Three Men and a One-Shilling Knife: A Genealogical Look at Local History

Name: Three Men and a One-Shilling Knife: A Genealogical Look at Local History
Start: 2026-07-20T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-20T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Dover Public Library

Schedule

Mon Jul 20 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Dover Public Library | Dover, NH

This engaging program uses a dramatic 1788 tavern killing in New Durham to show how genealogists uncover the stories from the past.
About this Event

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Presented by Robert Cameron Weir of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, this engaging program uses a dramatic 1788 tavern killing in New Durham to show how genealogists uncover the stories from the past. Through newspapers, court records, military records, petitions, and other original sources, the lecture follows the intertwined lives of three Revolutionary War veterans and reveals how family history research can illuminate the people, events, and communities of New Hampshire’s past.