November 2019 Genealogy and Local History Calendar

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November 1, Friday, 9:30pm, A Haunted Evening at the South Meetinghouse, 280 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tickets at www.newenglandcuriosities.com  Join author and tour guide Roxie Zwicker with paranormal investigator radio host Ron Kolek for a tour of the historic 1866 South Meetinghouse. Space is limited. Refreshments and snacks served. $35 for adults, $19 for under age 16.

November 2, Saturday, 8 – 4pm, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Annual Meeting: Lights, Camera, Ancestors!, Spotlight on Family History, at the Marlborough Country Club, 200 Concord, Road, Marlborough, Massachusetts. https://www.msoginc.org/msogwp/events-2/annual-meeting-2019/  

November 2, Saturday, 9:30am – 3pm, Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts 30^th Anniversary Event, at the Munich Haus Restaurant Banquet Hall, 13 Center Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts.  Speakers Colleen Fitzpatrick and Daniel Bucko, catered Polish lunch, raffle, and socializing.  Pre-registration required for $30 PGSMA members, and $40 for non-members.  Register at http://pgsma.org/30th-anniversary-event.html 

November 2, Saturday, 9:30 – 2:30pm, The Fall Meeting of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists:  Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Read All About It!  Finding Your Ancestors in Early Newspapers, at the Hotel Concord, 11 South Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire.  Speaker Janeen Bjork will present three talks, breakfast and lunch included.  See the website www.nhsog.org 

November 2, Saturday, 10am – 3:30pm, Nutfield 300^th Tours Day, at the First Parish Church, 47 East Derry Road, East Derry, New Hampshire.  A morning guided tour of the 1769 Meetinghouse, founded by Rev. MacGregor of Aghadowey, Northern Ireland. A lunch service in the Currier Hall, followed by an historic tour of Forest Hill Cemetery led by T.J. Cullinane.  Tours are free, lunch details to be determined. https://www.facebook.com/events/2460410457513971/ 

November 2, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free tour of the library.  Non members welcome. Tour attendees are welcome to use the library after the tour. No registration necessary.

November 2, 3, 9, and other dates, 10am, 300 Years of Thanksgiving Traditions: A Guided Tour, at the Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tickets at https://www.facebook.com/events/2924774007540473/  This is a multi-sensory, 90 minute tour following the evolution of Thanksgiving from the time of the Puritans to today’s feast.  Recommended for ages 5+.  Adults $15, children $10, members and military are free.

November 2, Saturday, noon, Researching Your Family History Through Newspapers, at the gathering of the Plymouth County Genealogists at the East Bridgewater Public Library. Free event. Free refreshments. Presented by David J. McRae.  Noon social hour, 12:30 business meeting, speaker at 1pm.

November 2, Saturday, 1pm, National Register District Walking Tour, at Historic Beverly, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.  $10 or free for members.  This walk is a mile long, held rain or shine. 

November 2, Saturday, 1pm, A House on the Bay: Life on 17^th Century New Hampshire’s Coastal Frontier, at the Puritan Restaurant, 245 Hooksett Road, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Presented by Neill DePaoli. Free to the public after the New Hampshire Mayflower Society business meeting and luncheon. 

November 2, Saturday, 2pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, Kingston Town Hall, 163 Main Street, Kingston, New Hampshire. Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities. 

November 2, Saturday, 2pm, Story of the Steeple Fundraising Dinner, at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Derry, 40 East Derry Road, East Derry, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Friends of the Meetinghouse at First Parish.  A delicious barbecue meal catered by Gabi's Smokeshack, a rare insider's look at the multi-year challenges in restoring the Steeple of the Meetinghouse by Aaron Sturgis of Preservation Timber Framing, and a silent auction of artifacts from the 1769 building, raffle baskets from local businesses, and more! $50 per ticket. All proceeds go directly to the Meetinghouse preservation fund. Buy your tickets here:  https://www.tickettailor.com/events/fotmh/307279?fbclid=IwAR0bxMLYwP-daEjr4wxY9TXhOv-Ut9-mW5_x3AMT9ADdu0_m0u2--91lVAE

November 3, Sunday, 1pm, A History of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, at the Canterbury Town Hall, 1 Old Tilton Road, Canterbury, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Canterbury Historical Society and presented by John Gfroerer, a documentary producer.  Free to the public. 

November 4, Monday, 7:30pm, Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Persistent Myth, at the Royall House & Slave Quarters, 15 George Street, Modford, Massachusetts. Kevin Levin will speak about his new book.  $10 for non-members.

