July 1, Friday, FREE Fun Fridays sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation at these Massachusetts museums: Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich, Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis, and the Wenham Museum.
July 1, Friday, noon, Navigating Quebec Notorial Records, part of the First Friday lecture series at the New England Historic Genealogical Society on 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by Daniel Sousa and Sheilagh Doerfler. Free to the public. Please register at this link: http://shop.americanancestors.org/products/navigating-quebec-notarial-records?pass-through=true
July 1 – 4, Friday to Monday, Boston Harborfest, historical re-enactments, walking tours, Tall Ships, live entertainment (including fireworks and concerts) and much more! Some events have fees, most are free http://www.bostonharborfest.com/
July 1 – 4, Lexington 4th of July Carnival, patriotic music, food, games and fireworks in Lexington, Massachusetts. http://www.lexingtonlions.org/4thofJulyCarnival.cfm
July 3 and 4, Boston’s Fourth of July Esplanade Concert and Fireworks, http://www.july4th.org/ No fireworks at the Sunday July 3rd concert.
July 3, Sunday, 10am, Colonial Style Worship Service, at the Trinity Church, 80 Route 125, Kingston, New Hampshire. Communion liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer, 1662 edition, hymns by Henry Purcell, a psalm sung to "metric tune" Puritan style, and Puritan hymns from Boston composer William Billings. Prayers for King George III will be offered, and also the singing of America's first national anthem (which pre-dates "The Star Spangled Banner" by 40 years). For the sermon, several New Hampshire lawmakers will read portions of the spiritual reflections of the founders. 1770 refreshments, and a cannon salute, too! Following the service there will be educational opportunities and crafts from the volunteers at the American Independence Museum in Exeter, New Hampshire.
July 4, Monday, 10am – 5pm, An American Celebration! At Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. An old fashioned 4th of July, with children’s bike and wagon parade, field day for families, games and crafts. Children under 17 free thanks to a donation from BAE Systems. Veterans Free all day, too. Active military and their families are free at all times through the Blue Star Museum program. www.strawberybanke.org
July 4, Monday, An 1830 Independence Day Celebration at Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Celebrate the old fashioned way with a reading of the Declaration of Independence (including a giant reproduction for you to sign), make a tricorner hat, drill with the militia, learn dances and visit the village. www.OSV.org
July 4, America’s Oldest Independence Day Parade, Bristol, Rhode Island http://july4thbristolri.com/
July 6, Wednesday, 6:30 pm, Liberty is Our Motto: Songs and Stories of the Hutchinson Family Singers, at the Lane Memorial Library, 2 Academy Avenue, Hampton, New Hampshire. A living history presentation by Steve Blunt about the most noted musical entertainers of the 19th century, whose songs advanced social reform and political causes such as abolition, temperance, women’s suffrage and the Lincoln presidential campaign of 1860. Free to the public.
July 6, Wednesday, 6pm, Book Talk: The Culinary Lives of John and Abigail Adams, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society on 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by author Rosana Wan. Free to the public. Please register at this link: http://shop.americanancestors.org/products/book-talk-the-culinary-lives-of-john-abigail-adams?pass-through=true
July 7, Thursday, 7pm, Who Won the War of 1812? New Hampshire’s Forgotten Patriot Pirates, at the Moultonborough Public Library, 4 Holland Street, Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Presented by historian J. Dennis Robinson. Free to the public.
July 8, Friday, FREE Fun Fridays sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation at these Massachusetts museums: Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, and the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester.
July 8, Friday, 1:30, Irish Genealogy, at the Rogers memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the Genealogy Club, and presented by Michael Brophy. Free to the public.
July 9, Saturday, 10am – noon, Walking Tour: Pine Grove Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire. $5 Manchester Historic Association members , $10 General Public. Pre-registration required call 603-622-7531, Meet at the Ursula Chapel at Pine Grove Cemetery. Tour led by local historians Dick Duckoff and John Jordan.
July 9, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Welcome Tour at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public, and you are welcome to use the library after the tour. No registration necessary.
July 9, Saturday, Introduction to Genealogy with Edwin W. Strickland II: Getting Started, at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. $20 per session, open to the public. Registration information here: http://www.csginc.org/pdf/event_259.pdf
July 10, Sunday, 11am, Vintage Base Ball Triple Header Game, at the Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, Massachusetts. Nineteenth century rules between the Essex Base Ball Association, the Newburyport Clamdiggers, the Lynn Live Oaks, and Boston Bean Eaters. Grass field seating (bring blankets and lawn chairs), no reserved seating. Weather permitting. Call 978-462-2634 for more information. Free to Historic New England members, $5 non-members.
