April 29, Saturday 4pm, Revolutionary History at the Central Cemetery, at the Beverly Historical Society, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. $5 nonmembers, free to members. Join Terri and Ed McFadden on a walk through Central Cemetery.
April 30, Sunday, 9:30am – 4:30pm, Breaking Down Genealogical Brick Walls: Strategies for Success, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Cost $125 breakfast and lunch included. Register here: https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/breaking-down-genealogical-brick-walls-strategies-for-success?pass-through=true
May 1, Monday, 2pm to 8pm, George Findlen Genealogy Workshop, at the University of Maine Franco-American Center, 110 Crossland Hall, Orono, Maine. A FREE workshop. Schedule: 2-3pm Using Standard Histories to Find Elusive Relatives, 3:15 – 4:15 How to Tell if Your French Canadian Ancestors Include Acadians, 5 – 7pm Finding What Can’t be Found: A Case Study in Whole Family Research. 7:15 – 8:15 using the 1917 Code of Canon Law to Understand Odd Entries in Catholic Parish Registers. For more information see the website www.pengen.org
May 2, Tuesday, 7pm, Your Family - Discovering the Who, Where and When of Your Family Tree, at the Great Hall at Methuen City Hall, 41 Pleasant Street, Methuen, Massachusetts. Speaker Sharon M. Pollard, sponsored by the Methuen Historical Society. Free to the public.
May 3, Wednesday, 7pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, at the Veteran’s Hall, 105 Old Homestead Highway, Richmond, New Hampshire. Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public. Sponsored by the Richmond Public Library and the NH Humanities Council.
May 2, 9, 16 and 23, Tuesdays, 9:30 am – 11am, Basic Hands on Genealogy Class, sponsored by the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts at the Polish Center of Discover and Learning, 119 School Street, Cheshire, Massachusetts. Presented by Alan Doyle Horbal, professional genealogist. All students must be computer literate. Limited space, please sign up for sessions. Please attend all four classes. Bring your own laptop. To register, go to www.PGSMA.org
May 4, Thursday, noon, Lunch and Learn: The Tale of Two Colonies: Plimoth and the Massachusetts Bay in the Seventeenth Century, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Presented by Stephen Kenney, director of the Commonwealth Museum. Bring a bag lunch! Free for members, $8 for not yet members. Click here for tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-learn-a-tale-of-two-colonies-plimoth-and-massachusetts-bay-in-the-seventeenth-century-speaker-tickets-30587128926
May 5, Friday, 1pm, A Visit with Abraham Lincoln, at the Earl M. Bourdon Centre, 67 Maple Avenue, Claremont, New Hampshire. Presented by living historian Steve Wood. Hosted by the Congress of Claremont Senior Citizens and sponsored by the NH Humanities Council. Free to the public.
Repeated at 7pm at the Goodwin Public Library, 422 Main Street, Farmington, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Farmington Historical Society. Free to the public.
May 5, Friday, 7pm, New Hampshire on High: Historic and Unusual Weathervanes of the Granite State, at the Weare Town Hall, 16 North Stark Highway, Weare, New Hampshire. Presented by Glenn Knoblock. Hosted by the Weare Historical Society. Sponsored by the NH Humanities Council. Free to the public.
May 6, Saturday, Opening Day Festivities and the Heifer Parade, at the Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire. 10am – 2pm for the Heifer Parade activities (Maypole dancing, food, barn dancing, make a head wreath, etc.). The Parade is approximately 11am. Open until 5pm for Opening Day, self guided exhibits only. Free admission today only.
May 6, Saturday, 10am – 4pm, Opening Day of the American Independence Museum, at the Gilman Ladd House, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. It’s also Kid’s Day in Exeter, so bring the whole family. https://independencemuseum.org/ Free to New Hampshire residents.
May 6, Saturday, 1 – 2:30 pm, Discover Mount Auburn Cemetery, at 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This 1.5 mile walking tour will focus on the history, monuments and lives of those buried here. Click here to purchase tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discover-mount-auburn-tickets-32557072079#tickets
May 6, Saturday, 2 – 3pm, Jane’s Walk West End Walking Tour, starts at the West End Museum, entrance on Lomasney Way, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE, preregistration required. http://thewestendmuseum.org/events/janes-walk-west-end-tour-3/ This tour will focus on what happened to the West End under urban renewal, led by historian and West End resident Duane Lucia.
May 7, Sunday, 1 – 4pm, A View of 19th Century Life in Windham, New Hampshire Through the Lives of the Harris Family, an exhibit at the Windham Museum, 3 North Lowell Road, Windham, New Hampshire. A display of the artifacts recently donated to the Windham Historical Society by a descendant of Reverend Samuel Harris (1774 – 1848) of Windham.
May 9, Tuesday, 7pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Grantham Town Hall, 300 Route 10 South, Grantham, New Hampshire. Presented by Pam Weeks. Sponsored by the Friends of the Dunbar Free Library. Free to the public.
May 9, Tuesday, 7pm, How DNA Proves or Prunes our Family Tree, at the Great Hall at Methuen City Hall, 41 Pleasant Street, Methuen, Massachusetts. Speaker Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, sponsored by the Methuen Historical Society. Free to the public.
May 10, Wednesday, 6pm, Oral Interviews: Connect with the Living Past, at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by genealogist Lori Lynn Price. Free to the public. Pointers on capturing genealogical information through successful oral interviews.