November 5, Tuesday, Stories of Our Ancestors: What You Can Find in Ships Manifests, at the Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Hosted by the Chelmsford Genealogy Club.  Presented by Janis Duffy.  Free to the public.

November 5, Tuesday, 7pm, Putting Human Faces on the Textile Industry, at the Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. Presented by Robert Perreault who sheds light on the workers of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.  Doors open at 6:30 for light refreshments. Free to the public. 

November 5, Tuesday, 7pm, Stories of Our Ancestors: What can we learn from ship manifests?, at the Chelmsford Genealogy Club, at the Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  Presented by Janis Duffy. Free to the public.

November 5, Tuesday, 7pm, Life Under the Tsars: Documenting Jewish Ancestors in Imperial Russia, at the Memoral Hall Public Library, Andover, Massachusetts.  Presented by Dr. Alan Shuchat, retired professor from Wellesley College.  Free to the public.

November 6, Wednesday, 10am, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, at the Marion Gerrish Community Center, 39 West Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Amoskeag Questers.  Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public.

November 6, Wednesday, noon, Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music, at the Windham Town Hall, 4 North Lowell Road, Windham, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Women’s Service Club of Windham, and presented by musician Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki on fiddle and guitar. Free to the public.

November 6, Wednesday, noon, Using AmericanAncestors.org: A Hands-On Workshop, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. Presented by Don LeClair. 

November 7, Thursday, noon, Lunch & Learn: The Story of Thanksgiving, at Plimoth Plantation Museum, in the Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Members free, non-members $10.  Presented by Plimoth’s colonial foodways historian Kethleen Wall.  Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-learn-the-history-of-thanksgiving-tickets-72588236369 

November 7, Thursday, 6pm, Tipsy History Trivia Night, at the Sea Dog Brewing Company, 5 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the Exeter Historical Society, and hosted by curator Barbara Rimkunas.  Cover charge $20 per person or $15 per member includes an appetizer and one glass or beer or wine.

November 7, Thursday, 6:30pm, The Girl in Black and White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement, at the Longfellow House, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Presented by Jessie Morgan-Owens.  Space is limited, so please call 617-876-4491 or email long_reservations@nps.gov to reserve your spot.

November 9, Saturday, 1pm, Wilkins and Kinsbury Toy Identification Day & Show-n-Tell, at the Historical Society of Cheshire County, 246 Main Street, Keene, New Hampshire. Toy experts Greg Bixby and David Frechette will help to identify toys. Participants are enouraged to bring up 3 of their favorite Triumph-Wilkins-Kingsbury toys.  Please share a story with the other participants. Advanced registration required at 603-352-1895.  

November 9, Saturday, 1pm, Berkshire Family History Association Informational Talk and Tour, at the Berkshire Athenaeum Auditorium, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  Come hear about BFHA’s activities, services, membership benefits, and tour the local history and genealogy department.  Guest speaker Michelle LeClair will speak about “A Brick Wall Toppled by a Single Funeral Card”.  No registration required. Free to the public. Light refreshments. 

November 9, Saturday, 2pm, Vanished Veterans – NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Nashua Historical Society, 5 Abbott Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. Presented by George Morrison, who has located, inventoried, and photographed the New Hampshire Civil War memorials from obelisks, statuary, murals, cast iron, stained glass, and buildings. Free to the public.

November 10, Sunday, 2pm, Portal to the Underworld, at the Museum of Old Newbury, 98 High Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts.  Led by guides James and Mary Gage.  Space is limited, please register in advance at www.newburyhistory.org or info@newburyhistory.org

November 9, Saturday, 2pm, Vanished Veterans – NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the South Newbury Union Church, 162 Village Road, South Newbury, New Hampshire. Presented by George Morrison, who has located, inventoried, and photographed the New Hampshire Civil War memorials from obelisks, statuary, murals, cast iron, stained glass, and buildings. Free to the public.

November 12, Tuesday, 6pm, , Vanished Veterans – NH’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Hill Library, 1151 Parker Mountain Road, Strafford, New Hampshire.  Presented by George Morrison, who has located, inventoried, and photographed the New Hampshire Civil War memorials from obelisks, statuary, murals, cast iron, stained glass, and buildings. Free to the public.

