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
For a full schedule of Patriot’s Day activities commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, see this link: https://www.lexingtonma.gov/patriots-day-lexington/pages/2019-patriots-day-weekend-schedule-events and this link for Minute Man National Park: https://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/events.htm
For a full schedule of Patriot’s Day activities commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, see this link: https://www.lexingtonma.gov/patriots-day-lexington/pages/2019-patriots-day-weekend-schedule-events and this link for Minute Man National Park: https://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/events.htm
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March 30, Saturday, 8:30 – 1pm, The 2019 New England Family History Conference, at the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 91 Jordan Road, Franklin, Massachusetts. See
the website for information. A keynote speaker and three sessions. Family history consultants will be available
for 15 minute consultations.
March 30, Saturday, 10am – noon, Tea in Helen’s Library, at the Stevens-Coolidge Place, 137 Andover
Street, North Andover, Massachusetts.
Tea served by the wife of US Diplomat John Coolidge in 1924. Trustee staff members will present snippets
from the 1924 diary as you enjoy tea and treats. $9 members, $15 non members. Space is
limited, registration is required: http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/northeast/event-43467.html?fbclid=IwAR3BA7qf2c--EMOQ1rHuxb5rMDguDIp9lDalhwg44M4Q3lKUfDL-yOMSdTE
March 30, Saturday, 1 – 3pm, Kids
Do Family History, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street,
Concord, New Hampshire. Explore your family’s roots! Space is limited, registration is required,
and children must be accompanied by an adult.
$25 for the first child in a family, $15 for each additional child. Register at 603-856-0621.
March 30, Saturday, 6pm, Spirits
of the Past Haunted Trolley Tour, at 19 Sheafe Street, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. Hosted by New England
Curiosities and Deadwick’s Etherial Emporium.
Tickets at www.newenglandcuriosities.com Guided by the author of “Haunted
Portsmouth” Roxie J. Zwicker. $25 for
adults. Space is limited.
April 1, Monday, 1pm, New
England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them, at the Nashua First Baptist
Church, 121 Manchester Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. Free to the public.
Presented by lighthouse historian Jeremy D’Entremont.
April 2, Tuesday, 5:15pm, Naming
Plantations in the 17th Century English Atlantic, at the
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston,
Massachusetts. Free to the public,
please RSVP seminars@masshist.org or call 617-646-0579. Presented by Paul Musselwhite, Dartmouth College,
with comment by Cynthia Van Zandt, University of New Hampshire.
April 2, Tuesday, 7pm, I
Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone, at the American Antiquarian Society, 185
Salisbury, Street, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Free to the public. A one-woman
play presented by History at Play and performed by Judith Kalaora. Seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm.
April 3 and April 10, Wednesdays, 1pm (two dates), Introduction to Genealogy, at the Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library, 433 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. A 2 part series, where you will be introduced to genealogy resources available at the Boston Public Library, including Ancestry.com, newspapers on microfilm, and city directories. Registration is not required. Free to the public.
April 3 and April 10, Wednesdays, 1pm (two dates), Introduction to Genealogy, at the Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library, 433 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. A 2 part series, where you will be introduced to genealogy resources available at the Boston Public Library, including Ancestry.com, newspapers on microfilm, and city directories. Registration is not required. Free to the public.
April 3, Wednesday, noon, Songs
of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music, at the Windham
Town Hall, 4 North Lowell Road, Windham, New Hampshire. Free to the public,
sponsored by the Women’s Service Club of Windham. Presented by musician Jordan Tirell-Wysocki
on guitar and fiddle.
April 3, Wednesday, New
Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones, at the Lee Safety Complex, 20 George
Bennett Road, Lee, New Hampshire. Free to the public, sponsored by the Lee
Public Library. Presented by Glenn
Knoblock.
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. April 4, Thursday, 2pm, Rum Running on Cape Cod at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Hosted by Don Wilding’s Cape Cod and the Boston Public Library. Free to the public.
