Friday, March 30, 2018

April 2018 Genealogy and Local History Calendar



Genealogy Events Calendar

For last minute updates, see the “Nutfield Genealogy” Facebook page at this link:  https://www.facebook.com/nutfield.gen/    Please send new events to me by commenting here at the end of this post, or email vrojomit@gmail.com

 I've included the most popular Patriot's Day events here. For more Patriot’s Day activities see this website:

https://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/patriots-day-schedule.html 


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April 2, 10, 17, and 24, Tuesdays, 2pm and 5:15pm, Hands on Genealogy with Alan Doyle Horbal, at the Polish Center of Discovery and Learning, 33 South Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts.   Space is limited.  Bring your own laptop. To register call 413-592-001.  $15 per person.  Attendance at the May 1st session (see below) is optional but encouraged. 

April 3, 20, 27 and 24, Tuesdays, at 2pm or 5:15pm, Genealogy Classes with Alan Doyle Horbal and the Western Massachusetts Roots Events Team, at the Polish Center for Discovery and Learning, 33 South Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Participants much attend all four classes, have basic computer skills, and an active email account.  $15 for all five sessions. Call 413- 592-0001 to register. 

April 3, Tuesday, 7pm, Throat Distemper in Exeter 1735, at the Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front Street, PO Box 924, Exeter, New Hampshire. An illustrated presentation by curator Barbara Rimkunas.  Free to the public.

April 3, Tuesday, 7pm, A Walk Back in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes, at the Merrimack Public Library, 470 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Presented by Adair Mulligan.  Free to the public.

April 3, Tuesday, 5:15pm, Committees, Conventions and Political Violence, 1780 - 87, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.  RSVP required:  email seminars@masshist.org  Author Brendan McConville of Boston University will give a brief statement, and  then the commentator and audience discuss the precirculated paper.  Visit the website for more information on research seminars:  https://www.masshist.org/  

April 4, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, at 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE to the public.  No registration needed.  Attendees are welcome to use the library following the tour. 

April 4, Wednesday, noon - 1pm, Native Americans in the AntiSlavery Movement, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.   Free to the public, bring your brown bag lunch! Presented by Natalie Joy of Northern Illinois University.  

April 4, Wednesday, 7:30pm, The Abolitionists of Noyes Academy, at the Enfield Community Building, 308 US Route 4, Enfield, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Enfield Public Library.  Presented by Dan Billin, who will lecture on the men who opened one of the nation’s first integrated schools in 1835 in Canaan, New Hampshire, which attracted eager African American students from as far away as New York City. Free to the public.

April 5, Thursday, 6:30pm, Spring History Talk:  Dr. Joseph Warren and King's Chapel, at King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. Presented by Samuel A. Forman marking the anniversary of patriot leader Dr. Warren's funeral at King's Chapel, held on April 8, 1776. 

April 6, Friday, noon, The World of Credit in Colonial Massachusetts, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99  -101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by historian James E. Wadsworth, who researched a 325 year old ledger passed won through generations of a New England family. Free to the public. 

April 7, Saturday, 10:30am, Bedford Liberty Pole Capping, at Willson Park, Bedford, Massachusetts.  This ceremony is free to the public.  It features a march, displays of musketry, and fife music.  The main event is the raising of a liberty pole, which is climbed by a Bedford minute man and affixed with a red knit cap.

April 7, Saturday, 9am – 3pm, Minute Man National Park Day 2018, 174 Liberty Street, Concord, Massachusetts. Family Friendly.  Come help spruce up the park in advance of the Battle re-enactment on April 19th.  Get a free t-shirt and refreshments! For more info email ryan_ullrich@partner.nps.gov

April 7, Saturday, 1pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the First Congregational Church, 1 Concord Street, Nashua, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Women’s Association of First Church, Nashua.  Presented by Pam Weeks. Participants are invited to bring in one quilt for identification or storytelling. Free to the public. Please enter by the wrought iron gates on the north side of the church building.

April 7, Saturday, 2018 New England Family History Conference, at 91 Jordan Road, Franklin, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Blackstone Valley and Hingham Stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Free to the public. http://nefamilyhistory.com/   This conference has been continuing for 40 years with nationally recognized speakers and presenters.  The keynote speaker will be Brian Moncur, Founder and CTO of BillionGraves.com. 

April 7, Saturday, 3pm, Paul Revere’s Capture Ceremony, at 200 North Great Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts.  The Lincoln Minute Men observe the historic capture of Paul Revere with a dramatic re-telling of Longfellow’s famous poem, fife and drum music, and a musket fire salute. Free to the public.