November 12, Tuesday, 6pm, Historian Donald L. Miller with Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign that Broke the Confederacy, at the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Cost $37.50 includes a guaranteed seat and a signed book, $12.50 general admission.  Register here: https://my.americanancestors.org/1137/1236

November 12, Tuesday, 6pm, Rosie’s Mom: Forgotten Women of the First World War, at the Goodwin Library, 422 Main Street, Farmington, New Hampshire.  Presented by historian Carrie Brown. Free to the public.

November 12, Tuesday, 7pm, Abby Hutchinson’s Sweet Freedom Songs: Songs and Stories of the Struggle for Abolition and Woman Suffrage, at the Salem Meeting House, 310 Main Street, Salem, New Hampshire. Presented by Deborah Anne Goss who will appear as Abby Hutchinson Patton with the balads and ditties sung during anti-slavery and early women’s rights struggles in the mid-19^th-century USA.  Free to the public.

November 13, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free tour of the library.  Non-members welcome. Tour attendees are welcome to use the library after the tour. No registration necessary.

November 13, Wednesday, 6pm, Harnessing History: On the Trail of New Hampshire’s State Dog, the Chinook, at the Smyth Public Library, 55 High Street, Candia, New Hampshire. Presented by Bob Cottrell who will cover the history of Arthur Waldren and his Chinooks. Free to the public through a grant from the NH Humanities Council.

November 13, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Duxbury's Women at Sea, in partnership with the Hannah Winthrop DAR and the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. Join archivist and historian Carolyn Ravenscroft to learn about a new project to uncover the identities of Duxbury women who sailed from 1809 - 1890. Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/1223/1304 

November 13, Wednesday, 7pm, African American Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire During the American Revolution, at the Old Webster Courthouse, 6 Court Street, Plymouth, New Hampshire. Presented by Glenn Knoblock. Free to the public.
November 13, Wednesday, 7pm, A History of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, at the Kensington Library, 126 Amesbury Road, Kensington, New Hampshire. Presented by John Gfroer.  Free to the public.

November 14, Thursday, 6pm, Atlas of Boston History, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Nancy Seasholes, Jim Vrabel, Robert Allison, and Richard Garver present a new comprehensive history of Boston.  Pre-talk reception at 5:30. Free to the public, please register at www.masshist.org  

November 14, Thursday, 6pm,  75th Anniversary of D-Day, In partnership with the English Speaking Union and the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Featuring historian Nigel Hamilton.  $30 per person, register here: https://my.americanancestors.org/1137/1349

November 14, Thursday, 6:30pm, The Sugar Planters of Brattle Street, at the Longfellow House, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The Vassall family and their relatives enslaved thousands of people on their sugar plantation in Jamaica, using their fortune to build this house in Cambridge.  Presented by Caitlin Galante DeAngelis Hopkins of Harvard University. Space is limited, so call 617-876-4491 or email long_reservations@nps.gov to reserve your spot!

November 15, Friday, 10:15am, New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them, at the Community Church of Durham, 17 Main Street, Durham, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Durham Newcomers Unlimited Club, and presented by lighthouse historian Jeremy D’Entremont. Free to the public.

November 16, Saturday, 10am - noon, Kids Do Family History Genealogy Workshop, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire. $10 members, $12 non-members. Children must be accompanied by an adult, suitable for kids 5 -12 but all ages are welcome. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Please call 603-856-06535 to register and pay by phone. 

November 16, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free tour of the library.  Non members welcome. Tour attendees are welcome to use the library after the tour. No registration necessary.

November 16, Saturday, noon, Locating Vital Records in Poland Using Online Resources, at the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Bristol Chapter meeting at the Somerset Public Library, 1464 Country Street (Route 138), Somerset, Massachusetts.  Business meeting at 11am, presentation at noon. Free to the public. Presented by Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz. 

November 16, Saturday, noon, Genealogical Resources in Digital Commonwealth Collections, hosted by the Essex Society of Genealogists at the Centre Congregational Church, 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.   There will be a BYO lunch and social hour from noon - 1pm, followed by the featured speaker, Jean Maguire.  Free to the public. Visitors are welcome. 

November 16, Saturday, 1 – 4pm, Genealogy Workshop: Writing Your Family History, at the Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire.  Tickets available at www.independencemuseum.org Presented by Penny Stratton, retired publishing director at NEHGS. 

November 16, Saturday, 1pm, The Middlesex Canal and Lowell, at the UMass Lowell Center for Lowell History, 40 French Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.  Presented by J. Jeremiah Breen, president of the Middlesex Canal Association.  Free to the public. 