April 5, Friday, noon, Slavery in Old Kittery and Berwick [Maine]: The Truth Revealed, at NEHGS 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by historian Patricia Q. Wall with her new book Lives of Consequence: Blacks in Early Kittery & Berwick in the Massachusetts Province of Maine. Free to the public as part of the First Friday lecture series.
April 5, Friday, 7pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, at Stevens Hall, 1 Chester Street, Chester, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the Chester Historical Society. Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public.
April 6, Saturday,10am – 1pm, Tricorn Trifecta, at Bedford, Lincoln and Concord, Massachusetts. Three historic events- The Bedford Liberty Pole Capping, Meriams Corner Ceremony, and the retelling of Paul Revere’s Ride by the Lincoln Minutemen. Meriam’s Corner at 1pm; Paul Revere Capture Site, 3pm.
April 6, Saturday, 10am, Magical History Tour, at the Old Point and Sabastian Rale Monument, Norridgewock, Maine. The tour will be led by Mike Dekker, author of “The French and Indian Wars in Maine”. See this page to be registered for the tour: https://www.facebook.com/events/947166195672936/?active_tab=discussion
April 6 and 7, Saturday and Sunday, Regency Intensive Dance Weekend, at Salem, Massachusetts and hosted by the Commonwealth Vintage Dancers. Tickets at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efsmxuu874860901&oseq=&c=&ch= This is an immersive bootcamp for the entire weekend! Dance classes, tea, period games, and concludes with a Grand Ball on Sunday evening in the Hamilton Hall.
April 6, Saturday, noon, The World of Credit in Colonial Massachusetts, at the NEHGS library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public. Presented by James E. Wadsworth as part of the First Friday Lecture Series. Free to the public.
April 7, Sunday, 2pm, Welcome to the Graveyard! A virtual Tour of Cemetery Art, at the Dighton Town Hall, 979 Somerset Avenue, Dighton, Massachusetts. Free to the public, presented by the Gravestone Girls.
April 7, Sunday, 2pm, Salt Cod for Silver: Yankees, Basques, and the North Shore’s Forgotten Trade, at the Salem Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Free to the public, seating is limited to the first 200 attendees on a first come, first-serve basis. Participating in the symposium will be Xabier Lamikiz, University of the Basque Country; David Hancock, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor; and Karen Alexander, University of New Hampshire Gulf of Maine Cod Project. Independent scholar Donald C. Carleton, Jr. will be moderator.
April 7, Sunday, 2pm – 4pm, William Dawes’ Secret, at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, 10 Putnam Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts. This talk reveals Dawes the militia organizer, the fashion icon, and the arms smuggler. Presented by J. L. Bell, the author of The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War. Free to the public.
April 9, Tuesday, 1pm, Researching Ancestors Who Served in the Revolutionary War, at the Boston Public Library, at the Central Library, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts. This class will provide a basic overview in how to use military records for genealogy and lineage society applications (DAR and SAR). Free to the public.
April 9, Tuesday, 2pm, African American Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire during the American Revolution, at the Lawrence Barn, 28 Depot Road, Hollis, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Anna Keyes Powers DAR chapter. Free to the public. Presented by Glenn Knoblock.
April 10, Wednesday, 6:30pm, The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us, at the Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua Street, Milford, New Hampshire. Presented by expert Margo Burns. Free to the public.
April 11 – May 9, five consecutive Thursday Nights, Spring Lecture Series: Riots, Murder, and Mayhem! At the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Avenue, Concord, New Hampshire. New Hampshire has had one of the lowest crime rates in the country historically, but it has still experienced some high profile crimes including the infamous Smuttynose ax murders, a Civil War riot, and a bank collapse that foreshadowed the Ponzi schemes of the twentieth century. Space is limited and registration is required for all attendees. To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/riots-murder-and-mayhem-lecture-series-registration-58437753895?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Members are free, non-members are invited to join the Society to enjoy this and other member benefits.
