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Officers: Linda Kinsella, President Marie McFarlin, Vice President Randi Bradbury, Past President Robert Pedemonti, Treasurer Diane Hoyt, Secretary Trustees: William McLaughlin Karen Emack-Dolson Irmy Hermanson Matthew Rubin Tedd Levy Edmund Mosca Stan Prymas Arlene Sakatos	Hosting for History Celebration: “A Well Kept Secret: The John Whittlesey House” Hosts for the evening are Carol and Stephen Huber and generous sponsors are Ralph and Gail Gometz of Old Saybrook. Tickets are available for $100 per person, payable to Old Saybrook Historical Society, and may be obtained at the Stevenson Archives, alongside the Gen. William Hart House at 350 Main Street, Old Saybrook or by mail to P.O. Box 4, Old Saybrook 06475. Details here! POPULAR GENEALOGY PROGRAM CANCELLED ! Sommetimes ancestors who are remembered for being ship captains and bank presidents were actually pirates and robbers but now you can find the facts by participating in a genealogy workshop offered by the Old Saybrook Historical Society. The popular program is being conducted by Greg Thompson, a professional genealogist and the Histoical Society archivist and is designed to help get you started in finding out about your family. Sessions will be held Monday evenings April 9, 16, 23 and May 7 and 14 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the Frank Stevenson Archives, 350 Main Street, Old Saybrook. The fee, including materials, for Historical Society members is $40, non-members is $65. Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. For further information or to register, call the Historical Society: 860-395-1635. Lectures May 3, 2012. Walter Woodward, Connecticut State Historian, “Witchcraft in Connecticut” NEW WINTER HOURS AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY New winter hours have been announced by the Old Saybrook Historical Society for the Frank Stevenson Archives, 350 Main Street, Old Saybrook. Effective December 1st, the Archives will be open on Thursday from 9:00 – 12:00 and Thursday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Friday afternoon, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. It is also open by appointment by calling the Historical Society at 860-395-1635. Membership in the Old Saybrook Historical Society is open to anyone interested in preserving, protecting, and promoting Old Saybrook History. Some 350 membership represent people of all ages, various interests, and come from Old Saybrook and around the country. The Society is a volunteer organization and welcomes membership and participation in any of its programs or services.
	On September 11, 1958 a handful of interested residents formed the first Old Saybrook Historical Society. Their concern that the oldest town on the shoreline had “many valuable records, diaries, letters that had already been lost, scattered, or destroyed and that there should be no further delay in making a start toward collecting and saving what is still available.” We are a non-profit, all volunteer, tax-exempt organization with over 350 members from across the USA whose mission is to investigate, preserve and maintain collections in archeology, furniture, genealogy, and historic records of the Town of Old Saybrook while encouraging the study and appreciation of this historical heritage -especially by the young people of the area. The restored General William Hart House (1767), Frank Stevenson Archives, and the historic gardens comprise a one-acre “campus” in the village that is home to the Society.

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