April 7, Saturday, 9am – 5pm, Indoor Scottish Festival, at Nashua High School South, Nashua, New Hampshire.  Tickets for $10 on sale starting at February 3rd. Bagpipe competition, Highland dancing, fiddle competitions, Pipe Bands, Scottish vendors, clan booths.  Kid friendly. Sponsored by Scottish Arts. http://nhssa.org/ 

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/ 

April 7 -8, Regency Intensive Dance Weekend, at the Old Town Hall and Hamilton Hall in Salem, Massachusetts.  Hosted by the Commonwealth Vintage Dancers. Tickets at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eevg5cxc69cd8efd&oseq=&c=&ch=   Dance like Jane Austen, party like Napoleon, or socialize like Dolley Madison.  Dance classes, promenades, teas, receptions and a grand ball. All within walking distance of several hotels, so you can make it a historical weekend.

April 9, Monday, 10am – 11:30am, General John Stark Day, at Stark Park on River Road, Manchester, New Hampshire. A grave side ceremony to honor the memory of Revolutionary War hero General John Stark.

April 9, Monday, 1pm, Songs of Emigration:  Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music, at the Lake Sunapee United Methodist Church, 9 Lower Main Street, Sunapee, New Hampshire.  Hosted by Sunapee Seniors.  Presented by musician Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki with his fiddle and guitar.  Free to the public.

April 9, Monday, 6:30pm, Family Stories:  How and Why to Remember and Tell Them, at the Boscawen Municipal Library Complex, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Boscawen Public Library.  Presented by storyteller Jo Radner. Participants will practice finding, developing and telling their own tales. Free to the public.

April 9, Monday, 7pm, “If I am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?” George Washington’s Runaway Slave, at the Proctor Academy Stone Chapel, 204 Main Street, Andover, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Andover Public Library. Presented by living historian Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti, who will portray Oney Judge Staines, the slave who ran away to New Hampshire.  Free to the public.

April 10, Tuesday, 2pm, Meet Lucy Stone:  Enter the Antebellum World of the Abolition and Woman’s Rights Movements, at the Lawrence Barn, 28 Depot Road, Hollis, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Anna Keyes Powers Chapter DAR.  Presented by living historian Judith Black as Lucy Stone.  Free to the public.

April 10, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Songs of Emigration:  Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music, at the North Hampton Public Library, 237A Atlantic Avenue, North Hampton, New Hampshire.  Presented by musician Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki on guitar and fiddle.  Free to the public.

April 10, Tuesday, 7pm, New Hampshire on High: Historic and Unusual Weathervanes of the Granite State, at the Elkins Public Library, 9 Center Road, Canterbury, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Canterbury Historical Society.  Presented by Glenn Knobock.  Free to the public.

April 10, Tuesday, 7pm, Robert Rogers of the Rangers, at the Hampstead Public Library, 9 Mary E. Clark Drive, Hampstead, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Friends of the Hampstead Public Library. Presented by historian George Morrison.  Free to the public.

April 11, Wednesday, 3pm, A Soldier’s Mother Tells her Story, at the Bedford Public Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, New Hampshire.  Presented by living historian Sharon Wood, who will portray Betsey Phelps, the mother of a Union soldier from Amherst, New Hampshire.  Free to the public.

April 11, Wednesday, 7pm, A Tour of Boxborough's Cemeteries, at the Sargent Memorial Library, 427 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, Massachusetts.  A presentation by the Gravestone Girls.  Free to the public. 

April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, Thursdays, 6pm, Spring Lecture Series: Natural Disasters in the Granite State, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire.  This five-lecture series includes the year without a summer (by Historian Howard Coffin), the Willey Slide (by Professor Marcia Schmidt Blaine), the 20 most significant storms that changed NH (by WMUR meteorologist Kevin Skarupa), the 1903 fires in the White Mountains (by forester David Govatski), and the Hurricane of 1938 (by author Stephen Long).  Free to members, but space is limited and registration is required. Non-members are welcome for a fee of $50 which includes a one year membership to the Society.  Register online at www.nhhistory.org or call Wendy Olcott at 603-856-0621 to register by phone.

April 12, Thursday, 1pm, A House on the Bay:  Life on 17th Century New Hampshire’s Coastal Frontier, at the Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Street, Rye, New Hampshire. Hosted by Rye Recreation.  Presented by Neill DePaoli.  Free to the public.

April 12, Thursday, 2 - 4pm, Genealogy Research for Beginners with Linda MacIver, at the Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, Massachusetts.  This is a six week course, April 12, 26, May 3, 10, 17, and 24.  The first two classes are mandatory and require basic computer skills. Limited to 12 participants. Register at http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=CONCORD&curID=323694  Free to the public. 