April 11, Thursday, 7pm, Maine Ulster Scots Project: Reflections Book Launch, at the Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, Maine. Celebrate the launch of the new book "1718 - 2018, Reflections on 300 Years of Scots Irish in Maine" by William Roulston, John T. Mann, and Rebecca J. Graham. Book sales and signing. If you sign up for membership to the St. Andrews Society of Maine or the Freeport Historical Society during the event you will receive $5 off the price of the book. Snacks and refreshments will be available.
April 12, Friday, 1:30pm, "Of Graves and Epitaphs: A Conversation about New England's Stories in Stone", at the Hudson Genealogy Club at the Rogers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson, New Hampshire. Presented by David Alukonis. Free to the public.
April 12, Friday, 6pm, Kimball Jenkins History Club - Info Meeting!, at the Kimball Jenkins School of Art, 266 North Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire. Seeking intrepidly curious individuals with an interest in local history and/or historic architecture to attend an introductory meeting. Sift through dusty family documents and gorgeous old antique photos as we delve into the secrets of the Kimball Jenkins Estate. For more information please see https://www.facebook.com/events/401048340627698/
April 12 – 14, Founder’s Weekend at Derry, New Hampshire, Celebrating the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the towns of Londonderry, Derry, Windham and Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire. See the website https://www.nutfieldhistory.org/nutfield300th for registration and schedules. There are two tracks of events including a Heritage Weekend at the First Parish Meetinghouse of FREE activities to the public including talks, tours, kids activities, food service, displays, and more; and a Nutfield Families Reunion and Conference (registration fee required) across the street at the restored Upper Village Hall with keynote speakers, a dinner, genealogy information,and family reunions.
April 13, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE tour of the research facility. No need to register nor be a member. Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour.
April 13, Saturday, 1:30pm, Swedish Genealogy Research, at the Acton Memorial Library, 486 Main Street, Acton, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Middlesex Chapter. www.msoginc.org Presented by genealogist Michael McClellan. Free to the public.
April 13, Saturday, 2pm, Wild Ireland, at the Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, Massachusetts. Tom Toohey presents a program that is part travelogue and part mythology. The program handout includes a list of sources that genealogy researchers can use to enhance their knowledge of family stories. Free to the public.
April 13, Saturday, 2pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Avenue, Concord, New Hampshire. Presented by Pam Weeks. Included with the price of admission.
For a full schedule of Patriot’s Day activities commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, see this link: https://www.lexingtonma.gov/patriots-day-lexington/pages/2019-patriots-day-weekend-schedule-events and this link for Minute Man National Park: https://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/events.htm
April 13, Saturday, 9:30am, Parker’s Revenge Reenactment, on the Battle Green at Lexington, Massachusetts. The Lexington Minute Men gathered on the green for a second call to arms for Captain John Parker, which took place on the afternoon of April 19, 1775. Following this event, the Minute Men will march up Massachusetts Avenue to Fiske Hill, and continue to the Parker’s Revenge Site in the Minute Man National Park for a skirmish reenactment. Free to the public. Family friendly.
April 13, Saturday, 5pm – 11pm, Halfway to the Highland Games, at the Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A Street, Derry, New Hampshire. A full evening of Scottish music, culture, and history featuring Syr, The Rebel Collective, Elias Alexander and the Bywater Band, and the Pipes and Drums of NHSCOT. Tickets at www.tickets.tupelohall.com
April 14, Sunday, 11:30pm, Paul Revere’s Ride, at the Hancock-Clarke House, Lexington, Massachusetts. A dramatic reenactment of the arrival of Paul Revere at the Hancock-Clarke House after his famous ride. Admission is FREE.
April 14, Sunday, 2pm, Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire, at the Hopkinton Historical Society, 300 Main Street, Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Presented by Robert Goodby. Free to the public.
April 15, Monday, 5:30 am, Reenactment of the Battle of Lexington, at the Battle Green in Lexington, Massachusetts. Dress rehearsal will be Sunday, March 31 at 2pm, rain date Saturday April 6 at 2pm.
