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Sunday, October 30, 2016

November 2016 Genealogy and Local History Calendar




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Thanksgiving Events  (These sell out fast!)

Harvest Dinner with the Pilgrims at Plimoth Plantation.  Dates from October 9 – November 26.  See this link for more information and for reservations http://plimoth.org/plan-your-visit/dining-functions/harvest-dinner-pilgrims

Thanksgiving Dinner at Plimoth Plantation.  Multiple times on November 24th.  See this link for more information and reservations:  http://plimoth.org/plan-your-visit/shop-dine/themed-dining/thanksgiving-dining

Bounty:  Thanksgiving 2016 at Old Sturbridge Village.  Experience the traditions of a New England Thanksgiving in the 1830s.  Learn about dining etiquette and hearth cooking.  Saturdays and Sundays, November 5 and 6, 12 and 13, 19 and 20, and also Thursday November 24.  Reserve your spot now! https://www.osv.org/event/bounty-thanksgiving-2016    

Traditional Thanksgiving Feast in the Bullard Tavern, Old Sturbridge Village, on Thursday, November 24 (three seatings available)  Reserve your seating now!  https://www.osv.org/event/traditional-thanksgiving-feast-at-bullard-tavern-1  

Thanksgiving Buffet at the Oliver Wright Tavern, Old Sturbridge Village on Thursday, November 24 (multiple seatings available)   Reserve your dinner now!  https://www.osv.org/event/thanksgiving-buffet-at-the-oliver-wight-tavern-1 



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November 1, Tuesday, 7pm,  Stark Decency:  New Hampshire’s World War II German Prisoner of War Camp, at the Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire.  Presented by author Allen Koop, sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  Free to the public.  Call 603-432-6140 for more information.

November 3, Thursday, 6pm, Beginning the Journey of Genealogy, presented by Jake Fletcher, at the Athol Public Library, 568 Main Street, Athol, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.

November 3, Thursday, 5:15pm,  Alvah Crocker: Spirit Behind the Hoosac Tunnel, at the Fitchburg Historical Society, 781 Main Street, PO Box 953, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Presented by Cliff Schexnayder.  Free to the Public.

November 3, Thursday, 1 - 3pm,  Online Genealogy Search 102 - Take FamilySearch.org to the Next Level,   at the American Canadian Genealogical Society, 4 Elm Street, Rear Entrance, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Presented by Janine Penfield.  Members of the ACGS and OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College)  $15, additional fee of $20 for non-members.  Please see the online catalog http://olli.granite.edu/uploads/OLLI_Fall_2016_Catalog.pdf  for more information and registration - page 71 for course description.
 
November 4, Friday, noon, Become a Family Search Power User, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.   This is part of the “First Friday” lecture series, and will be presented by Alice Kane.  Free to the public.  www.americanancestors.org

November 5, Saturday, 8:30am – 5pm, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc. 2016 Annual Meeting & Program, at the Marlborough Country Club, 200 Concord Road, Marlborough, Massachusetts.  Register www.msoginc.org by October 22.  MSOG members $35 until Oct. 16, $45 October 17 to 22nd; Non members $70 until October 16, $80 October 17 to October 22nd

November 5, Saturday, 9am – 1pm, Hearth Cooking Workshop – Cook with Fire!, at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove Street, Peterborough, New Hampshire.  Call for tickets 603-924-3235.  Participants will hand churn butter, make gourd soup with fried bread; pork, sage and apple pie; and gingerbread cookies.  Participants must be 18 years old or older.  Limited to six participants. Reserve early!

November 5, Saturday, 10am, NEHGS New Visitor Welcome Tour, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 -101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  www.americanancestors.org   Free orientation tour .  Attendees are welcome to use the library following the tour.

November 5, Saturday, 1 – 3pm, Lord of Misrule:  Thomas Morton’s Battle with Puritan New England, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts,  Free to the public.  A discussion led by E. J. Barnes, writer and illustrator of the comics story “Thomas Morton, Merry Mount’s Lord of Misrule”.  (Newcomers, please not, this is a discussion of readings, as well as a presentation – you’ll be happier if you do the reading!)  Register here:  http://www.eventbrite.com/e/lord-of-misrule-thomas-mortons-battle-with-puritan-new-england-tickets-27098130237

November 5, Saturday,  10am – noon, Massacre on the Merrimack:  Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America, at Granite State College, 25 Hall Street, Concord, New Hampshire.   Presented by Jay Atkinson.  Members of OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College)  $15, additional fee of $20 for non-members.  Please see the online catalog http://olli.granite.edu/uploads/OLLI_Fall_2016_Catalog.pdf  for more information and registration – pages 64 -65 for course description. 