April 14, Saturday, 10am and 1pm, Meet the Past: A Walk with Nathaniel Hawthorne, at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts.  $15 tickets available at this link:  https://store.7gables.org/events.aspx 

April 14, Saturday, 11am, Welcome to the Graveyard - A Virtual Tour of Attleboro's Cemeteries, at the Attleboro Public Library, 74 North Main Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts.  Presented by the Gravestone Girls.  Free to the public. 

April 14, Saturday, 10am – 3pm, Civil War Living History Encampment and Presentation, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Included with regular admission.  The 1st New Hampshire Light Battery Historical Association will present an all day event with an artillery demonstration and original artifacts and displays. 

April 14, Saturday, 9am – 12:30pm, Workshop: Caring for Books, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire. Care, and handling, for old books.  How to store them.  Presented by Sean Ferguson of the Northeast Document Conservation Center. $35 for members, $50 for nonmembers.  Register online at www.nhhistory.org or call Wendy Olcott at 603-856-0621.

April 14, Saturday, 1pm, Battle Road Demonstration:  Parker’s Revenge, at the Battle Road Trail behind the Minute Man Visitor Center, Lexington, Massachusetts.  This free event features hundreds of re-enactors, musket firing and a fast paced battle along a stretch of the actual Battle Road of 1775.  Parking is available at Minute Man Regional High School, 758 Marrett Road, Lexington, Massachusetts.

April 14, Saturday, 1pm, 1:45pm, and 2:30pm, Rachel Revere: A Revolutionary Woman, at the Paul Revere House, North Street, Boston, Massachusetts. A costumed re-enactor will portray Revere’s second wife, Rachel.  Included with admission to the Paul Revere House.  See the website for more information:  https://www.paulreverehouse.org/   

April 14, Saturday, 1:30pm, African American Genealogy, at the Framingham Public Library, 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by the Middlesex Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists. Presented by Cheryll Toney Holley.  Free to the public.  For more information please use this link:  http://www.msoginc.org/  

April 14, Saturday, 2pm, New Hampshire Heritage Lecture: The Dunlap Broadside and American Independence, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire. There are only 26 copies of the Dunlap Broadside, the official printing of the Declaration of Independence, in the world, and the American Independence museum in Exeter, New Hampshire has one. Emma Bray will present how this small museum ended up with such an important document. Price of the program is included with admission to the museum.

April 15, Sunday, 1 – 4pm, “Warlike Preparations” and the Search of the Barrett Property, at the Colonel James Barrett House (448 Barrett’s Mill Road, Concord, Massachusetts).  Visit the home of Colonel James Barrett and his family.  Learn about the intense military preparations that took place in the weeks leading up to to April 19, 1775. Help make cartridges for the minute men, keep watch for British soldiers, and help hide supplies before they arrive!

April 15, Sunday, 1:30pm, Planning a Future for your Family’s Past, at the Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Road, Newington, Connecticut.  Hosted by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut, and presented by Marian Wood.  How to organize family history materials, analyze to identify clues, write a “genealogical will”, and share family stories and photos with the next generation.  www.jgsct.org  

April 15, Sunday, 2 - 4pm, Dorchester in the 1960s and 1970s: Interesting Times, at the Dorchester Historical Society's William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts.  Presented by community organizer Lew Finfer and local historian Jim Vrabel, who will discuss some of the political, social, economic, and demographic forces in Dorchester, Massachusetts up to and since that time. Free to the public. 

April 15, Sunday, 2 – 4pm, Genealogy Workshop:  The Adopted, the Illegitimate, and DNA, at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire public library, Levenson Room.  Presented by genealogist Mike Maglio. Free to the public.  

April 16, Monday, Patriot’s Day Observed
          5:30 am  -  Lexington Battle Re-enactment, Lexington Green, Lexington
          8:45 am -  North Bridge Fight, Concord, Massachusetts
          9:30apm -  Concord Patriot’s Day Parade, Concord, Massachusetts

April 17, Tuesday, 7pm, Immigration and the Granite State, at the Londonderry Public Library, 276 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Londonderry Historical Society and presented by an educator from the NH Historical Society who will talk and bring a collection of artifacts related to the people who came to New Hampshire during the great wave of immigration from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s.  Free to the public. 
April 17, Tuesday, 7:30pm, Searching for Barton Carter, at the Nashua Historical Society, 5 Abbott Street, Nashua, New Hampshire.  Nancy Clough spent seven years researching her ancestor, Barton Carter, who disappeared fighting in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s when he was only 23 years old. Free to the public. Seating is limited. 
April 17, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Family, Memory, Place: Writing Family Stories, at the Griffin Free Public Library, 22 Hooksett Road, Auburn, New Hampshire.  This is an interactive workshop presented by Maura MacNeil. Participants explore the themes of family, memory, and place through sample narratives and a series of short writing exercise.  Free to the public.

