Ancestry Days: Visualizing 1692 Salem
The Daniels House 1 Daniels St, Salem, MA, United StatesExplore 1692 Salem with an Architectural Historian for Salem Ancestry Days. We’ll take a tour of The Daniels House, an original 1667 mansion, to understand their architecture before walking around Salem’s oldest neighborhood to see how echoes of the frontier environment survive today.
Madam Turner’s World: The Life of Mary Kitchen Turner
The House of the Seven Gables 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA, United StatesFree, registration requested:7gables.org/events Probate documents illuminate the life of The House of the Seven Gables’ longest-lived resident, Mary Kitchen Turner (1684-1768). The daughter of a merchant family who married John Turner II at 18, Madam Turner survived her husband by 26 years without remarrying. This lecture will look at the material world that surrounded her as evidenced by a record ... Read More
Preservation Roadshow!
First Church 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United StatesConsult with experts about how best to preserve and store your family photographs, books, and documents–for free! Visitors are invited to bring items (or photographs of them) for review. Hosted by the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, in collaboration with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society. Walk-ins are welcome.
Salem Ancestry Days Exhibitor Fair
First Church 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United StatesStart your genealogical start on Salem Ancestry Days weekend at First Church. Lectures, maps, tours all in one place. Our Exhibitors Include: Friends of Broad St. Cemetery DAR Timothy Pickering Chapter New England Historic Genealogical Society Massachusetts Society of Genealogy St. Peter’s Church Peabody Essex Museum – Phillips Library Essex Registry of Deeds
Getting Started in Family History
First Church 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United StatesLearn how to get started with your family history research. Hear about first steps and go-to resources.
A Look at Salem Diarists with Professor Donna Seger
Virtual EventFrom the seventeenth century through the twentieth, soldiers and statesmen, artists and authors, and otherwise average men and women chronicled their daily lives and responded to the epic events that impacted their worlds, including wars, economic crises, and pandemics. Dr.Donna Seger of Salem State University will present an overview of Salem diaries and diarists over the centuries, and focus on ... Read More
Tour Historic St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter’s Church 24 St. Peter's Street, Salem, MA, United StatesAre you a descendant of Philip English, accused of witchcraft in 1692, whose family tree includes Hawthorne’s and Ingersoll’s? Perhaps your Massachusetts ancestors remained loyal to the English crown during the Revolution, or you descend from a Salem ship captain, enslaved person, or from the great American mathematician and navigator, Nathaniel Bowditch. How was an Anglican Church, whose bell tower ... Read More
Salem’s Remond Family: The Next Generations’ Connections to Newport & Providence
Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, United StatesJoin Hamilton Hall and Harmony Grove Cemetery for a joint Salem Ancestry Days event on Sunday, April 23 at 4:00PM. This lecture explores the genealogy and legacy of prominent 19th- and 20th-century African-American New England families. Our speakers are Theresa Guzman Stokes and Keith Stokes of the 1696 Heritage Group. The Stokes will together draw connections between descendants of Salem’s Remond family and ... Read More
2023 MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL
Downtown Salem MAThe Massachusetts Poetry Festival is a biennial celebration of contemporary poetry. This year the Festival will be back on the ground in Salem, MA, May 5-7. We will feature over 150 poets in 75+ events ranging from workshops, panels, readings, and more. Tickets are now available, and if you purchase a ticket before April 8, you will automatically be in the running ... Read More
For the Record – Community Art making
Residency Records 7 1/2 Church St, Salem, Massachusetts, United StatesFor the Record: Food Confessions is the community art project for the 2023 Salem ArtsFestival, led by student artist Alexia Coleman and public artists Linda Mullen andClaudia Paraschiv.Food influences everyone somehow, from how they connect with their culture to theirbody to their memories. This year, we ask the questions: How do you connect withfood? What stories do you associate with ... Read More
Spirits Tour and Closing Ceremony
Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United StatesJoin us in celebrating the closing of Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa and Robert Beer with after-hours events, including a curator-led tour, guided meditation and sound bathing. Visitors can learn about Tsherin Sherpa’s Wish Fulfilling Tree from curators and join in a discussion about the artist’s process and the significance of the wishes to Sherpa’s practice. Together, we will honor the wishes ... Read More
Pride Month flag raising 2023
Riley Plaza 212 Washington Street, Salem, MA, United StatesThis event will take place on June 1st at Riley Plaza 12:00pm. Our office intends to be as inclusive as possible, and all are welcome to attend.