 1765. Free to the public.
August 9, Sunday, 2:30 and again at 4pm, Stamp Act Reenactment - 250th Anniversary, at the Boston National Historical Park, Boston, Massachusetts, visitors can join Park Rangers and recreate a Town Meeting set in 1765. Free to the public.
August 9, Saturday, 1:30pm, A
Visit with Abraham Lincoln, at the Alton Historical Society, 13 Depot
Street, Alton, New Hampshire, contact 603-875-5456 for more information. Free to the public. A living history presentation by Steve Wood.
August 10, Monday, Beginner
Genealogy Classes - Class 3: Sourcing and Organization, at the Londonderry
Historical Society, Parmenter Barn, 140 Pillsbury Road, Londonderry, New
Hampshire, taught by certified genealogist Amylynne Murphy, register at
info@NHGenealogist.com or call 603-820-6706.
$20 per class, $50 for all 4 classes (July 27, August 3, August 10, and
August 17th). Proceeds to benefit the
Londonderry Historical Society
August 11, Tuesday, 4 – 5:30pm,
Mustering Military Resources for Revolutionary War Genealogy Research, at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square,
700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, presented by David Allen
Lambert. Free to the public. www.bpl.org
August 14, Saturday, 8pm, Stamp Act Reenactment, Boston National Historic Park at the corner of Washington and Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts, join historic reenactors in placing lanterns near the "orginal" Liberty Tree.
August 15, Saturday, 1 – 5pm, Fletcher’s
Scouting Company Re-enactment at Colonial Pemaquid, New Harbor, Maine.
Historical re-enactors will set up camp on the grounds of the state park and
demonstrate 17th century activities such as cooking, wood working,
military drills, weaponry, etc. Rain
date is Sunday, August 16. Free to the public.
August 15, Saturday, 11am to 4 pm, Living History Event at Former World War II Coastal Artillery Fort,
Fort Stark State Historic Site, 211 Wild Rose Lane, New Castle, New
Hampshire. Living historians will bring
the World War II era to life with camp set-ups, military vehicles, field
offices, home front and militaria displays.
Re-enactors will be dressed in period military and civilian attire. Free
to the public. Not handicapped accessible. http://www.nhstateparks.org/explore/state-parks/fort-stark-state-historic-site
August 15, Saturday, 11am, Harnessing
History: On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the
Lyndeborough Old Town Hall, 1131 Center Road, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. Contact Karen Holland at 603-654-2480 for
more information. Bob Cottrell presents
the history of Arthur Waldren and his Chinnooks. A dog may accompany the speaker, please
inquire. Free to the Public.
August 15, Saturday, 10am - 1pm, Genealogy 101 Workshop: How to Begin, at the Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine. Cost $35 MHS members, $45 general admission. Space is limited so register now http://www.eventbrite.com/e/genealogy-101-workshop-how-to-begin-tickets-17567559042 Refreshments included. Note: intermediate researchers may want to take advantage of Genealogy 201 event on September 26. See the website www.mainhistory.org for details.
August 15, Saturday, 10am - 4pm, The Wedding of William Bradford, at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Included with museum admission. The honor of your presence is requested at the wedding of Governor William Bradford to Alice Southworth. Please join the Sachem Massasoit, his wife and leaders from surrounding Wampanoag communities and their entourage for a reenactment of the actual wedding that took place almost 400 years ago. Learn how 16th century weddings were celebrated. http://www.plimoth.org/calendar?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20150815#/?i=1
August 15, Saturday, 4pm, Stamp Act Reenactment, Boston National Historic Park, at the corner of Washington and Winter Streets, Boston, Massachusetts, join historic reenactors in a raucous through the streets of Boston to the Old State House to protest the Stamp Act.
August 16, Sunday, 2:30 and again at 4pm, Stamp Act Reenactment - 250th Anniversary, at the Boston National Historical Park, Boston, Massachusetts, visitors can join Park Rangers and recreate a Town Meeting set in 1765. Free to the public.
August 16, Sunday, 11:30 am Runaway Wives: When Colonial Marriages Failed, at the Deering Community Church, 736 Deering Center Road, Deering, New Hampshire, contact Don Johnson at 603-529-7764 for more information. Free to the public.