April 18, Wednesday, 6pm, The Critical Backstory to Colonization from the Native Perspective, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public. Presented by Paula Peters of the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation.  

April 18, Wednesday, 7:50pm, Patriot Vigil at the North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts.  Lantern procession steps off at the North Bridge National Park Visitor Center at 7:50, and there is a ceremony at the North Bridge from 8 – 8:45 pm.  Lantern procession, poetry, music, and a recitation of the names of the fallen soldiers.  Bring your own enclosed candle lantern. No flashlights please.

April 19, Thursday, 7pm, Every Picture Tells a Story: The History of the Toppan Family in Hampton, at the Tuck Museum of Hampton History, 40 Park Avenue, Hampton, New Hampshire.  Presented by Lori White Cotter, a Toppan descendant who will present a visual history of her family while telling stories. Free to the public, light refreshments. 

April 19, Thursday, 6pm, Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round the World, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.  Author George C. Daughan wil discuss his book.  Pre-talk reception at 5:30.  $10 per person. Register at the website:  www.masshist.org  

April 19th, Thursday, Events at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts
          6am – Dawn Salute
          10am -  Remembering the Ladies
          11:30am – Arrival of the Sudbury Militia
          12:30pm-  Henry Knox Color Guard Salute

April 21, Saturday, 9 am – 4pm, 2018 Spring Workshop of the Maine Genealogical Society:  Writing Your Family History, at the Elks Lodge, 397 Civil Center Drive, Augusta, Maine.  Guest Speaker, Joseph C. Anderson, II FASG.  Registration includes lunch.  Members $45, non members $55.  To register and for more information https://maineroots.org/2018-spring-workshop-writing-family-history/   

April 21, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, at 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE to the public.  No registration needed.  Attendees are welcome to use the library following the tour.

April 21, Saturday, at 10:30am and also held again at noon, Meet the Past:  Caroline Emerton’s Gables Tour, at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts.  Tickets at www.store.7gables.org   In 1910 Miss Emmerton used proceeds from tours of the house originally to fund a settlement house that offered educational opportunities for newly arriving immigrant families.  Join Miss Emmerton (on her birthday!) for an interactive tour of The Gables.  General public $15, members $10. 

April 21, Saturday, 11am - 1pm, House History Workshop, at the UMass Lowell Center for Lowell History, 40 French Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. Hosted by the Lowell Historical Society.  As an added bonus, if you send an exterior photo of your home we will add it to the presentation and discuss its architectural features.  Send photo via email contact@lowellhistoricalsociety.org  

April 21, Saturday, 1pm - 4pm, Locate!  Research! Analyze!: Getting Started in Family History Research, at the American Independence Museum, Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the AIM and NEHGS with a grant from the Treat Foundation.  Other workshops will be offered June 9, September 22, and November 10.  Workshop fee, $10 members, $30 not-yet-members OR entire series $70 members, $110 not-yet-members.  This workshop will be presented by Lindsay Fulton of NEHGS.  https://www.independencemuseum.org/workshops

April 21, Saturday, noon – 3pm, A Needle in a Haystack: Discovering Boston’s 19th Century African American Police Officers, at the Centre Congregational Church, 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Hosted by the Essex Society of Genealogists, and presented by Margaret R. Sullivan.  Bring your lunch and socialize at noon.  Lecture begins at 1pm.  Free to the public. www.esog.org

April 21, Saturday, 1:30 pm, Connecticut Society of Genealogists Program, at the CSG Library, 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut.  Register for one workshop:  French Canadian presented by Diane Lenti, Irish presented by Nora Galvin, Polish or Eastern Europe presented by Jonathan Shea, or Italian presented by Monique Heller.  Preregistration due by April 16.  http://www.csginc.org/csg_view_event.php?event=275 

April 22, Sunday, 3pm, George Daughan presents “Lexington and Concord”, at the Concord Bookshop, Concord, Massachusetts. An author talk and book signing, with a Q&A after the presentation.  Free to the public.

April 24, Tuesday, 7 - 8:30pm, Research Your Family Tree with Linda MacIver, at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Pre-register at www.miltonlibrary.org   

April 25, Wednesday, noon, Using AmericanAncestors.org, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Learn how to use the NEHGS website and databases and access more than 1.4 billion records.  

