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July 29 – August 12, 2019, Introduction
to the Polish Heritage: A unique insight
into Poland’s History, Culture, Folklore, and Traditions. All inclusive Tour of Poland from
Boston. Sponsored by the Polish Center
of Discover and Learning of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Stas Radosz invites you to join the 10th
Edition of the Polish Heritage Tour.
This year features Gdansk in time for the Dominican Fair; as well as the
fortified castles of Malbork, Gniew, and Kwidzyn; the prehistoric Slav
settlement of Biskupin, and the Beskidy Mountains and the Lemko culture. Space
is limited. Check if space is available at 413-592-0001 or email polishcenter@elms.edu
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 1, Thursday, noon, Lunch and Learn: Dressed to Kill! At Plimoth Plantation’s Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center, 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Bring your lunch and listen to this lecture by Daniel Rosen, Plimoth Plantation’s top researcher and reproduction fabricators. He will explain different types of armor, misconceptions about the use of armor, and other topics. Members free, Non-members $10. Reserve your place here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-learn-dressed-to-kill-tickets-62578874097
August 1, Thursday, 7pm, Author Event: Shocking Family Secrets, at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Presented by author and podcaster Dani Shapiro, who will discuss her story and her new book Inheritance. Reservations through the Friends of the Duxbury Library: http://duxburyfol.org/event-tickets/dani-shapiro-tickets-aug-1-at-7-pm-at-dbms
August 2 – 4, Friday to Sunday, Redcoats to Rebels, at Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The largest Revolutionary War encampment in New England with over 4,000 spectators. Demonstrations, battles, skirmishes, and a ball at the Bullard Tavern on Saturday night. See https://osv.org/event/redcoats-rebels Included with museum admission.
August 2, Friday, 9am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the Concord Museum, 200 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 2, Friday, noon, Boston In the American Revolution: A Town versus an Empire, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, as part of the First Friday lecture series. Presented by author Brook Barbier. Free to the public. Register here: https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=1163
August 2, Friday, 9am – 6pm, Free Fun Friday at the Old State House Museum, 206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 3, Saturday, 10m - 4pm, 17th Century Reenactment and Archaeology at the Alden Reunion, Alden House Historic Site, 105 Alden Street, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Take a trip back in time as the New Plimmoth Gard re-enacts 17th century military drills and living history demonstrations. The program will also include a presentation about "The Evolution in Glass Consumption in New England" at 2pm by a UMass graduate student, Grace Bello, spotlighting recent research on the glass fragments uncovered at the Alden house. Activities for kids and much more.
August 3, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free orientation and tour of the oldest and largest non-profit genealogy library and archive in the USA. Membership not required. Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour. No registration necessary.
August 3, Saturday, 11am – 3pm, 17th Century Saturday, at the North Andover Historical Society, 153 Academy Road, North Andover, Massachusetts. Free to the public.
August 3,Saturday, 10am, Arts and Mysteries Revealed, at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Historic trade demonstrations. Family Friendly. Included with museum admission.
August 3 and 4, Saturday and Sunday, Fife and Drum at Fort McClary, Kittery Point, Maine. Fife and Drum corps from all over the Northeast will perform on the grounds of Fort McClary, including the Piscataqua Rangers Jr. Fife and Drum. Included with park admission. Family friendly.
August 3 and 4, Saturday and Sunday, The Saco River Intertribal Pow-wow, at Hussey’s Field, North Conway, New Hampshire. Public welcome. Drumming, dancing, story telling, music, vendors. Camping available. For information contact Sandy at 603-651-8769.
August 5 and 12, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, The ABCs of Genealogy and Family Research, at the Springfield Museums, 21 Edwards Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. Hosted by Old Bones Genealogy of New England. Tickets at springfieldmuseums.org
August 6, Tuesday, 7pm, Discovering New England Stone Walls, at the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, 63 Main Street, Sunapee, New Hampshire. Presented by Kevin Gardner, author of The Granite Kiss. Free to the public.
August 6, Tuesday, 7pm, Tuesday Talks Series – Let’s Talk about the Cemetery, at the Cataumet Schoolhouse, 1200 County Road, Cataumet, Massachusetts. Presented by the Graveyard Girls.
