Book Sale Weekend

May 17-18-19 
Greenwich Library

Book Sale Weekend kicks off with a Preview Pa

I recently read in the Greenwich Time about a classic car that was found in a storage shed at The Homestead Inn.

A 1936

There's been a new development in the story about the observation tower at Greenwich Point, as reported by Frank MacEachern in the Greenwich Time.

REMINDER

The Communities and Neighborhoods of Greenwic

The Communities and Neighborhoods of Greenwich
Saturday - May 4th - 2 PM
Greenwich Library Second Floor Meeting Room

This exciting and interesting prog

Researching Your Irish Ancestors in NYC
Cos Cob Library - Saturday - April 13 - 10:30 AM

Mr. Robert Buggy will describe various resources in New York City

One of the most unusual bridges in

A Byram Love Story:  Anna and Dan Janesky in 1938
Byram Shubert Library
Saturday - March 23, 2013 - 3:00 PM

Author Nancy Priestly talks about her parents

The library has a number of genealogical resources you can use from home!  Simply access the Local History webpage at:

Oral History Project Blog

Songs of the Civil War
Sunday - February 3 - 4 PM
Greenwich Library - Cole Auditorium

The Greenwich Historical Society presents a program of Civil War era so

1.  Your Face Squared  -  Bruce Museum

Holiday Tours - Bush-Holley House

Be sure to visit the Bush-Holley House this holiday season!  There is a special Candlelight Tour

Putnam Cottage Candlelight Open House
243 East Putnam Avenue
Sunday - December 2 - 4 pm to 7 pm

The DAR (Daughters of the Amer

Greenwich Historical Society Crooks Lecture
Greenwich Library - Cole Auditorium
Wednesday - November 14, 2012 - 7:00 pm

Ken

Whenever I cross the town line from Stamford on US Route 1 (East Putnam Avenue), I'm a

Summer of '42 - Monday - October 22nd - 7 PM - Greenwich Library -  Meeting Room

Sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh talks about

HETTY GREEN - AuthorsLive - Tuesday - October 2 - 7PM

Author Janet Wallach discusses her book on Hetty Green, who's been called the richest (and frugalist) woman in America.

Jeffrey Lyons Program 

Tuesday - September 18th - 7 PM - Greenwich Library
Popular television film critic Jeffrey Lyons wi

New Blog Index - Our index has been expanded to allow you to search by title.  Just scroll down the right side of the page and select main index (to see full

ART EXHIBIT - GREENWICH PEN WOMEN - NOW THRU SUNDAY JUNE 17

You've probably read about the Greenwich Pen Women in local papers, and think it's a group of

 Old Town, Sound Beach, Old Greenwich

Genealogy Program

Genealogist Toni McKeen will be at the Cos Cob Library this Saturday,&n

Greenwich has been the home of many important and creative business people.  One of those people was Robert Peckham Noble.

Mr. Noble was born in 1881 and lived in Gouverneur NY. 

Renowned Author:  David McCullough

As part of the AuthorsLive Program at Greenwich Library, historian David McCullough will speak in the Cole Auditorium on Tues

Preserving Civil Liberties, Protecting Public Safety

As part of the Greenwich Reads Together initiative, US Attorney James Letten will talk at the

Katrinaville Chronicles - HSTG - 39 Strickland Road - April 19 - 7pm

Author and photographer David Spielman will talk about New Orleans after the wrath of Hurricane Ka

Several years ago, a good friend of mine told me about a theater in the woods in Cos Cob.  He took me out to the spot off Valley Road.  Although it was overgrown with trees and bushes, it

Here are some historically-related programs that are going on around Greenwich:

Residents who live in the eastern part of town (

After I graduated from high school, I attended the University of Massachusetts in Boston. I used to take the New Haven Railroad from my hometown of Mansfield to

When I was about 10 years old, I remember my next door neighbor and his father building a pretty classy

Since this is Christmas week, I thought I'd write about something apropos to the season: "The Santa of the Lighthouses".

The other day I was talking to a friend and mentioned "The

If you've ever driven down Mason Street, you've probably seen a "ruddy" building with a "CNG" on the front at 230 Mason Street. This is the Connecticut National Guard Armory. I decided to

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WARNING:  The writer is not responsible for any sudden seafood cravings!

When I moved from the Boston area to Gre

 As you may recall, in the previous blog, I set the scene for The Great Hurricane of 1938.  It had been raini

Here are some historical programs I'm sure you'll enjoy this Fall!

Starting Wednesday, September 14th at the Bush-Holley Historical Site:

At one time, Greenwich had the dubious distinction of having 4 unsolved murders.
Probably the most famous was the Martha Moxley case of 1975.  This was followed by the Carrie Lee Mock cas

Grant Radulavsky - who gave a presentation on the Civil War Regiments from Greenwich - has an exhibit at the Bush-Holley House in Cos Cob.  It's titled "Vocies of the Civil War" and  it e

Passengers on the summer ferry to Island Beach and /or Great Captain's Island may be c

In 1995, third-year law student and Stamford resident Brendon Leydon was stopped when he and a friend attempted to jog into Greenwich Point.  At that time, out-of-towners were required to be a

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (1861 to 1865), also known as the "War Between the States".  It turned out to be the costliest war ever fought on American soil.  Ap

At one time, Greenwich was a loose collection of villages.  These included Round Hill, Stanwich, Riversville and Banksville.  Churches were built in these areas and became the center of t

Many residents don't know that Greenwich was well-known for its building stone around the turn of the 19th century.

As a matter of fact, there were several operational quarries in town a

Cos Cob Library will present 2 important genealogy programs in April!

April 2 - 10:30 am - "Becoming an American" - How to find and use Naturalization Records to research re

My sister-in-law used to live in a condo in Norwalk. On the night of June 28, 1983 she invited us to drive up to her condo from Pemberwick to use the pool. My oldest daughter was only about 6-

 
One of the many people to vacation in Greenwich in the summer around the turn of the Twentieh Century was Edmund C. Converse. 

Mr. Converse was one of the founders of US

I worked for the post office in Cos Cob for about six years.  On occassion, I would deliver Express Mail packages from New York City to a house on Mead Avenue in Cos Cob.  Although there

Anyone who has dabbled in Connecticut history is probably familiar with Barber's Connecticut Historical Collections.  These books were written by John Warner Barber (1798 - 1885).

John

When war broke out in the 1940s, the library switched gears.  Classes were given in First Aid  and Victory Garden exhibitions were given in the art gallery. (Franklin Simon employees ev

I decided to research the history of The Greenwich Library, and write about it in my blog.  As a result, I ended up using 3 different sources. The most recent history of the library is

A friend recently asked me when Greenwich became a town. I thought that this would be a rather simple question to research, but it turned out to be somewhat complicated! The short answ

There are a number of events this holiday season, which I think you might enjoy!

December 2 - Interfaith Candle/Tree Lighting - 6 PM - Temple Sholom

December

A library patron, Al Brecken, recently brought in some photographs he took of a remnant railroad bed he found in backcountry. It seems that around 1868 work was begun on the Ne

According to "Greenwich Before 2000" (Richardson, 2000), the date generally accepted for the first Town Meeting is February 5, 1664. Seven of the town's original proprietors (land owne

A loyal reader asked me to talk about how officials determined the path for the Merritt Parkway and Interstae 95.  This sounded interesting, so I did some research.

The Mer

One of the biggest tragedies in the local area was the fire at Gulliver's on June 30, 1974.

Straddling the New York - Connecticut border, it was a popular discotheque spot for young resident

October 19 - James McPherson

On Tuesday, October 19, at 7 pm, in the Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium, author and historian James McPherson will give a presentation on

Greenwich residents are familiar with historical fiction author Anya Seton.  Ms. Seton, who died in 1990, wrote such famous historical novels as "The Winthrop Woman", "Foxfire" an

 Over the years, the idea of re-instituting trolley service on Greenwich Avenue has been suggested to calm traffic

Anne Young, Curator for the Historical Society, wrote to me this week about actor Tony Curtis, who passed away this week.  I thought you'd be interested in this!

A few years ago, I was surprised when someone asked me about the sundial and time capsule in Bruce Park. I decided to research this in the Greenwich Time. When I looked up "time capsule" in the new

Grover Cleveland was born in New Jersey in 1837. He was the son of a poor Presbyterian Minister. After an early career as a lawyer, he was

There is an 18-acre park in Old Greenwich known as Laddin's Rock Sanctuary. It's on the north side of Highmeadow Road off of Laddin's Rock Road.  As part of the Old Greenwich "greenbelt", it r

Greenwich residents are familiar with the name Putnam - Putnam Avenue, Putnam Trust, Putnam Cottage, Putnam Park, etc. There's even a Putnam CT. The name Putnam comes from a Revolutionay War hero -

Saturday, September 25, 10:30 AM - Cos Cob Library

The Cos Cob Friends present another in our genealogy series. Nora Galvin helps you to research your ancestors throu

One of the most interesting and highly-visible residents in Greenwich was Samuel Pryor, Jr. (1898-1986).

Someone asked me recently how Connecticut ended up with such an unusual "panhandle" boundary with New York

Unlike many other New England towns, throughout history Greenwich has been reluctant to embrace change over the years.  This could be due to a number of reasons including trying to preserve it

Many people are not aware that the first trans-Atlantic short wave message was sent from Greenwich to Scotland on December 11, 1921. A transmission shack was built on the Elisha P. Cronkhite estate

On April 29, 1930, the 560-ton vessel Thames caught fire and sank