April 25, Wednesday, 6pm,  The Jew Who Made Confederate Monuments:  Moses Jacob Ezekiel, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Presented by Dr. Michael Feldberg.  

April 26, Thursday, 6pm, Behind the Scenes in Library and Archives, at the Historic New England, at the Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $10 members, $20 nonmembers. Advance tickets required, call 617-994-6678.

April 26, Thursday, 6:30pm, Unlocking the Cemetery Gate - Tombstones as a Genealogy Resource, at the Franklin Public Library, 118 Main Street, Franklin, Massachusetts. Presented by the Gravestone Girls.  Free to the public. 

April 27, Friday, Genealogy Lock-In, at the Memorial Hall Library, 2 North Main Street, Andover, Massachusetts.  Spend an uninterrupted evening using MHL’s genealogy resources.  Reference librarians will be on hand to help your research. A dinner of sandwiches, chips and cookies is included.  $10 per person.

April 28, Saturday, 8am – 4pm,  American Canadian Genealogical Society Spring Conference, at the Blessed Sacrament Church Hall, next door to the ACGS Library, 4 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Three sessions with speakers. Time to research in the library.  $5 at the door.  $10 prepaid bag lunch orders. www.acgs.org or 603-622-1554 for more information. 

April 28, Saturday, 2pm - 4pm, Pilgrim Chronicles: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of the Mayflower, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. Presented by Robert Charles Anderson and Dr. Francis Bremer.  

April 29, Sunday, 1:30pm, Marblehead in World War II: Over Here, at the Abbott Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts.  Presented by Sean Casey, author of two books on WWII.  At 3pm, following Sean's presentation, there will be brief remarks by local VIPs, music and a 140th anniversary cake for attendees to share. Tickets available at the library. 

April 29, Sunday, 10am – 7pm,  The 2018 Little Poland Event, 202 Broad Street, New Britain, Connecticut.  Folk dancing, live music, food, shopping, costumes and family fun!  Free to the public courtesy of the Polonia Business Association and other sponsors. https://littlepolandfest.com/  

April 29, Sunday, 9:30am -- 4:30pm, Researching Early New York, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. A full day seminar presented by NEHGS staff, includes six lectures, breakfast and lunch.  $125 per person.  

April 30, Monday, 7pm,  Welcome to the Graveyard - A Virtual Tour of Dedham's Cemeteries, at the Dedham Public Library, 43 Church Street, Dedham, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Presented by the Gravestone Girls.

Looking ahead:

May 1, Tuesday, 5pm,  Polish Genealogy Research Session, at the Polish Center for Discovery and Learning, 33 South Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts.  Call 413-592-0001 to register.

May 18, 19, 20, Roots 2018: An International Conference on Family History, presented by the Quebec Family History Society at McGill University, New Residence Hall, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For more information www.qfhs.ca

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

May 19, Saturday, 9am, Genealogical Society of Vermont 2018 Meeting at the Middletown Springs Historical Society, 4 Park Avenue, Middletown Springs, Vermont.  Luncheon included. http://www.genealogyvermont.org/upcoming.htm


May 19, Saturday, 11am, Connecticut Society of Genealogists Program, at the Casa Mia Restaurant at the Hawthorne Inn, 2421 Berlin Turnpike, Berlin, Connecticut.  Come celebrate our 50th anniversary.  Registration a 11am, brief business meeting and lunch, and a presentation by Walter Woodward.  Call the CSG office at 860-569-0002 or email csginc@csginc.org  

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

 August 14 – 16 Scots Irish Reunion:  Bringing the Ulster Diaspora To Life, at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Hosted by the St. Andrews Society of Maine and the Maine Ulster Scots Project. Visit www.maineulsterscots.com for more information. 


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

 September 28 – 30, Old Planters Reunion, at Historic Beverly, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.  Save the date!  More information 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.


August 10 – 16, 2019, Founders, Fishermen and Family History Cruise, On Holland America’s ms Zaandam, departing Boston on August 10 for a 7 night trip to Canada, ports include Montreal, Quebec City, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island), Sydney, Halifax, Bar Harbor, and Boston, Massachusetts.  Speakers include the genealogists Gena Philibert-Ortega, Tami Osmer Mize, and David Allen Lambert. See the website for more information: http://www.oconnelltravel.com/rw/view/38994  


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "April 2018 Genealogy and Local History Calendar", Nutfield Genealogy, posted March 30, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/03/april-2018-genealogy-and-local-history.html: accessed [access date]).

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