November 28, Saturday, 9am, NEHGS
Irish Genealogy Study Group, at the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The Irish Study group meets on the last
Saturday of the month to discuss research problems and share solutions. www.americanancestors.org
November
21 to January 3, Christmas at the
Newport Mansions, see the entire schedule of events http://www.newportmansions.org/events/christmas-at-the-newport-mansions
November
27 – December 20, Holiday Lantern Light
Tours at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut. The 36th annual theatrical
production of Lantern Light Tours. Set
in 1876, this play unfolds in the museum’s historic buildings and vessels. Visitors of all ages will enjoy a horse drawn
carriage ride, the beautiful glow of lanterns that light the way and a visit
with St. Nicholas! This is a 70 minute
progressive performance that covers a half mile of uneven terrain (cobblestones,
grass, stairs) and is performed in all weather.
Each tour is limited to 16 people, and not recommended for children
under age 4. See this link to reserve a
ticket: http://www.mysticseaport.org/event/lantern-light-tours/
December 1, Tuesday, 7pm, Finding
Cousins Using DNA, at the Chelmsford Public Library's McCarthy Meeting
Room, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, presented by Pam Holland and sponsored by the
Chelmsford Genealogy Club. Free to the
public.
December 1, Tuesday, 5:30 – 7:30pm, In Their Shoes: The Experiences of Worcester’s Extraordinary Women,
at the Worcester Public Library’s Saxe Room, Worcester, Massachusetts. Contact Maureen Ryan Doyle 508-735-3217. The Worcester Oral History Project (WWOHP)
will read excerpts of the new book. It
is the culmination of research into the more than 300 oral history that WWOHP
has collected, preserved and shared since its inception in 2005. Free to the
public.
December 2, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Family Stories: How and Why to Remember and Tell Them, at the
Plaistow Public Library, 85 Main Stree, Plaistow, New Hampshire. Free to the
public, contact Brianna Sullivan 603-382-6011.
Presented by storyteller Jo Radner, who will share some foolproof ways
to mine memories and interview relatives for meaningful stories and oral
history.
December 2, Wednesday, 7pm, Family
History Research Workshop, at the Watertown Public Library, 123 Main
Street, Watertown, Massachusetts. Free to the public, but please register-
space is limited to 8 people. Call (617) 972-6436. Presented by local
genealogical researcher Liz Kolster.
December 2-13, Kennebunkport’s
Annual Christmas Prelude, in historic Kennebunkport, Maine. See the full schedule of events here: http://www.christmasprelude.com/schedule/full-schedule/range.listevents/-
December 3, Thursday, noon,
Lunch and Learn: Victorian Era Nutrition, at the Visitor Center at Plimouth
Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, speaker Tani Mauriello will explain how
families 150 years ago made healthy food choices. Free to members, $8 non members. Register
here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-and-learn-victorian-nutrition-speaker-tani-mauriello-tickets-15617325842
December 3, Thursday, 6pm, Brewing
in New Hampshire: An Informal History of Beer in the Granite State from
Colonial Times to the Present, at the Work Nest NH, 85 South State Street, Concord,
New Hampshire. Free to the public.
Contact Karina Kelley for more information 603-254-6211.
December 4-6, 11- 13, 18 – 20, Friday to Sunday, 5pm – 10pm, Christmas by Candlelight, at Old
Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. An enchanted evening of
gingerbread, roasted chestnuts, music, dance and a slight ride (weather
permitting). Meet Father Christmas and
Santa Claus. $15 admission for entrance,
see the website https://www.osv.org/events/upcoming-events
December 4 – 6, Christmas
In Salem: Twelve Houses of Christmas, Salem, Massachusetts. Tour 12 historic houses in Salem’s McIntire
District, including PEM’s Ropes Mansion.
Organized by Historic Salem, Inc.
$35 tickets at www.christmasinsalem.org
December 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 4 – 6pm, Holiday Lantern Tour, at the Brick Market Museum, 127 Thames
Street, Newport, Rhode Island, recurring Friday and Saturdays in December, Hear
the history of holiday traditions and learn how colonial Newport celebrated the
holidays. Reservations suggested as
space is limited. $15 per person.
