Madam Turner’s World: The Life of Mary Kitchen Turner

The House of the Seven Gables 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA, United States

Free, 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

Red Party III

Colonial Hall at Rockafellas 227 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

Get Your Tickets NOW for Red Party III …it’s gonna be a drag! April 22, 2023 Colonial Hall at Rockafellas – 227 Essex Street, Salem, MA VIP Admission – 6:30pm / General Admission – 7:30pm NAGLY is bringing the heat again this year with the latest iteration of its now (in)famous signature fundraising event. Red Party III is ratcheting up the bar even ... Read More

Salem Witch Trials Ancestors & Descendants Tour

Salem will be 400 years old in 2026. It is rich in history, including a critical role in the American Revolution and being the richest seaport per capita from 1790 to 1812. And then there is the 1692 Witch Trials. There were 156 official complaints and maybe 200 accused, along with 70 afflicted persons, nine judges, dozens of jurors and ... Read More

Preservation Roadshow!

First Church 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

Consult 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 States

Start 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 States

Learn 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 Event

From 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 Street, Salem, MA, United States

Are 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 States

Join Hamilton Hall and Harmony Grove Cemetery for a joint Salem Ancestry Days event. 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 the Rice, Sherman ... Read More

Salem’s Remond Family: The Next Generations’ Connections to Newport & Providence

Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, United States

Join 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

Salem Witch Trials Ancestors & Descendants Tour

Salem will be 400 years old in 2026. It is rich in history, including a critical role in the American Revolution and being the richest seaport per capita from 1790 to 1812. And then there is the 1692 Witch Trials. There were 156 official complaints and maybe 200 accused, along with 70 afflicted persons, nine judges, dozens of jurors and ... Read More

Gu Wenda: United Nations

Peabody Essex Museum

Gu Wenda is among the most significant artists to emerge from China in the last 50 years. His awe-inspiring installations immerse visitors in a vision of shared humanity, global connectivity, and mass participation. He began as an ink painter, but by 1993 Gu began his united nations series, in which he works with human hair and other bodily materials. In ... Read More