November 16, Saturday, 1:30pm, “Richard William Daniels, the Marrying Barber: A DNA Case Study from the John Daniels of New London, CT Project with Keith Wilson, at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut.  https://ctfamilyhistory.com/event/richard-william-daniels-the-marrying-barber-a-dna-case-study-from-the-john-daniels-of-new-london-ct-project-with-keith-wilson/  

November 17, Sunday, 2 – 4pm, Read All About It!  Techniques to Find Your Ancestors in the Newspapers, at the Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Free to the public. Presented by NEHGS genealogist Melanie McComb. 

November 17, Sunday, 2pm, New England Witchcraft Tales, at the Bridgewater Senior Center, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. Presented by Roxie Zwicker.

November 17, Sunday, 3pm, Old York’s 2019 Dessert and Lecture Series: 18^th Century Shoes, at the Old York Historical Society, 3 Lindsay Road, York, Maine. Tickets at www.oldyork.simpleteix.com  Presented by Kimberly Alexander of UNH.  $18 non-members, $15 members.

November 18, Monday, 6:30pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, at the Rochester Public Library, 65 South Main Street, Rochester, New Hampshire.  Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public.

November 19, Tuesday, 5:15pm, Murder at the Manhattan Well: The Personal and the Political int eh Election of 1800, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

November 19, Tuesday, 7pm, Google Earth for Genealogists: Time Travel with Google Earth, at the American Legion Post 129, Gardner, Massachusetts.  Join the Central Massachusetts Society of Genealogists for an informative webinar from Lisa Louise Cook, host of the Genealogy Gems podcast.  Free to the public.

November 20, Wednesday, 6pm, Plymouth Colony First Lady Penelope Winslow: Reconstructing a Life Through Material Culture, at the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston.  Free to the public. Presented by author Michelle Marchetti Coughlin.  Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/1223/1305

November 20, Wednesday, 7:30pm, Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter, at the Royall House & Slave Quarters, 15 George Street, Medford, Massachusetts.  Kerri Greenidge of Tufts University will speak about her forthcoming book.  William Monroe Trotter (1872 – 1934) was the Harvard educated editor of the Guardian newspaper in Boston. $10 for non-members.

November 21, Thursday, noon, Newburyport 101: Urban Renewal:  Demolition or Restoration?  at the Museum of Old Newbury, 98 High Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts. This lecture is led by Ghlee Woodworth. Space is limited and advance registration is required info@newburyhistory.org or 978-462-2681.  Please bring a bag lunch. 

November 21, Thursday, 5:15pm, Mary Church Terrell’s Intersectional Black Feminism, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Alison M. Parker of the University of Delaware, with comment from Kerri Greenidge of Tufts University.

November 21, Thursday, 6pm,  George Howe Colt with The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968, at the American Ancestors Research Center, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Cost $19.50 includes guaranteed seat and signed paperback book, $12.50 general admission.  Register here: https://my.americanancestors.org/1137/1237  

November 21, Thursday, 7pm, New England’s Colonial Meetinghouses and their Impact on American Society, at the Grantham Town Hall – Lower Level, 300 NH Route 10 South, Grantham, New Hampshire. Presented by Paul Wainwright. Free to the public.

November 23, Saturday, 11am, Songs of Emigration: Storytelling through Traditional Irish Music, at the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library, 1 Nelson Common Road, Nelson, New Hampshire. Presented by musician Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki on fiddle and guitar. Free to the public.

November 23, Saturday, 1pm, Holyoke Canal Walking Tour, meet up at the Dwight Street at the Upper Corner of Holyoke Heritage Park in Holyoke, Massachusetts.  We will walk to various historic points along the canals. Free to the public.

November 23, Saturday, 1pm, Using DNA in Family History Research, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, in partnership with the New England Historic Genealogical Society.  Presented by Tom Dreyer. Cost $35 members, $50 Not Yet Members.  Register here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-dna-in-family-history-research-genealogy-workshop-registration-67875837457

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, and 23, at 5:15pm, Five Session Genealogy Classes, at the North Adams Public Library, in North Adams, Massachusetts.  Topics include Ancestry, FamilySearch, Ellis Island records using StevenMorse.org, naturalization and citizenship, and the US Census records.  To register contact the North Adams library at 413-662-3133 ext 13. 


Future Events:


March 14 and 15, 2020, History Camp Boston, https://historycamp.org/


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/