Contact the Newport Historical Society (401) 841-8770.
December 5 and 6, Saturday and Sunday, Candlelight Stroll, at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. $20 adults, $10 children, $50 for families, Tickets can be
pre-purchased by phone 603-433-1107.
December 5, 12 and 19, Saturdays, and December 6, 13 and 20,
Sundays,
Holiday Dinners in Pitt Tavern, New!
Presented by Pickwick’s at the Banke, a seated Holiday Dinner in the
historic William Pitt tavern during the Candlelight Stroll. Live music, a four
course colonial dinner, (menu by Chef Evan Mallett). Reception starts ½ hour before dinner. Seatings at 4pm, 6pm, 8pm) Adults $65, children 12 and under $25. For reservation tickets click here: https://strawbery-banke-museum.simpletix.com/Event/24181/Holiday-Dinner-at-Pitt-Tavern/#.Vk35frerRhF
December 5, 6, 11, 18, 23, at 6pm,
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
Costumed Reading and Dining Experience, at the Plimoth Plantation,
Plymouth, Massachusetts. Imaginative
staging, delicious food and beautiful traditional carols create a wonderful
experience! (December 5 has a noon
matinee and a 6pm evening performance).
Tickets must be purchased in advance, see this link: http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/plimoth-december
December 5, Saturday, Chester
Greenwood Day, Farmington, Maine.
The annual celebration of the famous inventor of the earmuff! Parade at
11am, downtown sales shopping, the annual dip into frigid Clearwater Lake and
more. http://www.downtownfarmington.com/events/chester-greenwood-day
December 5, Saturday, 10am – 3pm, Annual Shaker Christmas Fair at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village,
707 Shaker Road, New Gloucester, Maine. Shaker baked goods, gifts and holiday
items including fresh cut Maine Christmas trees and wreaths, garage sale. Lunch plates will be served. Free to the
public. http://maineshakers.com/shaker-christmas-fair/
December 5, Saturday, 9am – 5pm, Climbing Your Family Tree: A Day of Genealogy for Kids at NEHGS! At the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, for ages 8 – 18
(children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult). FREE and open to the public. Bring your kids and grandkids for a day of
family history fun featuring arts and crafts, scavenger hunts, family lectures
and more. Create a keepsake ornament to
bring home. Register at this link: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ebtfkyel8fafeb71&llr=yzxrytcab
December 5, Saturday, Christmas
at “North Pole of the North Country” in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, An entire
schedule of FREE events in historic Bethlehem, the highest elevated town east
of the Rocky Mountains. Join in the time honored tradition of having your
holiday cards and letters postmarked at by Santa with a special Bethlehem
postmark at the Post Office! http://www.christmasinbethlehemnh.com/#!events/ct3q
December 5, Saturday, 10am – 4pm, Holiday Open House at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street,
Suite 103, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Guest appearance by Santa from 10am – 11am. Children’s crafts, storytelling, new
exhibits, raffles, old fashioned games with prizes, cookies and cider, and shop
in the museum shop. FREE admission.
December 5, Saturday, 11am – 4pm, Holiday House Tour of Historic Concord, Massachusetts. $40 for Concord Museum Members, $45
nonmembers. Purchase tickets online http://www.concordmuseum.org/special-events-house-tour.php
December 5, Saturday, 12 – 3pm, A Homestead Christmas, at the Remick Farm Museum, in Tamworth
Village, New Hampshire. $5 per person, ages 4 and under FREE. Special tours, samples of Victorian Christmas
cookies and syllabub, seasonal decorations, pet the farm animals, holiday
crafts, open hearth cooking demonstrations, hand crafted goods for sale and delicious
farmhouse kitchen baked goods to buy. http://remickmuseum.org/index.php?page=homestead-christmas
December 5, Saturday, 12pm – 2pm, Music in the Meetinghouse, at the Rocky Hill Meeting House, 4 Old
Portsmouth Road, Amesbury, Massachusetts.
UMass Lowell’s Connexion singers bring the meetinghouse alive with
holiday music from the period in which it was built. No restroom.
Building is unheated. Call with
concerns or for more information
978-462-2634. Free to Amesbury
residents and Historic New England members, $5 nonmembers.