November 5, Saturday, 6 – 7pm, Evening of Illumination, at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  A rare chance for visitors to experience what evening life was really like for New Englanders in the early 1800s.  This special event is held once a year to see Old Sturbridge Village lit only by candles, oil lamps and firelight.  Tours are 90 minutes, limited to 15 guests each, and leave from the Visitor Center every 10 minutes.  Light refreshments, mulled cider and a cash bar await at the Bullard Tavern to make the night complete.  $35 per person, $30 OSV members.  Pre-registration is encouraged because this event typically sells out. https://www.osv.org/event/evening-of-illumination-2016

November 6,  Sunday, 3:30 pm, Fall 2016 Genealogy Series:  An In-Depth Look at FamilySearch, at the Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.  Free to adults.  No signup needed.  Questions?  Please email drone@noblenet.org or call 978-921-6062 

November 6, Sunday, 2pm,  300 Years on Concord Road: A History of the Osborn Family, at the Sudbury Grange Hall, 326 Concord Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts, sponsored by the Sudbury Historical Society.  Presented by David Colombo, an 8th generation descendant of the Osborn family, who will illustrate his talk with photos, heirlooms and antiques.  Free to SHS members and a $5 donation from Nonmembers.  Refreshments.  For more information see www.visitsudbury01776.org , Facebook, or email director@sudbury01776.org 

November 6, Sunday, 3pm,  African American Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire During the American Revolution, at Congregation Ahavas Achim, 84 Hastings Avenue, Keene, New Hampshire.  Free to the public.  Sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council, and presented by Glenn Knoblock. 

November 7, Monday, 4:30pm Podcasting the Past:  A Conversation with Liz Covart at the Alumni Room, McCarthy Center at Framingham State University, 100 State Street, Framingham, Massachusetts.  Historian Liz Covart if the creator of “Ben Franklin’s World” a weekly podcast about early American history.  https://www.framingham.edu/calendar/calendar.php?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D193666103   

November 9,  Wednesday, 1 – 3pm, Loyalists:  The Other Side of the American Revolution, at the Granite State College, 25 Hall Street, Concord, New Hampshire.  Presented by Eleanor Strang.  Members of OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College)  $15, additional fee of $20 for non-members.  Please see the online catalog http://olli.granite.edu/uploads/OLLI_Fall_2016_Catalog.pdf for more information and registration - page 60 for course description. 

November 10,  Thursday, 6pm, The Game of Queens:  The Women Who Made 16th Century Europe, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Cosponsored by the Royal Oak Foundation.  A presentation by historian and author Sarah Gristwood.  $40 general public, $30 members of NEHGS or Royal Oak.  Register at this link:  https://www.royal-oak.org/lectures/event_detail.php?eid=55457 

November 10, Thursday, Harnessing History: On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the Auburn Safety Center, 55 Eaton Hill Road, Auburn, New Hampshire, hosted by the Griffin Free Public Library, and sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  Presented by Bob Cottrell, accompanied by his dog, Tug.  Free to the public.

November 11, Friday, Veteran’s Day 2016 at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  See the link for more information: https://www.osv.org/event/veterans-day-2016   All active and veteran and retired members of the military and their families (up to 6 people) are free.  The museum will present special activities celebrating military history.  See musket balls cast, see uniforms from over 300 years of American history and see demonstrations of weapons.  Children can drill with toy muskets under the command of the village militia captain!

November 12, Saturday, 10am, Crime and Punishment Tour, meet up at the Boston Common, on the corner of Park Street and Tremont Street, sponsored by the Partnership for Historic Bostons.  Find out where the stocks, whipping post, gaol and gallows were located in Boston.  Click here to register  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crime-and-punishment-in-early-boston-tickets-28502590014

November 12, Saturday, 10:30am and again at 1pm, Soldier’s Life – A Digging Deeper Tour, at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, Connecticut.  Space limited, advance tickets recommended, $15. 