August 15, Saturday, 10am - 4pm, The Wedding of William Bradford, at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Included with museum admission. The honor of your presence is requested at the wedding of Governor William Bradford to Alice Southworth. Please join the Sachem Massasoit, his wife and leaders from surrounding Wampanoag communities and their entourage for a reenactment of the actual wedding that took place almost 400 years ago. Learn how 16th century weddings were celebrated. http://www.plimoth.org/calendar?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20150815#/?i=1
August 15, Saturday, 4pm, Stamp Act Reenactment, Boston National Historic Park, at the corner of Washington and Winter Streets, Boston, Massachusetts, join historic reenactors in a raucous through the streets of Boston to the Old State House to protest the Stamp Act.
August 16, Sunday, 2:30 and again at 4pm, Stamp Act Reenactment - 250th Anniversary, at the Boston National Historical Park, Boston, Massachusetts, visitors can join Park Rangers and recreate a Town Meeting set in 1765. Free to the public.
August 16, Sunday, 11:30 am Runaway Wives: When Colonial Marriages Failed, at the Deering Community Church, 736 Deering Center Road, Deering, New Hampshire, contact Don Johnson at 603-529-7764 for more information. Free to the public.
August 16, Sunday, 2pm,
Liberty is Our Motto: Songs and Stories of the Hutchinson Family Singers,
at the Wilmot Town Hall, 11 N. Wilmot Road, Wilmot, New Hampshire, contact Nola
Aldrich for more information 603-526-2942.
Free to the Public. Steve Blunt
portrays John Hutchinson in this living history presentation. He tells the Hutchinson’s story and shares
their music with lyrics provided.
Audience members are invited to sing along “The Old Granite State”, “Get
off the Track” and “Tenting on the Old Campground” and more.
August 17, Monday, Beginner
Genealogy Classes - Class 4: Discussion & Sharing, at the Londonderry
Historical Society, Parmenter Barn, 140 Pillsbury Road, Londonderry, New
Hampshire, taught by certified genealogist Amylynne Murphy, register at
info@NHGenealogist.com or call 603-820-6706.
$20 per class, $50 for all 4 classes (July 27, August 3, August 10, and
August 17th). Proceeds to benefit the
Londonderry Historical Society
August 23, Sunday, 3pm, Boston Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, see this website: http://bostonmiddlepassage.org/
August 23, Sunday, 3pm, Boston Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, see this website: http://bostonmiddlepassage.org/
August 25, Tuesday, 7pm, Acadian
History and Genealogy including mtDNA genealogy tidbits, at the Central
Massachusetts Genealogy Society, at the American Legion Post #129, Gardner,
Massachusetts. Members free, guests $2 donation.
August 25, Tuesday, 1:30pm,
Intro to Genealogy, at the Haverhill, Massachusetts Public Library. Learn to use the special collections room,
which has a wealth of genealogy and local history resources. Advance registration required, call
978-373-1586.
August 27, Thursday, 6pm, Historic
Beer in a Historic Place, at the Bostonian Society in the Old State House,
206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Come taste beers, hear talks about the pubs and drinking in the 18th
century, and listen to Master Brewers speak about their craft. $15 includes 3 beer tokens. Order tickets online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-beer-in-a-historic-place-tickets-16899905071
August 29, Saturday, 10am Walking
Tour: Lowell Monuments a 90 minute
walk visiting some of the city’s most interesting monuments with Richard Howe,
the Register of Deeds of the Middlesex North District and the official tour
guide of Lowell Cemetery. Free to the
public. Meet at the Lowell National Historic Park Visitor Center in Lowell,
Massachusetts.
August 29, Saturday, 10:30 - noon, Genealogy Workshop, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Led by Muriel Chabot Normand and Pauline Cusson of the American Canadian Genealogical Society. Please pre-register at 603-622-7531 or email history@manchesterhistoric.org. $5 for Manchester Historic Association members and $10 general public.
August 29, Saturday, all day, Newport Stamp Act Protest Reenactment and Party, at Washington Square, Newport, Rhode Island. This is a large scale reenactment celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act Riots, including a colonial city illustrating daily life in the colonial era, an upper class lady's tea, an effigy demonstration, and a "rank sacking" of the Newport Historical Society museum. http://www.newporthistory.org/events/event/newport-stamp-act-protest-reenactment-party/
August 29, Saturday, 10:30 - noon, Genealogy Workshop, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Led by Muriel Chabot Normand and Pauline Cusson of the American Canadian Genealogical Society. Please pre-register at 603-622-7531 or email history@manchesterhistoric.org. $5 for Manchester Historic Association members and $10 general public.