August 6, Tuesday, 7pm, Indian Wars of New England, at the Court Street Arts @Alumni Hall, 67 Court Street, Haverhill, New Hampshire. Presented by author Michael Tougias. Hosted by the Haverhill Library Association with a grant from the NH Humanities Council. Free to the public.
August 9, Friday, 10am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the Hancock Shaker Village, at 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 9, Friday, 9am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the JFK Hyannis Museum, 397 Main Street, Hyannis, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 9, Friday, 9am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, at 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 9, Friday, 10am – 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Old Colony History Museum, at Taunton 66 Church Green, Taunton, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 9, Friday, 10am – 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 9, Friday, 4:30 - 8pm, Portsmouth Historic Sites Associates Twilight Tour: Fashion! For one evening every year seven of the historic homesites in Portsmouth open their doors and gardens for this special tour. Each site offers a special focus such as lectures, story telling, short plays, and light refreshments. Buy your tickets online here: https://strawbery-banke-museum.simpletix.com/EventDetails/40122/Time/96601/?fbclid=IwAR1I530Qg55Jmb3I1DwD3KoAcDWXgW6EDOSpFnIWaNpYBxZlFvX7WyOfHdE#.XUDy9uhKiUk
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
August 10, Saturday, 10am, New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones, at the First Free Will Baptist Church, Route 114, North Sutton, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Sutton Historical Society with a grant from the NH Humanities Council. Presented by Glenn Knoblock. Free to the public.
August 14, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free orientation and tour of the oldest and largest non-profit genealogy library and archive in the USA. Membership not required. Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour. No registration necessary.
August 14, Wednesday, 7pm, Discovering New England Stone Walls, at the Moultonborough Public Library, 4 Holland Street, Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Presented by Kevin Gardner, author of The Granite Kiss. Free to the public.
August 15, Thursday, 6 – 8pm, Probate and Legal Documents in New Hampshire for Genealogy Research, at the Hilton Garden Room, Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Presented by professional genealogist Alex Auty. Free to the public.
August 15, Thursday, 5:30pm, A Mid-Summer Night's Cemetery Tour, Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire. $10 Manchester Historic Association members, $15 general public. Please pre-register 603-622-7531. Live actors will engage guests with first person accounts of some of Manchester's most prominent citizens!
August 15, Thursday, 6;30pm, “Footsteps Behind Him On The Road”, An Updated Look at Abraham Kimball’s Encounter With The Indians, at the Hopkinton Historical Society, 300 Main Street, Hopkinton, New Hampshire. The only known account of the capture by Indians of Abraham Kimball (1742 – 1828) came from second-hand information gathered by Alonzo J. Fogg in the 1870s. However, a letter discovered in the NH State Archives dictated by Kimball himself in 1823 has changed the story. Presented by local historian Steve Thomas, hosted by the Hopkinton Historical Society. Free to the public.
August 15, Thursday, 6:30, Wampanoag Ancestry and Heritage, part of the “Finding Your Ancestors” series at the Mayflower Society House, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Presented by Linda Coombs. Free to the public. For more information see www.themayflowersociety.org
August 16, Friday, 9am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 16, Friday, 10am – 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 16, Friday, 9am – 6pm, Free Fun Friday at the USS Constitution Museum, Building 22, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 17 and 18, Saturday and Sunday, Abenaki at the Trading Post, at the Fort at No. 4, 267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire. http://www.fortat4.org/events/natives-at-fort/natives-at-trading-post.php This fort had an unusual relationship with the local peoples. Learn more at this weekend event. Kid and family friendly.
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.
August 20, Tuesday, 7pm, Wit and Wisdom: Humor in 19th Century New England, at the Ashland Railroad Station Museum, 69 Depot Street (Route 132), Ashland, New Hampshire. What did New Englanders do on long winter evenings before cable, satellite, and the internet? Presented by storyteller Jo Radner, hosted by the Ashland Historical Society. Free to the public.
August 20, Tuesday, 7pm, Wild and Colorful: Victorian Architecture in New Hampshire, at the Dover Public Library, 73 Locust Street, Dover, New Hampshire. Presented by Richard Guy Wilson. Free to the public.