November 12, Saturday, 2pm, General Lafayette’s Farewell Tour, sponsored by NEHGS in partnership with the Massachusetts Lafayette Society, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 -101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  www.americanancestors.org  Presented by Alan Hoffman and Dorothea Jensen.  Free to the public.  Diaries and letters from the NEHGS special collections documenting the farewell tour will be on display.

November 13, Sunday, 2pm, Our National Thanksgiving, with Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale, at the Hancock Historical Building, 7 Main Street, Hancock, New Hampshire.  A living history presentation by Sharon & Steve Wood.  Hosted by the Hancock Historical Society with a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council, free to the public.  Information 603-664-8877.

November 13, Sunday,  2pm,  The Music History of French Canadians, Franco Americans, Acadians and Cajuns, at the Speare Museum, 5 Abbott Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. Presented by Lucie Therrien, sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  Free to the public. 

November 14, Monday, 7pm, A Soldier’s Mother Tells Her Story, at the Stratham Fire Station Meeting Room, 4 Winnicutt Road, Stratham, New Hampshire.  A Living History presentation by Sharon Wood,  as Betsey Phelps, the mother of a Union soldier from Amherst, New Hampshire who died at Gettysburg.  Hosted by the Stratham Historical Society with a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  Free to the public.

November 14, Monday, 6pm, New England Bound:  Slavery and Colonization in Early America, at the Massachusetts Historical Society,  1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $10 for non-members.  Presented by author Wendy Warren, who will discuss her new book.

November 15,  Tuesday, 1 – 3pm, Loyalists:  The Other Side of the American Revolution, at the Granite State College, 25 Hall Street, Concord, New Hampshire.  Presented by Eleanor Strang.  Members of OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College)  $15, additional fee of $20 for non-members.  Please see the online catalog http://olli.granite.edu/uploads/OLLI_Fall_2016_Catalog.pdf for more information and registration - page 60 for course description. 

November 15, Tuesday, 7pm, Marlborough – A City through Decades- 1900s, by the Marlborough Historical Society, at the Peter Rice Homestead, 277 Elm Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts.  Presented by the society’s trustee and vice president Bob Kane.  Free to the public.

November 15, Tuesday, 7 – 9pm, Descendancy Research, at the Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society, The American Legion Post #129, 22 Elm Street, Gardner, Massachusetts.  Presented by Michael Brophy.  Guests are welcome with a $2 donation.  www.cmgso.org  NOTE:  This month’s meeting is a week earlier than usual because of Thanksgiving.

November 16, Wednesday, 7pm, , Our National Thanksgiving, with Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale, at the Wilton Public & Gregg Free Library, 7 Forest Road, Wilton, New Hampshire.  A living history presentation by Sharon & Steve Wood.  Hosted by the Friends of the Library with a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  Free to the public.  Information: 603-654-9602.

November 16, Wednesday, 7pm, A Re-Awakened Boston Public Library:  Genealogical Resources and Services at the BPL and Map Center, at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts.  Presented by Linda MacIver, retired BPL genealogy specialist with Evan Thornberry, reference and geospatial librarian at the Leventhal Map Center. 

November 16, Wednesday,  12:45 pm,   Liberty is Our Motto:  Songs and Stories of the Hutchinson Family Singers, at the Litchfield Community Church, , 259 Charles Bancroft Highway, Litchfield,  New Hampshire.  Presented by Steve Blunt as John Hutchinson.  Free to the public.  Hosted by the Litchfield Senior Center, sponsored by the NH Humanities Council.

November 16, Wednesday, 6pm, “The Lord Alone Shall be King of America”: Herbraism and the Republican Turn of 1776,  at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 -101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  www.americanancestors.org  in partnership with the Jewish Heritage Center.  Presented by Eric Nelson.  Free to the public. 

November 16, Wednesday ,  7pm,  New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones, at the Old Webster Courthouse, 6 Court Street, Plymouth, New Hampshire.  Presented by Glenn Knoblock.  Free to the public.  Hosted by the Plymouth Historical Society and sponsored by the NH Humanities Council.

