Tinmouth Events
Tinmouth Historical & Genealogical Society
President: Elizabeth Allison, (eallison@pshift.com) |
Some Photos of Tinmouth's Past |
January 3rd - Oral History as Discovery Research Finding Community and
Meaning in Others' Words. Presentation by Greg Sharrow from the Vermont Folk Life Center. The significance of oral history, and the connections between community, story, and place will be illuminated. At the Old Fire House - 7:00 pm.
January 5th - Workshop with Greg Sharrow
Learn how to engage meaningful interviews through this workshop entitled: The Heart of the Matter: An Ethnographic Model. At the Old Fire House 9-3.
January 27th - Work on papers, pictures, etc at the town office. Nancy Noble, Leader
February 24th – Richard J. Rodrigues discusses the Green Mountain Boys and reads from his recent book, Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy. Old Firehouse, 2 PM
March 30th - Conversations with older families - Wilbur and Morgan, Stan Wilbur, Leader
April 27th - Dig at Drachman's, still looking for the old tavern, John LaFountain, Leader
June 1st - "Story Keeping", lead by Nelson Jaquay
June 21-22 - Vermont History Expo at Tunbridge - Civil War – THGS plans to exhibit this year; tentively on “Tinmouth’s Civil War Sites” Grant Reynolds and Stan Wilbur
July 27th - "Growing up on a Farm" Reminiscing with members of Tinmouth farm families, Bob Drachman, Leader
August 24th - "A Little Town in Vermont". Some history, some geography, a little sociology, and some pictures of Tinmouth over the 248 years since we were chartered in 1761. Grant Reynolds
September 28th - Re-Dedication of the WWII Honor Roll, Stan Wilbur, Leader
October 26th - Annual Potluck Lunch and Meeting
No Meetings in November or December.
All Meetings are scheduled for 2:00 PM on the 4th Sunday of the Month
at the Town Office unless otherwise noted.
Work days on the Old Creamery will be announced at a later date.
THGS Ongoing Projects
- We publish a quarterly journal, The Tinmouth Channel, with articles about Tinmouth and Vermont history and Tinmouth-related genealogy. Editor - Grant Reynolds, grant62@vermontel.net.
- Archeology of historic sites in Tinmouth
- Restoring the Old Creamery (next to the town office on Mountain View Road)
- Maintenance of the many cemetaries other than the main Tinmouth Cemetery on route 140.
- Identifying and preserving old Tinmouth photos in acid-free folders.
- Identifying the Tinmouth soldiers who served in the Civil war, including the houses they lived in when they enlisted, and putting them in a computer data base.
- Encouraging story-telling and writing about town and family history. Making oral history tapes from long-time residents.
- THGS Display at Vermont History Expo.