July 13, Wednesdays, July 13 – August 17, 2pm, On the Trail of Our Ancestors: Genealogy for Beginners, at the Community Learning Center, Johnson Mezzanine of the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. A six part series of classes. Pre-registration required, please call 617-859-2323 to reserve your spot. Basic mouse and keyboard skills are required. www.bpl.org
July 14, Thursday, 7pm, Abraham and Mary Lincoln: The Long and the Short of It, at the Cathedral of the Pines, 10 Hale Hill Road, Rindge, New Hampshire. Presented by living historians Steve and Sharon Wood. Free to the public.
July 15, Friday, French Day (Bastille Day), at the French Cultural Center, Alliance Farncaise of Boston, on Marlborough Street between Berkeley and Clarendon, French food, beer, wine, live music and dancing on Marlborough Street. http://www.frenchculturalcenter.org/events/bastille-day-party-2015/ In advance $38, at the gate, $35.
July 15, Friday, FREE Fun Fridays sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation at these Massachusetts museums: Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston, the Boston Athenaeum in Boston, and the Larz Anderson Museum in Brookline.
July 15, 16 and 17th, 10th Annual Maine Celtic Celebration, Belfast Maine, http://www.mainecelticcelebration.com/
July 16, Saturday, 10am – 4pm, American Independence Festival, at the Gilman Garrison House, 12 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. A town-wide event celebrating the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Free to the public. Call 603-436-3205 for more information.
July 16, Saturday, Aptucxet Trading Post Colonial Day, 24 Aptucxet Road, Bourne, Massachusetts. Re-enactments of pre-colonial and colonial groups all day long, ending with a flag ceremony at 3:45pm, tours of the Aptucxet Trading Post museum, activities and craft talbes. For more information see www.bournehistoricalsociety.org/aptucxetMuseum/ Fundraiser admittance is $2
July 16, Saturday, Introduction to Genealogy with Edwin W. Strickland II: Vital Records, at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. $20 per session, open to the public. Registration information here: http://www.csginc.org/pdf/event_259.pdf
July 20, Wednesday, 7pm, Parlormaid, Laundress, Chauffeur, Cook, at the Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick, Maine. Go behind the scenes to learn about the daily routines of domestics, groundkeepers, and others who worked at the Hamilton House. $8 historic New England members, $15 non members. Call 207-384-2454 for reservations.
July 20, Wednesday, 7pm, A Woman That Keeps Good Order: Women, Tavern Keeping, and Public Approval, at the Freedom Town Hall, 16 Elm Street, Freedom, New Hampshire, sponsored by the Freedom Historical Society. Historian Marcia Schmidt Blaine explored the world of colonial female tavern keepers. For more information call 603-539-5799. Free to the public.
July 21, Thursday, 11am, Children’s Scavenger Hunt, at the Governor Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Pack a picnic and enjoy the garden scavenger hunt, for ages 4-7 with their caregivers. $5 Historic New England members, $8 nonmember and child. Each additional child $3. Registration required, call 603-436-3205.
July 22, Friday, FREE Fun Fridays sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation at these Massachusetts museums: New Bedford Whaling Museum, Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, and the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton.
July 22, Friday, 10am, The Age of Innocence and the Tuckers of Wiscasset, Maine, at Castle Tucker, 2 Lee Street, Wiscasset, Maine. Join Peggy Konitzky for a look at nineteenth century society, and the lives of Captain Richard and Mollie Tucker of Wiscasset. $15 Historic New England members, $20 non-members. Registration required 207-882-7169.
July 23, Saturday, 11am – 5pm, Victorian Fair, at the Roseland Cottage, 556 Route 169, Woodstock, Connecticut, an event with penny farthings, vintage base ball, fortune telling, tours of Roseland Cottage. 2pm demonstrations of cane fighting and the Ladies Parasol Defense, 3:30pm tea in the garden. Free to Historic New England members, $10 nonmembers.
