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January 4, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free orientation and tour of the country’s oldest and largest non profit genealogy library and archive. Attendees are welcome to use the library resources following the tour. No registration required.
January 6, Friday, noon, First Friday Lecture: Unexpected Genealogy Adventures in the Czech Republic, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public. Presented by Alex Woodle.
January 6, Friday, 1pm, Unexpected Genealogy Adventures in the Czech Republic, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public. Presented by Alex Woodle. Please register at this link: https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/unexpected-genealogy-adventures-in-the-czech-republic?pass-through=true
January 7, 14 and 21, 2- 3:30pm, Building Your Genealogical Skills (Three Week Class), at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by Ann Lawthers, NEHGS genealogist. Take your research skills to the next level! Register at this link: https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/building-your-genealogical-skills-three-week-class?pass-through=true
January 11, Wednesday, 12 noon, The Early American Bookseller: A Network History, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, presented by John Garcia of Boston University. Free to the public.
January 12, Thursday, 1:30pm, Getting into Genealogy, at the Raytheon Room of the Wayland Public Library, 5 Concord Road, Wayland, Massachusetts. Presented by Seema-Jayne Kenney, professional genealogist. Free to the public.
January 13, Friday, 10am, “You Never Know What You Will Find In Your Attic”, at the Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, a presentation by Ellen Alden, author. Her novel Yours Faithfully, Florence Burke, portrays the struggles of first generation Irish immigrants. The talk includes the original letters, tintype photos and historical documents she used to write her book. Free to the public.
January 14, Saturday, 11 am – 2pm, So I Have a FamilySearch Account – What next? , at the Family History Center, LDS Church, 110 Concord Street, Nashua, New Hampshire, Free to the public. Bring a lunch and explore the various features of FamilySearch.org Please feel free to bring your own device since computer resources are limited.
January 14, Saturday, 10am - 5pm, Volunteer Living History Workshop at Minute Man National Historical Park, 174 Liberty Street, Concord, Massachusetts. Historical content and hands-on workshops for and by our living history volunteers. You will also have the opportunity to visit the newly opened Wright Tavern in Concord. Free to the public. Register at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/677886352388486/
January 17, Tuesday, 7pm, "All the Real Indians Died Off": and 20 other Myths about Native Americans, at the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Presented by author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigienous People's History of the United States. Free to the public. Includes book signing.
January 18, Wednesday, 6pm, Penobscot County Genealogy Society Meeting, at the Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow Street, Bangor, Maine. For chapter information please see www.pengen.org
January 18, Wednesday, 12 noon, The Fight for Women's Equality in the Anti-Slavery Movement, 1833 - 1840, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Present by Louise Knight, author of Jane Addams: Spirit in Action. Free to the public.
January 18, Wednesday, 7:30pm, A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley, at the Royall House & Slave Quarters, 15 George Street, Medford, Massachusetts. Presented by author Jane Kamensky, who will discuss the book by the same title.
January 18, Wednesday, 7:30pm, Jordan Marsh: Victorian Boston’s Department Store, one of the Wednesday Evening Lectures in the Appleton Room of the Ipswich, Museum Heard House, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Presented by author Anthony Sanmarco. Members free, non-members $10.
January 19, Thursday, 1pm, Strategies for Tackling Your Genealogy Brickwall presented by Jake Fletcher, at the Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Road, Wayland, Massachusetts. Free to the public.
January 19, Thursday, 7pm, “North and West Chelmsford (Images of America)” at the Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Presented by author and local historian Fred Merriam. Free to the public.
January 19, Thursday, 6:30pm, Vanished Veterans- NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Dunbarton Public Library, 1004 School Street, Dunbarton, New Hampshire, presented by George Morrison. Free to the public.
January 21, Saturday, 1 – 3pm, Using the Gallery on Family Search, at the LDS Church, 110 Concord Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. Free to the public. Bring your Family Search account information, digital media to add to your account (photos, documents, audio files), and your own device (laptop, iPad, etc.)
January 21, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free orientation and tour of the country’s oldest and largest non profit genealogy library and archive. Attendees are welcome to use the library resources following the tour. No registration required.
January 21, Saturday, 11am, Lecture: The Blush of Success, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Included with museum admission. Presented by MHA executive director John Clayton, who will speak about Manchester's own Charles Revson, who started with one bottle of nail polish and then built an empire - the Revlon Company.
January 22, Sunday, 2pm, Chickering House – Dedham’s Temporary Home for Women and Children 1864 – 1969, at the Dedham Historical Society and Museum, 612 High Street, Dedham, Massachusetts. Presented by Andrea Gilmore. Free for members, $5 non-members. www.dedhamhistorical.org
January 24, Tuesday, 7pm, Immigration and Naturalization, at the Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society, American Legion Post #129, 22 Elm Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. Presented by genealogist Seema Jayne Kenney. The public is invited and a $2 donation is appreciated from non-members. For more information, please contact Janet Fortunato at queenkatt64@yahoo.com
January 27, Friday, 3pm, The Faith of a Father and Son in the War for a More Perfect Union, at the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Presented by local historian and teacher, William F. Quigley, for a discussion of his first book Pure Heart: The Faith of a Father and Son in the War for a More Perfect Union. Free to the public
January 28, Saturday, 6pm, Hearthside Bounty, at the Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Experience an evening in a 19th century tavern with a meal cooked over a hearth, old fashioned entertainment, and a look at table manners in the 1800s. Music and stories, period games and entertainment. $54.95 per person, OSV members $49.95. Registration required at this link: https://www.osv.org/event/hearthsidebounty/hearthside-bounty-Jan28
February 3, Friday, First Friday Lecture: Introduction to Heraldry in America, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public.
February 8, Wednesday, 6:30pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua Street, Milford, New Hampshire. Presented by Pam Weeks, free to the public.
February 23 – 25, Winter Research Getaway at NEHGS. Escape to the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston for three days of research, consultations, lectures and social events. Register here: https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/winter-research-getaway?pass-through=true
March 5, Sunday, 11:30am, Boston Massacre Re-enactment, at the Old State House, 206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Council of Minutemen and Militia. Free.
March 18, 2017 History Camp Boston, at Sargent Hall, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts.
April 2017, NERGC 2017, at the Mass Mutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts www.nergc.org
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