August 21, Wednesday, 7pm, Family Stories: How and Why to Remember and Tell Them, at the Freedom Town Hall, 16 Elm Street, Freedom, New Hampshire. Presented by storyteller Jo Radner, with foolproof ways to mine memories and interview relatives for meaningful stories. Participants will practice finding, developing and telling their own tales. Free to the public.
August 21, Wednesday, 7:30pm, New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them, at the Holderness Free Library, 866 US Route 3, Holderness, New Hampshire. Presented by lighthouse historian Jeremy D’Entremont. Free to the public.
August 22, Thursday, 11am, History of the Coast Guard, at the Essex National Heritage Area, Salem Ferry Dock, 10 Blaney Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Come aboard the Naumkeag to explore the harbor on a 1 ½ hour trip with John Galluzo, a Coast Guard historian. $25 adults. $18 Children. Essex Heritage Members receive a 20% discount. No one under 4 years old, and must be capable of negotiating the boat ramp without assistance. No bathroom on board. Call 978-224-2036 for more information.
August 22, Thursday, 6:30pm, Treasure from the Isles of Shoals: How New Archaeology is Changing Old History, at the Rye Public Library, 581 Washington Road, Rye, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Rye Historical Society. Presented by historian J. Dennis Robinson.
August 23, Friday, 10am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 23, Friday, 9am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the Boston Athenaeum, 10 ½ Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 23, Friday, 10am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the Fort Devens Museum, 94 Jackson Road #305, Devens, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 23, Friday, 10am – 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Freedom Trail Foundation, 139 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Tour passes will be given away starting at 10am on a first-come first-served basis. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 23, Friday, 10am – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the Heritage Museums and Gardens, 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 23, Friday, 10am – 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Museum of African American History, 46 Joy Street, Boston, Massachusetts and at 29 York Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 24 and 25, Saturday and Sunday, Living History with Warner’s Regiment, at the Fort at No. 4, 267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire. The village will be alive with demonstrations, artisans, vendors, hearth and campfire cooking, and more. http://www.fortat4.org/events/warner/warner-regiment.php
August 24, Saturday, 2pm, Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire, at the Conway Public Library, 15 Greenwood Avenue, Conway, New Hampshire. Presented by Robert Goodby. Free to the public.
August 24, Saturday, 8:15am - 12:30, Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group Mini Genealogy Conference, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 388 North Main Street, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Open to the public. Presenters will be Lori Lyn Price.
August 24, Saturday, 2:30pm, Difference of Opinion: The Divided States of America, Hosted by the Historical Society of Cheshire County, at 246 Main Street, Keene, New Hampshire. Patriots and Loyalists in Cheshire County represented by re-enactors portraying Abner Sanger and Mary Stiles, adult siblings with opposing views of the American Revolution.
August 25, Sunday, 10am – 6pm, American Ancestors at Open Newbury Street 2019, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Join NEHGS for a car free day on Newbury Street. Vendors will offer special activities, deals, and experiences. NEHGS will have free entry to the first floor of the library with family history themed games and activities, special offers, and a raffle. No registration is necessary.
August 25, Sunday, 11:30am, “If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be For Me?” George Washington’s Runaway Slave, at the Deering Community Church, 763 Deering Center Road, Deering, New Hampshire. Portrayed by Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti. Free to the public with a grant from the NH Humanities Council.
August 26, Monday, 2:15pm, Rosie’s Mom: Forgotten Women of the First World War, at the Havenwood Auditorium, 33 Christian Avenue, Concord, New Hampshire. Hosted by Havenwood Heritage Heights with a grant from the NH Humanities Council. Presented by historian Carrie Brown. Free to the public.
August 27, Tuesday, 7pm, The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, at the meeting of the Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society, Inc., in the upper hall of the American Legion Post #129, 22 Elm Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. Presented by Kathy Kaldis. We are always thrilled to have visitors at our meetings.