November 17, Thursday, 6pm, Hidden Histories:  Finding Native American Stories in the Archives, at the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, presented by Alice Nash of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  $30 for the workshop, including materials and a light dinner.  For further information and to register see www.americanantiquarian.org/hands-history

November 17, Thursday, 7pm, Timekeeping and Timekeepers in Early New England,  at the Old Colony History Museum,  66 Church Green, Tauton, Massachusetts, Presented by Bob Frishman.  Free to the public.  Refreshments served at 6:30, with the talk to follow. 

November 19, Saturday, 1 – 4pm, Researching Early New England Ancestors, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire offered in conjunction with the New England Historic Genealogical Society.  A workshop taught by senior genealogists emeritus David Curtis Dearborn.  $35 for members of the NHHS or NEHGS, $50 for nonmembers.  Register online or mail the registration form with payment, or call Wendy Olcott at 603-856-0621 to register by phone or credit card. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/researching-your-early-new-england-ancestors-genealogy-workshop-registration-27547621678

November 19, Saturday, 1pm, Tracing Your English Ancestors, at the Centre Congregational Church, 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, Massachusetts, sponsored by the Essex Society of Genealogist monthly meeting.  Presented by Linda MacIver.

November 19, Saturday, 10am, Pretty Preservation: Creating Scrapbooks, Albums & More – Diggin’ Your Roots Genealogy Program Series, at the Rhode Island Historical Society, 121 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island.  Free to the public  Instructor, Michelle Chiles.  Please contact Kate Wells at kwells@provlib.org with any questions.

November 20,  Sunday, 3:30 pm, Fall 2016 Genealogy Series:  New York State and NYC Research, at the Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.  Free to adults.  No signup needed.  Questions?  Please email drone@noblenet.org or call 978-921-6062 

November 20, Sunday, 2-4pm, Research a Life Spent on the Fringes of Society, at the Hilton Garden Room of the Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Presented by Deborah M. Child, who will give an illustrated lecture on book Soldier, Engraver, Forger: Richard Brunton’s Life on the Fringe in America’s New Republic.  Free to the public.

November 25 – 27, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Winter Market 2016 at Old Sturbridge Village,  included with regular admission to the museum.  Just in time for holiday shopping, see dozens of juried craft vendors offering the finest hand made items.  Historical crafts and toys, pottery, paper goods, ornaments, glasswork, textiles, gourmet foods, jewelry and more.

December 3, Saturday, 10am, The History of United States Immigration Policies, the Merrimack Valley Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, at the Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple Street, Georgetown, Massachusetts, sponsored by the Northern Essex Community College, and presented by Dr. Ligia Domenech of  NECC.  Free to the public. 

December 3, Saturday, 1 – 3pm, A Plentiful Country:  Letters from Maine’s Thomas Gorges, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  A discussion led by UMass Lowell associate professor Abby Chandler.  Free to the public, please register here:  http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-plentiful-country-letters-from-maines-thomas-gorges-tickets-27085368065   Contact or questions?  phbostons@gmail.com or call 917-553-4486 

December 4,  Sunday, 3:30 pm, Fall 2016 Genealogy Series:  Canada: That Big Place Up North, at the Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.  Free to adults.  No signup needed.  Questions?  Please email drone@noblenet.org or call 978-921-6062 

December 10, Saturday, 7:30 – 11:30pm, Denholms for the Holidays, at the historic Denholms department store building in Worcester, Massachusetts.  See the former store all decorated and lit up for the first time in over 40 years. Refreshments, Vintage Fashion Show, Valet Parking.  $65 members, general public $75.  RSVP to Preservation Worcester 508-754-8760 to reserve a ticket.  www.preservationworcester.org

December 14, Wednesday, 10am - noon,  Mill Girls,   at the Granite State College, 25 Hall Street, Concord, New Hampshire.  Presented by Peg Fargo.  Members of OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College)  $15, additional fee of $20 for non-members.  Please see the online catalog http://olli.granite.edu/uploads/OLLI_Fall_2016_Catalog.pdf  for more information and registration – pages 64 -65 for course description. 

Looking ahead - 

April 2017, NERGC 2017, at the Mass Mutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "November 2016 Genealogy and Local History Calendar", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 30, 2016,  (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/10/november-2016-genealogy-and-local.html: accessed [access date]). 

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