May 11, Thursday, 7pm, Jewish Genealogy, at the Canton Public Library, Community Room, 786 Washington Street, Canton, Massachusetts. Presented by Carol Clingan. How to use databases, library catalogs, and online networking websites to find your Jewish ancestors. Free to the public.
May 11, Thursday, 1pm, A Visit with Abraham Lincoln, at the Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Road, Rye, New Hampshire. Presented by living historian Steve Wood. Hosted by the Town of Rye Recreation Department. Free to the public.
May 11, Thursday, 6:30pm, New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them, at the Kimball Library, 5 Academy Avenue, Atkinson, New Hampshire. Presented by historian Jeremy D’Entremont. Hosted by the Atkinson Historical Society. Free to the public.
May 11, Thursday, 7pm, Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War, at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, National Park Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Doors open at 6:30pm. Free to the public. Call for more information 978-740-1650. Presented by award winning author/historian Chandra Manning.
May 10 – 13, National Genealogical Society 2017 Family History Conference, “Family History Lives Here”, Raleigh, North Carolina. Registration brochure at this link: http://2b2b1u1oad04904yo1jc1ri1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/NGS-2017-Conference-Registration-Brochure.pdf
May 16, Tuesday, 7pm, Welcome to the Graveyard, at the Great Hall at Methuen City Hall, 41 Pleasant Street, Methuen, Massachusetts. Speaker Brenda Sullivan, sponsored by the Methuen Historical Society. Free to the public.
May 16,Tuesday, 4:30 - 6pm, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Meet and Greet, at the American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Tickets available at www.americanantiquarian.org The evening will start at 4:30pm with a reception at the Goddard-Daniels House 190 Salisbury Street, and the awards presentation and address by Professor Ulrich will start at 6pm.
May 18, Thursday, 6pm, The Rich Resources of Western Massachusetts and It’s Not All on the Internet: Using Alternative Resources, sponsored by the Berkshire Family History Association, at the Country Club of Pittsfield, 639 South Street (Rte 7 and 20), Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Presented by Dave Robison, professional genealogist and owner of Old Bones Genealogy of New England. Light refreshments. A free raffle will be held. $10 fee. Pre-registration required call 413-445-5521 or email bfhainc@gmail.com Join BFHA for $12/year and receive free admission.
May 18, Thursday, 7pm, Tavern Talk: Crucible of Peace: The Treaty That Created the American Republic, at the American Independence Museum, Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire . Free to the public, presented by Eliga Gould https://independencemuseum.org/lunch-learn-and-evening-lecture-series/
May 18, Thursday, 5 – 8pm, 25th Annual Historic Preservation Award Ceremony, at the historic Masonic Temple, 1505 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Cocktail reception, hors d’oeuvres and awards ceremony. $90 MHA members, $100 general public. $800 for a group of ten tickets.
May 20, Saturday, Italian Family History Day, at the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, presented by Mary Tedesco as the keynote speaker, four lectures by NEHGS staff, lunch provided by Spinelli’s of East Boston, door prizes, and one-on-one genealogical consultations for an additional $25. Please register online $125 per person at this link: https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/italian-family-history-day?pass-through=true
May 20, Saturday, Living History Weekend with the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment at The Fort at No. 4, 267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire. www.fortat4.org
May 20, Saturday, 10am – noon, A Walking Tour of the “New York Streets” of Boston’s South End, starts in front of JJ Foley’s on East Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts. $7members of the West End Museum, $15 non-members, pre-registration required http://thewestendmuseum.org/events/a-walking-tour-of-the-new-york-streets-2/ Led by historian Duane Lucia and South End resident Gloria Ganno.
May 23, Tuesday, 7pm, Vanished Veterans: New Hampshire’s Remarkable Civil War Monuments, at 270 Stark Highway, Dunbarton, New Hampshire. Free to the public, sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
May 23, Tuesday, 7pm, Researching the History of Your House, at the Great Hall at Methuen City Hall, 41 Pleasant Street, Methuen, Massachusetts. Speaker Marian Pierre-Louis, sponsored by the Methuen Historical Society. Free to the public.
May 23, Tuesday, 7pm, American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, at the Canton Public Library Community Room, 786 Washington Street, Canton, Massachusetts. Presented by author Vincent Cannuto, history teacher at UMass Boston. Free to the public.
May 23, Tuesday, 7pm, Immigration and Naturalization, at the monthly meeting of the Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society, at the American Legion Post #129, 22 Elm Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. For more information email queenkatt64@yahoo.com
May 24, Wednesday, 6pm, Using Historical Urban Atlases for Family History Research, at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by Evan Thornberry, the cartographic reference librarian at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. Free to the public.
May 30, Tuesday, noon, Lunch and Learn: What’s Up with Reenacting?, at the American Independence Museum, Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire . Free to the public. Presented by Mike Welch. Bring your lunch to enjoy during the lecture.
Looking ahead:
June 16 – 18, 2017 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference. Three days of inspiring lectures, workshops, displays and other exciting events. Register for the conference at this link: https://conference2017.ogs.ca/registration/registration-intro-2/
June 17 – June 22, Sail Boston 2017, hosted by the US Coast Guard Northeast, Boston, Massachusetts. This will be the largest fleet of tall ships in Boston since the year 2000. http://www.sailboston.com/
September 30, Saturday, American Canadian Genealogy Society Fall Conference, Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "May 2017 Genealogy and Local History Calendar of Events", Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 28, 2017, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/04/may-2017-genealogy-and-local-history.html: accessed [access date]).
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