April 15, Monday, 8am, 9am, 10am, and 11am, First Shot! At the Depot: Film Screening, at the Lexington Historical Society, at the Depot, Lexington, Massachusetts. A film screening and question and answer period with British and Colonial reenactors. Entertainment between screenings. Tickets at the door. Adults $3, Children $1.
April 15, Monday, 8:30am, Patriot’s Day at the North Bridge Commemoration and the Concord Parade, at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. A dramatic reenactment of the skirmish involving Minute Men and the British regulars. The parade will follow the reenactment. https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=3FDFEDCB-155D-4519-3E518714E62D1A1A
April 16, Tuesday, 5:30pm, The Long 19th Amendment, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public, please RSVP at seminars@masshist.org or call 617-646-0579. Presented by Corinne Field, University of Virginia and Katherine Turk, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Moderated by Susan War, Schlesinger Library.
April 16, Tuesday, 7pm, Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765 – 1776, at the American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Free to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Patrick Spero will talk about his new book. Doors open at 6:30pm.
April 16, Tuesday, 7pm, The Founding Fathers: What Were They Thinking? At the John O’Leary Adult Community Center, 4 Church Street, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Free to the public, hosted by the Merrimack Historical Society. Presented by Richard Hesse.
April 17, Wednesday, 10am – 8pm, Connecting Histories: Boston’s Inaugural Event Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower. At the NEHGS library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public. A special day of family fun with a 10 foot scale model of the Mayflower, and the official opening of a new exhibit “Origins and Legacy of the Mayflower”, meet one-on-one with a genealogist to start tracing your family story, and more. Please register here https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=350
April 17, Wednesday, 3pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Bedford Public Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, New Hampshire. Presented by Pam Weeks. Participants are invited to bring one quilt for identification and/or story telling. Free to the public.
April 17, Wednesday, 6pm, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630 – 1865, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Pre-talk reception at 5:30. Presented by Mark Peterson of Yale University. $10 per person. Please register at www.masshist.org
April 17, Wednesday, 7pm, A Storm of Witchcraft Book Group with Dr. Emerson Baker, at Historic Beverly, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. $10 for non members, free for members. Dr. Baker will lead the discussion and take questions.
April 18, Thursday, 5:15pm, Historians and Ethics: The Case of Anne Moody, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public, please RSVP at seminars@masshist.org or call 617-646-0579. Presented by Francoise Hamlin, Brown University with comment by Chad Williams of Brandeis University.
April 18, Thursday, 6pm, The Critical Backstory to Colonization from the Native Perspective, at the NEHGS library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by Paula Peters, a Mashpee Wampanoag. Free to the public, compliments the exhibit “Our Story: 400 Years of Wampanoag History on display at NEHGS Paril 3 – 25. Please register here: https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=351 .
April 19, Friday, 6am, The Dawn Salute, at the Minute Man National Park, Old North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts. Speeches and a 21 gun salute by the Concord Minute Men and the Concord Independent Battery to commemorate the Battle of Concord Bridge on 19 April 1775.
April 20, Saturday 11am - 4:30pm, British Royal Artillery of the Revolutionary War, at the Colonel Paul Wentworth House, 47 Water Street, Rollinsford, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Royal Artillery 7th Company, 3rd Battalion. $5 for adults, free to kids and ARCH members. A day of living history with re-enactors who will display weapons, equipment and uniforms from General Burgoyne's Army of 1777. There will be military drills and demonstrations with two bronze 3 pounder artillery pieces and muskets.
April 20, Saturday, 11am, A Terrible Malady: Disease and Epidemics in New England, hosted by the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Bristol Chapter, and presented by Lori Lynn Price. Free to the public.
April 23, Tuesday, 5:15, Boston’s North End: Post World War II Italian Immigration, Segmented Assimilation, and the “Problem of Cornerville”, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. A paper presented by James Pasto, Boston University with comment by Marilynn Johnson of Boston College. Free to the public, please RSVP to seminars@masshist.org or call 617-646-0579.
