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May 2019
Just starting out? Experienced but stumped? Want access to Ancestry.com? Family history researchers find that historical artifacts and documents become pieces of a complex and fascinating puzzle that shows you where you came from and [...]
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Please join us at the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead (778 Palisado Avenue, Windsor) on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 2 p.m. as Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald discuss Amelia Simmons’ 1796 American Cookery, and what this [...]
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More shad after Shad Derby! Take this rare opportunity to tour Windsor’s Rainbow Dam and Fish Ladder and the Farmington River Power Company built by Stanley Works in 1925. Enthusiastic participants on past tours have [...]
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Just starting out? Hit a brick wall? Let’s try to knock it down together! Want access to Ancestry.com and other genealogy databases? We have access to Ancestry’s international databases with our World Explorer account, as well [...]
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As part of Connecticut Open House Day, see a working model of the Windsor Locks Canal in operation, bring the kids to our Learning Center to play, and tour our nationally award-winning hands-on Strong-Howard House [...]
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Just in time for summer! Hollywood tiki bars in the 1930s, WWII servicemen returning from the South Pacific after World War II, Hawaiian statehood in 1958. Sample Mai Tais, Royal Hawaiians, and more, and enjoy [...]
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Did you know that Bradley Airport started out as a training base for air combat units, and served as a camp for German prisoners of war during World War II? Popular lecturer Bob Bell returns [...]
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