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Friday, December 29, 2017

January 2018 Genealogy and Local History Event Calendar


Genealogy Events Calendar

For last minute updates, see the “Nutfield Genealogy” Facebook page at this link:  https://www.facebook.com/nutfield.gen/   


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January 3, Wednesday, noon, Excavating the Western Indian Mound and Building the American Archive, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by Derek O’Leary of the University of California, Berkeley.  Free to the public. 

January 5, Friday, noon, American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Part of the First Friday lecture series.  Presented by Dr. Vincent J. Cannato.  Please register online:  https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/american-passage

January 6, Saturday, 9:30am, Irish Study Group, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Contact Mary Ellen Grogan at megrogan@ix.netcom.com for more information. Everyone is welcome and attendees are invited to stay and use the library resources afterwards.  No registration necessary.

January 6, Saturday, 1pm – 3pm, Taking Your DAR membership Further: Preparing Supplemental Lineage Society Applications, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.   Representatives of the Paul Revere Chapter of the DAR will walk you through the steps of preparing supplemental lineage society applications.  Participants are invited to use the resources at the NEHGS library following the event.  Please register online:  https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/taking-your-dar-membership-further-preparing-supplemental-lineage-society-applications

January 9 – 13  The NEHGS Library and Archives will be closed

January 10 – February 14th, Wednesday Evenings, Free Winter Classes at the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, 749 E. Industrial Park Drive, Manchester, New Hampshire.  This is the 19th year of free six week classes on First Amendment Media Law, Broadcasting, Digital Media, Multimedia Storytelling, Digital Audio Production, and an online Editorial Cartooning class for students ages 16 and older.   The classroom classes are free of charge for Students of all ages – middle schoolers to retirees are welcome.  Register at www.loebschool.org or call 627-0005.  Contact David Tirrell-Wysocki dtwysocki@loebschool.org

January 11, Thursday, 6pm – 9pm, Phillips Library Public Forum, at the Peabody Essex Museum (Morse Auditorium), 161 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts.  For the public to attend a meeting on the plans to move the library collection to Rowley for the next several years.  For more information see the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/savethephillipslibrary/about/

January 13, Saturday, 1:30pm, Archaeology for Genealogists, at the Wayland Public Library, 5 Concord Road, Wayland, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by the Middlesex Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists.  Presented by Tonya Largy.

January 14, Sunday, 1pm, Mount Auburn Cemetery’s Civil Rights Legacy, at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Volunteer docent Stephen Pinkerton will review the legacies of civil rights litigants and jurists buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.  Weather permitting, the presentation will be followed by a short walking tour.

January 15, Monday, 6:30pm, “If I am Not For Myself, Who Will Be For Me?” George Washington’s Runaway Slave, at the Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett, New Hampshire.  Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti portrays runaway slave Oney Judge Staines, who escaped to New Hampshire from George and Martha Washington.  Free to the public.

January 16, Monday, 5:15pm, The Fight Before the Flood:  Rural Protest and the Debate over Boston’s Quabbin Reservoir, 1919- 1927, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Jeffrey Egan of the University of Connecicut, comment by Karl Haglund, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Free to the public but registration is required.  Please email seminars @masshist.org or call 617-646-0579. 

January 17, Tuesday, 6:30pm, “If I am Not For Myself, Who Will Be For Me?” George Washington’s Runaway Slave, at the George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library, 52 Main Street, Francestown, New Hampshire.  Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti portrays runaway slave Oney Judge Staines, who escaped to New Hampshire from George and Martha Washington.  Free to the public.

January 17, Wednesday, noon, Skulls, Selves and Showmanship:  Itinerant Phrenologists in 19th Century America, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Kathrinne Duffy of Brown University. Free to the public.

January 19, Friday, 10:15am, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Community Church of Durham, 17 Main Street, Durham, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the Durham Newcomer’s Unlimited.  Pam Weeks will tell about world history, women’s history, industrial history and just wonderful stories in her presentation.  Participants are invited to bring ONE quilt to share for identification and story sharing. Refreshments at 10am, program begins at 10:15am.  Free to the public.