July 23, Saturday, Introduction to Genealogy with Edwin W. Strickland II: Census Records, at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. $20 per session, open to the public. Registration information here: http://www.csginc.org/pdf/event_259.pdf
July 26, Tuesday, 7pm, Field Trip to the Narragansett Historical Society with the Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society. Met up at the facility at 1 Boynton Street in Templeton, Massachusetts for the tour. For more information contact queenkatt64@yahoo.com
July 27, Wednesday, 6pm, Book Talk: Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by author Tamara Plakins Thornton. Free to the public. Please register at this link: http://shop.americanancestors.org/products/book-talk-nathaniel-bowditch-and-the-power-of-numbers?pass-through=true
July 28, Thursday, 6pm, Solving Family History Mysteries with DNA, at the Boston Public Library, Copely Square, Commonwealth Salon, presented by Jennifer Zinck. Free to all.
July 29, Friday, FREE Fun Fridays sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation at these Massachusetts museums: the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, the Commonwealth Museum in Boston, Battleship Cove in New Bedford, the Marine Museum in Fall River, and the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
July 30, Saturday, History Camp Pioneer Valley, at the Kittredge Center at Holyoke Community College. This is a gathering of adult history enthusiasts for a day of learning and sharing. You must register to attend. See the website for more details. http://historycamp.org/pioneer-valley/
July 30, Saturday, 2 – 4pm, Walking Tour: Amoskeag Millyard and the Amoskeag workers Housing District, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire (the tour starts and ends at the museum). Led by author and historian Aurore Eaton, and Kurt Sundstrom, the curator of the Currier Museum of Art. $5 Manchester Historic Association and Currier members, $15 non-members. Please use this link to register: https://1071.blackbaudhosting.com/1071/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=c521feb7-387a-4dea-9dd9-243238a77c59
July 30, Saturday, Introduction to Genealogy with Edwin W. Strickland II: Internet Resources and Genealogy Software, at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. $20 per session, open to the public. Registration information here: http://www.csginc.org/pdf/event_259.pdf
July 31, Sunday, 10am – 4pm, 2016 Nipmuc Nation Powwow, at the Hassanamisco Indian Reservation, Grafton, Massachusetts. $4 adults, $2 children, no pets. For more info contact Sonksq Cheryll Toney Holley 508-853-5575
July 31, Sunday, 11am, Vintage Base Ball Double Header Game, at the Spencer Pierce Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, Massachusetts. 1860s rules between the Essex Base Ball Association, the Portsmouth Rockinghams, and the Lynn Live Oaks. Grass field seating (bring blankets or lawn chairs), no reserved seating. Weather permitting. Free to Historic New England members, $5 nonmembers.
Future events
August 3, Wednesday, 7pm, New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones, at the Fritzwilliam Town Library, 11 Templeton Turnpike, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. Presented by Glenn Knoblock. Call 603-585-6503 for more information. Free to the public.
August 5, Friday, FREE Fun Fridays sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation at these Massachusetts museums: The Old State House in Boston, the Springfield Museums, Historic Deerfield, the Hancock Shaker Village, The Old Manse in Concord, and the Worcester Historical Museum.
September 15 – 17, New York State Family History Conference, at the Holiday Inn Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool, New York.
September 17, Saturday, Maine Genealogical Society, 40th Anniversary Conference, Keynote speaker will be Judy Russell, “The Legal Genealogist”, at Jeff’s Catering, Brewer, Maine, for more information see this link www.maineroots.org or MGS, Box 2062, Waterville, Maine, 04903
September 24 and 25, Saturday and Sunday, The 12th Annual Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, Rain or shine, tickets go on sale in July, Advance ticket prices are $25 per family, $12 per adult, $8 seniors, $4 children ages 3 – 12. In the historic South End Neighborhood of Portsmouth, the grounds of Strawbery Banke, the Governor John Langdon House and in Prescott Park. You are invited to build your own fairy house on Peirce Island and to see “Fairy Houses – the Ballet” in Prescott Park on the Festival Stage. All proceeds benefit the organizations and community groups that make the Fairy House tour possible. http://www.portsmouthfairyhousetour.com/
October 15, Saturday, Connecticut Society of Genealogists Seminar. At the Four Points Sheraton, 275 Research Parkway, Meriden, Connecticut. Come spend a day with Dick Eastman. Open to the public. See the flyer for more information and registration information: http://www.csginc.org/pdf/event_261.pdf
October 22, Saturday, all day, The Battle of Red Horse Tavern, at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. This is an annual one-day Revolutionary War era battle re-enactment and fair.
April 2017, NERGC 2017, at the Mass Mutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "July 2016 Genealogy and Local History Calendar", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 30, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/06/july-2016-genealogy-and-local-history.html: accessed [access date]).
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