August 30, Friday, 8:30 – 5pm, Free Fun Friday at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 30, Friday, 9am – 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Osterville Historical Museum, 155 W. Bay Road, Osterville, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
August 31 – September 1, Saturday and Sunday, Let History Ring: Casting a New Ship’s Bell for the Mayflower II, at the Bus parking lot of Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Join the bell makers from The Verdin Company as they bring their mobile foundry to Plimoth Plantation for a weekend long bell casting. Dignitaries and honored guests will ring the bell for the first time before it is transported to Mystic, Connecticut for installation on the Mayflower II prior to her official launch on September 7th. Free to the public.
August 31, Saturday, noon - 4pm, Lexington's Spinning Protest, on Harrington Road, across from the Battle Green, Lexington, Massachusetts. This is the 250th anniversary of the 1769 spinning protest. There will be spinners in period dress, interpreters sharing information on the craft of spinning, plus a preview of the 2020 Buckman Tavern exhibit on women and political protest. Free and open to the public.
August 31, Saturday, 1pm, 1:45, and 2:30, Rendezvous with Rachel Revere, at the Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Tickets at www.paulreverehouse.org This is a short play about the wife of the famous Paul Revere.
Upcoming events:
September 7, Saturday, 2 – 3pm, See the Mayflower II Launch! At the Mystic Seaport Museum’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, 75 Gerenmanville Avenue, Mystic, Connecticut. More details to come https://www.plimoth.org/calendar?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20190907#/?i=1
September 13 and 14, Maine Genealogical Society Fall Annual Meeting and Conference “Unraveling Your Roots: DNA and Genealogy Weekend”, at the Fireside Inn & Suites, Portland, Maine. Friday 1/2 workshop for intermediate DNA family researchers (limited spots available) and an opening reception, and Saturday Conference and Annual Meeting with two national Keynote Speakers: Karen Stanbary “DNA Ethics and Sprising Results” and Patricia Hobbs “Problem Solving with DNA Case Studies”. See www.maineroots.org
September 21 and 22, Saturday and Sunday, 10 – 3pm both days, The 15th Annual Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, hosted by the Friends of the South End, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This is the world’s largest fairy house tour! There are more than 250 fairy houses built by professional artists, community members, and students on the grounds of Strawbery Banke, Historic New England’s Governor John Langdon House, and in Prescott Park. Tickets available online starting August 1, 2019 http://www.portsmouthfairyhousetour.com/
September 21, Saturday, 8:30am – 5:30pm, Founder’s Footsteps: Mayflower and Cape Cod Tour, starts at Plimoth Plantation museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Enjoy fall on Cape Cod as you walk in the footsteps of colonial and indigenous communities with Plimoth Plantation historians. $90 for members, $105 for non-members. Bring lunch, or enjoy a catered box lunch for $15. Call Hillary Goodnow at 508-746-1622 x 8287 or email hgoodnow@plimoth.org
September 21, Saturday, 1pm – 4pm, Genealogy Workshop: Researching Early New England Ancestry, at the Folsom Tavern 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. Presented by David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist at the New England Historic Genealogy Society. Tickets at www.independencemuseum.org
September 28 and 29, Saturday and Sunday, Return to Fort at No. 4: Revolutionary War Weekend, Charlestown, New Hampshire. Revolutionary War reenactments on both Saturday and Sunday, sutlers, encampment, food, and activities. http://www.fortat4.org/events/rev-war/revwar.php
September 28, Saturday, American Canadian Genealogy Society Fall Conference, at the Puritan Restaurant, Manchester, New Hampshire. See the website for details. https://acgs.org
September 28, Saturday, 9:30am – 3pm, Rhode Island Genealogical Society All Day Meeting, at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1817 Warwick Avenue, Warwick, Rhode Island. See the website for details https://rigensoc.org
October 19, Connecticut Society of Genealogists Annual Family History Seminar, at the Four Points Sheraton, 275 Research Parkway, Meriden, Connecticut.
May 21, 2020, Thursday, noon – 5pm, Welcome Home, Mayflower II, at Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Come celebrate the return of the newly restored Mayflower II to her home berth in Plymouth harbor. The celebrations will continue all Memorial Day weekend.
April 14, 2021 – April 17, 2021, NERGC 2021 (The New England Regional Genealogical Conference), at the Mass Mutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. http://nergc.org/
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