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...

Preservation Roadshow!

First Church 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA

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...

Tracing the Past; a talk by Daniel Fury

Black Cat Curiosity Shoppe 234 Essex Street, Salem, MA

Daniel is the author of "If These Stones Could Speak: the History and People of the Old Salem Burying Point." Daniel will discuss the methods he used to find information,...

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...

Tour Historic St. Peter’s Church

St. Peter's Church 24 St. Peter's Street, Salem, MA

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...

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...

Salem Ancestry Days: The Tradition of Weir-Fishing

Cat Cove Marine Laboratory, Salem State University SALE-44_0037, Salem, MA

Thomas Green, representative of the Massachusetts's Tribe, shares the ancient practice of weir-fishing and fish smoking. Space is limited, reservations may be made HERE

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