April 24, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE tour of the research facility. No need to register nor be a member. Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour.
April 24, Wednesday, 6pm, Privateer Trail Walking Tour, by the Historic Beverly, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. $10 for non-members, free for members. Visit the homes and businesses of some of Beverly’s most famous privateers. Rain or shine.
April 24, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Bewitched: A Show, A Statue, and an Icon, at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Free to members, non-members $10. Presented by television and pop culture historian Robert Thompson, who will discuss the TV show and it’s lasting impact on culture and Salem. To reserve your spot for this lecture email jarrison@7gables.org or call 978-306-7003.
April 25, Friday, 6pm, Beer and Revolution, at Historic Beverly, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. Tickets at www.historicbeverly.net A four course dinner from Relish Catering and Events, paired with local brews from the Gentile Brewing Company, and a presentation about Beverly’s role in the American Revolution. Reservations close on April 22.
April 25, Friday, 6pm, A Virtual Tour of Cape Elizabeth’s Cemeteries, at the Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Presented by the Gravestone Girls. Free to the public.
April 25, Friday, 6:30pm, A Soldier’s Mother Tells Her Story, at the Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett, New Hampshire. Presented by re-enactor Sharon Wood who portrays Betsey Phelps, the mother of a Union soldier from Amherst, New Hampshire. Free to the public.
April 25, Friday, 7pm, The Music History of French-Canadians, Franco-Americans, Acadians, and Cajuns, at the Pierce Manse, 14 Horseshoe Pond Lane, Concord, New Hampshire. Free to the public, hosted by the Pierce Brigade, and presented by Lucie Therrien.
April 27, Saturday, 2pm, Impact of the 1918 Flu Epidemic: A Personal Stories Based Approach, at the Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, Massachusetts. Presented by Lori Lynn Price. Free to the public.
April 27, Saturday, 2pm, The Albacore Crew Tell Their Stories! At the Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Hosted by the USS Albacore Submarine and Museum. FREE to the public. Presented by Jack Hunter and Austin “Butch” Jordan based on their oral histories collected from actual Albacore crew members. Light refreshments following the lecture.
April 28, Sunday, 2 – 4pm, Pilgrim Chronicles: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of the Mayflower, at the NEHGS library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public. Presented by Robert Charles Anderson and Dr. Francis Bremer. Please register here https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=347
April 29, Monday, 2:15pm, New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them, at the Havenwood Heritage Heights, 33 Christian Avenue, Concord, New Hampshire. Free to the public. Presented by historian Jeremy D’Entremont.
April 29, Monday, 6pm, Visual Culture of Suffrage, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Pre-talk reception at 5:30. Presented by Allison Lange of the Wentworth Institute of Technology. Free to the public, please register at www.masshist.org This program is part of ArtWeek.
April 30, Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Putting Human Faces on the Textile Industry: The Workers of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at the Nashua Historical Society, 5 Abbott Road, Nashua, New Hampshire. Presented by historian Robert Perreault. Free to the public.
Coming Soon!
May 18, Saturday, 10am – 3pm, Annual Spring Meeting of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire. Featured speakers will be Sarah E. Galligan, Library Director of the NHHS and Brian Nelson Burford, the New Hampshire State Archivist. http://nhsog.org/
August 1 -5, Thursday to Monday, Parade of Sail, Tall Ships, in Portsmouth Harbor, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Parade of Sail 1:15 August 1st (up the Piscataquar River, under the Memorial Bridge, and turn around back to the State Pier). Ships will be open for tours 10am – 5pm, August 2- 4, and ships depart on August 5th.
August 17-18, Saturday and Sunday, Hillsborough History Alive at Hillsborough, New Hampshire. For more information https://historyalivenh.org Many activities, and presentations. French & Indian War and Civil War battles reenacted in the forest and fields. Encampments, sutlers, craft demonstrations, music and food.
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