Fieldstone Common Season 2 -Northeast History & Genealogy Radio with Marian Pierre-Louis

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Laura Macaulso, curator of “An Artist at War: Deane Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man,” an exhibit at the New Haven Museum in New Haven, Connecticut. This week’s discussion is a little … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Anthony Sammarco, the author of the book Lost Boston. Bio – Anthony Sammarco Since 1997, Anthony Sammarco has taught history at the Urban College of Boston, and his course “Boston’s Immigrants” … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is author Liz Petry. This week’s discussion is a little different because we are not speaking about a particular book. Instead we are talking with Liz about her inspirational and extraordinary family … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Jerry Roberts, the author of the book The British Raid on Essex: The Forgotten Battle of the War of 1812. This book re-introduces a part of the War of 1812 that … Continue reading →

This week we are doing something a little different here on Fieldstone Common. We are going on-site to the 2014 Massachusetts History Conference which was themed “Never Done! Interpreting the History of Women at Work in Massachusetts.” We’ll hear from … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Gregory N. Flemming, the author of the book At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton. This book tells the fantastic story … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Paul S. Gillies, the author of the book Uncommon Law, Ancient Roads, and Other Ruminations on Vermont Legal History. This book shows us the importance of understanding how laws came about … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is John Grenham, the author of the book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. The Northeast has the highest concentration of Irish ancestry in the United States and with the help of John and … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Daniel J. Tortora, the author of the book Fort Halifax: Winslow’s Historic Outpost. Bio – Daniel J. Tortora Daniel Tortora is an assistant professor of history at Colby College. An expert … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Susan Tejada, the author of the book In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti: Double Lives, Troubled Times and the Massachusetts Murder Case that Shook the World. Bio – Susan Tejada Susan … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Corin Hirsch, the author of the book Forgotten Drinks of Colonial New England: From Flips & Rattle-Skulls to Switchel & Spruce Beer. Bio – Corin Hirsch Corin Hirsch is a drinks … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Anthony Sammarco, the author of the book A History of Howard Johnson’s: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon. Bio – Anthony Sammarco Since 1997, Anthony Sammarco has taught … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Dr. Thomas W. Jones, CG, FASG, the author of the book Mastering Genealogical Proof. Bio – Dr. Thomas W. Jones Thomas W. Jones is an award-winning genealogical researcher, author, editor, and … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Dr. John Demos, the author of the book The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic. Bio – Dr. John Demos John Demos … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Dr. Katherine J. Harris, one of the main contributors to the book African American Connecticut Explored. Bio – Dr. Katherine Harris Katherine J. Harris, Ph.D. is a lecturer at Central Connecticut … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Marla R. Miller, author of the book Rebecca Dickinson: Independence for a New England Woman. Bio – Marla R. Miller Marla R. Miller, a historian of early American women and work, … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Steve Luxenberg, author of the book Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret. Bio – Steve Luxenberg Steve Luxenberg, an associate editor at The Washington Post and author of the … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Tasha Caswell, curator of the exhibit Through a Different Lens: Three Connecticut Women Photographers at the Connecticut Historical Society. Bio – Tasha Caswell Tasha Caswell is the Thorne-McKenna Curatorial Assistant at … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Paul Della Valle, author of the book Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Boston History. Please note: A few parts of the interview contain mature topics about serial killers which … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Kathleen G. Velsor, author of the book The Underground Railroad on Long Island: Friends in Freedom. Bio – Kathleen G. Velsor Dr. Kathleen Gaffney Velsor is an associate professor in the … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Richard Hite, author of the book Sustainable Genealogy: Separating Fact from Fiction in Family Legends. Bio – Richard Hite Richard Hite is State Records Coordinator of the Rhode Island State Archives … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Mac Griswold, author of the book The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island. Bio – Mac Griswold Mac Griswold is an acclaimed cultural landscape historian and writer. … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Stephen Puleo, author of the book Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. Bio – Stephen Puleo Stephen Puleo is an author, historian, university teacher, public speaker, and communications … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Christopher Klein, author of the book Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero. Bio – Christopher Klein Christopher Klein is a history and travel … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Brian Deming, author of the book Boston and the Dawn of American Independence. Bio – Brian Deming Brian Deming grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a graduate of the University … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Eric D. Lehman, author of the book Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity. Bio Eric D. Lehman directs the creative writing program at … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guests are George G. Morgan and Drew Smith, authors of the book Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques. Bio George G. Morgan, an internationally recognized genealogy expert, is president of Aha! Seminars, Inc., and vice … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Roger Thompson, author of the book Cambridge Cameos: Stories of Life in 17th Century New England. Roger is our first Fieldstone Common guest to make a second appearance on the show. He … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Richard DeLuca, author of the book Post Roads and Iron Horses: Transportation in Connecticut from Colonial Times to the Age of Steam. Bio Richard DeLuca earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Marjory O’Toole, editor of the book Remembering Adamsville which is the culmination of a village-wide oral history project. Bio Marjory O’Toole is the full-time Managing Director of the Little Compton, Rhode … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Joan Bines, author of the book Words They Lived By: Colonial New England Speech, Then and Now. Bio Joan Bines received her BA from Brandeis University and her doctorate from the … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Peter G. Rose, food historian and author of the book Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch. Bio Peter G. Rose was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and was … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Elizabeth Shown Mills, best known as the author of Evidence Explained. In this episode we will be having a discussion on slavery, race, research and writing centered on her two books, … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Professor John Demos, author of the books The Unredeemed Captive; Entertaining Satan; and A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony. In this episode we discuss these books as well as … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Gary Shattuck, author of the book Artful and Designing Men: The Trials of Job Shattuck and the Regulation of 1786-1787. This book explores the topic of Shays’ Rebellion, an uprising of … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Diana Ross McCain, author of the book Mysteries and Legends New England: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained. Bio Diana Ross McCain has written about Connecticut’s past for more than … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Michael Bell, author of the book Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires. Bio Michael E. Bell was awarded a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University at … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Carolyn Marvin, author of the book Hanging Ruth Blay: An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy. Bio Carolyn Marvin currently works as a research librarian at the Portsmouth Athenaeum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Jeremy D’Entremont, author of the book Ocean-Born Mary: The Truth Behind a New Hampshire Legend. Bio Jeremy D’Entremont, author of Ocean-Born Mary, has been writing about and photographing the lighthouses of … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is D. Brenton Simons, author of the book Witches, Rakes, and Rogues: True Stories of Scam, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in Boston, 1630-1775. Bio D. Brenton Simons, is the President and CEO … Continue reading →

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Elise Guyette, author of the book Discovering Black Vermont: African American Farmers in Hinesburgh, 1790-1890. Bio ELISE A. GUYETTE, Ed.D., is a historian active in efforts to develop Vermont’s diversity curriculum … Continue reading →

Here are some items that were mentioned during the 25 July 2013 Fieldstone Common interview with historian Nathaniel Sheidley discussing the 300th Anniversary of the Old State House in Boston. The podcast of the interview is now available. You can learn more about the Old State House at its website. The Old State House was...

Recently I had the opportunity to view In Death Lamented, the current exhibit at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Massachusetts.  The exhibit displays 3 centuries of Anglo-American mourning jewelry. I had the pleasure of being guided through the exhibit … Continue reading →

The very first episode of Fieldstone Common. Listen as we hear about Massachusetts Troublemakers: Rebels, Radicals and Reformers from the Bay State by Paul Della Valle.