December 5, Saturday, 1pm, Discover
Mount Auburn – Walking Tour, at the Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn
Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. $5 members, $10 nonmembers. This tour will focus on stories of history,
monuments and the lives of those buried here.
December 10, Thursday, 6pm, Christmas
Dinner and Concert at Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
Festive cocktails, fine dining, holiday bluegrass and folk music. $60 non members, $50 members. Children 2 and under FREE. https://www.osv.org/event/christmas-dinner-concert
December 11, Friday, 1pm A Cup of Christmas Tea with the Rodgers Memorial Library Genealogy Club. Come join the genealogy club for a spot of tea (or coffee), with cookies and holiday memories. Writing down your family traditions is an important part of genealogy. The guests will discuss ways to preserve customs and also listen to a reading via video of the book "A Cup of Christmas Tea". Please register at www.rmlnh.org or call 603-886-6030.
December 11, Friday, 1pm A Cup of Christmas Tea with the Rodgers Memorial Library Genealogy Club. Come join the genealogy club for a spot of tea (or coffee), with cookies and holiday memories. Writing down your family traditions is an important part of genealogy. The guests will discuss ways to preserve customs and also listen to a reading via video of the book "A Cup of Christmas Tea". Please register at www.rmlnh.org or call 603-886-6030.
December 12, Saturday, Holiday
Fireside Chat and Book Signing with the NEHGS Experts, chat sessions at
10:30am, 1pm, and 3:30pm, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99
– 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
FREE to the public. Visit with
award winning family history experts Robert Charles Anderson, Christopher C.
Child, and Alicia Crane Williams. Enjoy
free access to the library, complimentary hot drinks and snacks, and special
“in-store” pricing on charts, books and gifts.
Seating is limited, please register here http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ebsfort59ad87aac&llr=yzxrytcab
December 12, Saturday 11am – 3pm, Holiday House Tour, sponsored by the Beverly Historical Society,
Beverly, Massachusetts. A holiday stroll
to see historic houses in their seasonal finery. All houses are within walking distance of
downtown Beverly. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at this link: http://housetour2015.bpt.me/
Call 978-922-1186 x0 for more information.
December 12 & 19, 2 – 6pm, Light in the Darkness: a Plimoth Plantation Christmas, at the
Plimoth Plantation museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Take a candlelit tour through the English
settlers village, sit by the roaring fire, and talk with colonists about how
they marked Christmas in the New World. Try holiday treats, watch a traditional
Mummers play, hear about the Native winter solstice, and see a live nativity in
the barn. Be sure to dress warmly, and
purchase your timed ticket at this link: http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/plimoth-december
or call (508) 746-1622 x8359.
December 16, Wednesday, 10:30am, A Visit with Queen Victoria, at the Plymouth Senior Center, 8 Depot Street, Plymouth, New Hampshire. Free to the public, Sally Mummey performs this living history in proper 19th century clothing resplendent with royal orders. Snowdate, December 17th, same time and place. Contact Robin Koczur for more information 603-536-1204.
December 26 to January 3, December School Vacation Week at Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Keep the kids busy during school vacation with a wide range of crafts, entertainment and outdoor activities including sledding and sleigh rides. https://www.osv.org/event/december-school-vacation-week-2015
January 2, 16, 23, 5 – 9pm, Dinner in a Country Village, at Olde Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. $95 per person, $75 for OSC members. Gather in the parsonage where costumed 19th century interpreters will oversee the preparations, but participants do the roasting, baking, and mulling over an open hearth. https://www.osv.org/event/dinner-in-a-country-village/dinner-in-a-country-village-31
January 5, Tuesday, 7pm, Margaret Bourke-White, America’s Eyes, at the Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. Free to the public. Sally Matson presents a living history moment using WWWII era Vmails found at Syracuse University. Contact Barbara Rimkunas for more information 603-778-2335.
Planning ahead:
March, 2016, Beginning the Journey of Genealogy, a four week genealogy course at the the Montachusett Regional Vocational Tech School, 1050 Westminster Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts by genealogist Jake Fletcher. See this link for more information: https://www.montytechnites.com/
April 2017, NERGC 2017, at the Mass Mutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts
