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Entries Tagged as 'local history'
Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Children, City Library, Main Branch, NH Room, Research Tip of the Week, Technology, West Branch, local history
Tags: Ancestry database·family history·genealogy·genealogy databases·Heritage Quest·Library·Manchester City Library·N.H.·N.H. Room·new hampshire·New Hampshire history·New Hampshire Room
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Ages 0-2, Ages 2-3, Ages 4-5, Ages 6-13, Book Sale, Books, Children, City Library, Foundation, Friends of the West Manchester Community Library, Government Documents, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-12, Grades K-2, Library Databases, Local Author Series, Main Branch, Museum Passes, NH Room, News, Teens, Trustees, West Branch, local history
The library will be closed on Monday January 16th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Tags: Jr.·legal holidays·Library·library closings·manchester·Manchester City Library·Martin Luther King·N.H.·new hampshire·Smithsonian photo
Happy New Year!
December 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Ages 0-2, Ages 2-3, Ages 4-5, Ages 6-13, Children, City Library, Events, Foundation, Friends of the West Manchester Community Library, Government Documents, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-12, Grades K-2, Library Databases, Local Author Series, Main Branch, Museum Passes, NH Room, News, Teens, Trustees, local history
Happy New Year!
Tags: Happy New Year·Library·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·New Years
Happy Holidays!
December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Ages 0-2, Ages 2-3, Ages 4-5, Ages 6-13, Children, City Library, Events, Foundation, Friends of the West Manchester Community Library, Government Documents, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-12, Grades K-2, Library Databases, Local Author Series, Main Branch, Museum Passes, NH Room, News, Technology, Teens, Trustees, local history
We will be closed December 24th-December 26th for the Christmas holiday.
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The Gift of Family History
October 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books, City Library, NH Room, local history
Why wait to the last minute to begin thinking of Holiday gifts for your family?
Tags: family history·genealogy·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·NH Room
Looking For Your Ancestors?
June 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Main Branch, NH Room, local history
Summer is here and it is the perfect time to get some sunshine and hunt for your ancestors.
Tags: cemeteries·family history·genealogy·gravestones·new hampshire·nh·NH Room·research
Winter in Manchester
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Main Branch, NH Room, local history
When we think of winter in New England we think of cold, snowy days and dark, freezing nights. But some things have changed…
Tags: manchester·New Hampshire Room·skating rinks·snow roller·winter
New Hampshire Harko Glass
December 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · City Library, Main Branch, NH Room, local history
Harko Glass is a beautiful blue glass made from the sand from the shores of Lake Massabesic.
Tags: glass making·Harko Glass·John Harko·Massabessic Lake·New England Featherweight Boxing·New Hampshire Room·pitchers
Stone Walls of New Hampshire
October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · City Library, Events, Main Branch, local history
Old Yankees knew that good fences make good neighbors, so they made a lot of stone walls out of what was handy! Join us for a discussion on the uses, construction and history of New Hampshire’s old stone walls.
Tags: granite·landscaping·Margaret Hagen·New England·new hampshire·Stone Walls·UNH Cooperative Extension
Remember Manchester Free Press?
September 25th, 2010 · No Comments · City Library, Main Branch, Manchester Express, NH Room, News, local history
If you lived in Manchester during the early 1960s you probably remember the free newspaper called the Manchester Free Press.
Tags: Cogswell Benevolent Trust·manchester·Manchester City Library·Manchester Express·Manchester Free Press·Manchester Journal·microfilm·new hampshire·New Hampshire Room·newspapers·nh·NH Room·Southern New Hampshire Journal·The Journal·Wednesday Journal
