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Throughout Plymouth County, and no matter your interest, you will find what you are looking for. The events we choose define our lives and feed our souls. The town and county of Plymouth offers events that lead straight to what moves you. Sit back, put up your feet, and plan your itinerary for a time well spent.
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BETH FINCH MCCARTHY, “WHO LYETH THERE? DIGGING UP COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND ANCESTOR RECORDS.” Researching your early New England family presents many challenges. Events may not have been recorded, or there is...
Though the Salem trials of 1692 are today one of the most famous in the Western world, they were far from the largest or deadliest. Nearly two decades before Salem,...
MARK SCHMIDT, “THE MAYFLOWER SOCIETY HOUSE AND THE RED CROSS: HOW THE HOUSE WAS USED DURING WORLD WAR II” In December 1941, just as the United States was entering World War...
BONNIE MUCIA, “SETTING SAIL TO THE MAYFLOWER SOCIETY WITH THE SILVER BOOKS AS YOUR GUIDE” Do you know how to apply to a lineage society? Do you understand the purpose of...
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. Erected in downtown Salem in 1992, this was an important moment for the city, as...
JEANETTE SHELIGA, “BEEFING UP AN ANCESTOR’S TIMELINE” So often there are unanswered questions and brick walls surrounding a person on your family tree. This presentation focuses on techniques and good practices...
Shellie Karol-Chik, “Disease and Epidemics in Colonial New England” More details to come. In 2021, the Mayflower Society launched a very popular Lecture Series covering a variety of Mayflower Pilgrim-related topics...
This year is an anniversary heavy year for us– as many of you may know! Not only is it the Salem Witch Museum’s 50th anniversary, it is also the 30th...
GEOFFREY GAMBLE, "THE MAYFLOWER AND ITS CREW: A NAUTICAL AND SOCIETAL HISTORY" More details to come. In 2021, the Mayflower Society launched a very popular Lecture Series covering a variety of...
Native Americans, English Colonists, and Strange Beasts Virginia D. Anderson - In conversation with Society Board member Eileen McIntyre, Professor Anderson will be on screen from Colorado. The discussion will focus...
John G. Turner, author of They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty, will talk about where the Pilgrims fit into contemporary American arguments about the...
Join Alan Stahl, Curator of Numismatics at Princeton University, for an online talk on Friday, January 27 at noon, about a silver sixpence bearing the date 1652, found at John...
Virginia Postrel, author of The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World will talk about the history of textiles and their impact on the world. With many of the...