January 20, January 27, and February 3, Saturdays, 2pm – 4pm, Building Your Genealogical Skills (A Three Session Course) at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $75.  Presented by genealogist Ann Lawthers.  For more information and registration, see this link:  https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/building-your-genealogical-skills-three-session-course-winter

January 20, Saturday, 3pm – 8pm, Old Newbury Day Open House, at the Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Tour the house, enjoy hot cider and donuts, and walk to the town sponsored bonfire.

January 20, Saturday, 1pm – 4pm, Using DNA in Family History Research, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire.  $35 members, $50 nonmembers.  A workshop presented by Tom Dwyer, cosponsored by the NH Historical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society  Please register online:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-dna-in-family-history-research-genealogy-workshop-registration-39258174256?utm_term=eventurl_text

January 20, Saturday, 1pm, Digging into Native History in New Hampshire, at the Durham Town Hall, 8 Newmarket Road, Durham, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Durham Historic Association.  Free to the public.  A multi media presentation by Robert Goodby. 

January 20, Saturday, 2pm, Harnessing History:  On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the Wilmot Community Association Red Barn, 64 Village Road, Wilmot, New Hampshire.  Presented by Bob Cotrell.  The Wilmot Community Association meeting at 1pm, the program to follow at 2pm.  Free to the public.  Sponsored by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

January 20, Saturday, The Woman Inventor as a Political Tool of Female Suffragists: Patents, Invention, and Civil Rights in the 19th Century United States, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boyston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public.  Registration required.  Email seminars@masshist.org or call 617-646-0579. 

January 23, Tuesday, 7pm, Rethinking Resistance:  Ona Judge, the Washington’s runaway slave and the meaning of escape, at the Dana Center at Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Presented by Erica Armstrong Dunbar from her new book Never Caught: The Washington’s relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Oney Judge, nominated for 2017 National Book Award. Dr. Dunbar’s talk will be followed by a facilitated discussion by Dr. Jennifer Thorn and Dr. Beth Salerno. Free to the public.

January 24, Wednesday, 6pm, Growing Up with the Country: Family, Race, and Nation after the Civil War, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Presented by author Kendra Taira Field.  Book sales and signing to follow.

January 28, Sunday, 4pm, New England’s Colonial Meetinghouses and their impact on American Society, at the Amherst Congregational Church, 11 Church Street, Amherst, New Hampshire.  Paul Wainwright tells the story of the society that built meetinghouses, and used them, and the lasting impact on American culture.  Free to the public.

January 31, Wednesday, noon, Indian Doctresses: Race, Labor, and Medicine in the 19th Century United States, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Angela Hudson of Texas A&M University.  Free to the public.

February 1, Thursday, 4pm, , Harnessing History:  On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the University of New Hampshire,  Dimond Library Special Collections, 18 Library Way, Durnham, New Hampshire.  Presented by Bob Cotrell.   Hosted by UNH.  Free to the public.  Sponsored by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

 April 7-8, Massachusetts Genealogical Council 2018 Seminar, at the Courtyard by Marriot, Marlborough, Massachusetts.  DNA track with Jennifer Zinck on Saturday, and an all day track on genealogy with Dr. Thomas Jones on Sunday.  Register online for one or both days. http://www.massgencouncil.org/2017/2018-seminar/ 

May 19, Saturday, Blaine Bettinger (Genetic DNA expert) at the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists in Concord, New Hampshire.  More information coming soon.

July 7, Saturday, Jill Morelli, Certified Genealogist, will speak at the Falmouth Genealogical Society in Falmouth, Massachusetts.  TBD.

July 7, Saturday, History Camp Boston, at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts.  and History Camp Weekend http://historycamp.org/boston 

13 September, Thursday – Saturday, The 2018 New York State Family History Conference, at Tarrytown, New York.  More information coming soon.

April 3-6, 2019,  New England Regional Genealogical Conference NERGC in Manchester, New Hampshire at the Radisson Hotel on Elm Street.  http://www.nergc.org/2019-conference/ for more information.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "January 2018 Genealogy and Local History Event Calendar", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 29, 2017, (  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/12/january-2018-genealogy-and-local.html: accessed [access date]).

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