August 29, Saturday, all day, Newport Stamp Act Protest Reenactment and Party, at Washington Square, Newport, Rhode Island. This is a large scale reenactment celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act Riots, including a colonial city illustrating daily life in the colonial era, an upper class lady's tea, an effigy demonstration, and a "rank sacking" of the Newport Historical Society museum. http://www.newporthistory.org/events/event/newport-stamp-act-protest-reenactment-party/
Future Events
September 17 – 19, The New
York State Family History Conference, an FGS regional conference at the
Syracuse/Liverpool Holiday Inn, 441 Electronics Parkway in Liverpool, New York.
http://www.nysfhc.org/registration.html
September 18 – 20, 40th Annual New Hampshire Highland
Games and Festival, at Loon Mountain, Lincoln, New Hampshire, See the website http://www.nhscot.org/ for a complete schedule of events and
information. Competitions, lectures,
workshops, music, food, vendors, dinners, and a gala ball are highlights of the
many things happening this weekend.
September 19, Saturday, The
Maine Genealogical Society’s Annual Conference and Membership Meeting, in
Brewer, Maine. Keynote speaker will be
Michael Strauss. See http://www.maineroots.org/
for more information
September 19, Saturday, 7:30 pm, Talking Baseball with Doris Kearns Goodwin and Ken Burns, sponsored
by the Concord Museum, at the Fenn
School, Concord, Massachusetts. Join Doris Kearns Goodwin, curator for the Art
of Baseball exhibit, and filmmaker Ken Burns for a lively conversation about
their shared love of baseball moderated by Jeff Idelson, President of the
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Registration required. www.concordmuseum.org
priority seating for members opens on July 15th.
September 19 and 20, Return
to No. 4: Revolutionary War Weekend at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New
Hampshire. One of the biggest re-enactments of the year with battles both days
at 1:30pm. Fortified village tours,
sutlers row for shopping, and self tours of the camps where you can see drills,
open hearth cooking and demonstrations of colonial camp life. See the website
for more information and a schedule of events http://fortat4.org/revwar/revwar.html
September 24-25, Thursday and Friday, One Name Studies and Early New England & Atlantic Canadian Research, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library at 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, cost $80. A two day seminar to teach you to create, organize and share a one-name project- while deepening your knowledge of early New England and Atlantic Canadian research. Lectures by David Allen Lambert (NEHGS) and Paul Howes (The Guild of One-Name Studies). Breakfasts and lunches included. Registration open to the public after August 5, 2010. www.americanancestors.org
September 26, Saturday, American Canadian Genealogical Society Fall Conference, Manchester, New Hampshire, speakers include Lucie LeBlanc Consentino.
September 26, Saturday, American Canadian Genealogical Society Fall Conference, Manchester, New Hampshire, speakers include Lucie LeBlanc Consentino.
September 26, Saturday, 8am – 4pm, Fall Genealogy Conference, The Chelmsford Genealogy Club presents a
conference with genealogist Michael Strauss and other well known genealogy
speakers. Register on the Chelmsford,
Massachusetts Library's calendar beginning July 1st. Registration ends September 23. http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/
September 26, 1pm, From
Amistad to Brown v. Board of Education: Mount Auburn’s Supreme Court Justices
and Civil Rights Cases, at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. This walking
tour will visit the graves of some of the 12 US and Massachusetts Supreme Court
Judges, and a few others, whose beliefs and determination shaped the lives of a
generation of Americans. $7 members, $12
non-members. Register at this link: http://mountauburn.org/2015/from-amistad-to-brown-v-board-of-ed-mount-auburns-supreme-court-justices-and-civil-rights-cases/
September 26 and 27, Saturday and Sunday, from 11am – 3pm both days, rain or shine, The 11th Annual Portsmouth Fairy
House Tour, the world’s largest fairy house tour, held in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire’s historic South End at the Governor John Langdon House, Strawbery
Banke Museum, Prescott Park and Peirce Island.
More than 100 handcrafted fairy houses made by local artists, florists, garden clubs, and businesses on display. A great way to expose your children to
historic homes and gardens. Advanced
tickets are highly recommended. For more
information and to purchase tickets click at this link: http://www.portsmouthfairyhousetour.com/
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
Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "August 2015 Genealogy and Local Events Calendar", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 30, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/07/august-2015-genealogy-and-local-events.html: accessed [access date]).
