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Shoreham, VT 05770
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Society News

Spring 2012
Here it is the first day of spring and it feels like midsummer (86 degrees in beautiful downtown Shoreham). What a crazy weather year this has been.

Programs 2012

"All programs will take place at the Old Stone Schoolhouse at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

  • March 7 - Organizational Meeting - Dinner at 6:00 p.m. at the Shoreham Inn (reservations required)

  • April 4 - "Westward from Vermont" presented by Susan Peden, sponsored by the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History. (to be held at the Shoreham Elementary School)

  • May 2 - "East Shoreham Cemetery, inhabitants, why there is an East Shoreham Cemetery", presented by Grace Baker Simonds

  • June 6 - "The Abenakis of Vermont" presented by Wes Dikeman.

  • July 19 - Co-sponsored meeting "The Ferries of Shoreham and Bridport" presented by various speakers.

  • Aug 1- The Shoreham Bell Museum, 21 Smith Street presented by Judy Blake - may have picnic dinner.

  • Sept 5 - "Who was Robert Frost and who are we?"an interactive discussion presented by Geof Hewitt through the Vermont Humanities Council.

  • Oct 3 - "Vermonters of Many Cultures" presented by Gregory Sharrow of the Vermont Folklife Center through the Vermont Humanities Council.

  • Nov 7 - The making of "Remember me to all Good Folks" A play of Vermont Voices from the Civil War presented by Jan Albers, former executive director of the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, VT.

  • Dec 5 - Potluck Christmas Dinner 6:00 p.m. at the Shoreham Inn (reservations required)

    Photographs

    Cemeteries

    

  • Village Cemetery
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  • Lakeview Cemetery
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  • St. Genevieve's Cemetery
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  • Ames-Wright Community Cemetery
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  • Jenison Cemetery
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  • East Shoreham Cemetery
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  • The Atwood Yard
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  • The Callender Yard
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  • All Saints Cemetery

  • The Russell Yard
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    		Cemetery Map 250Hx250W

    Some Links of Interest

    Town of Shoreham - up to date town information, calendar and links to town organizations
    Newton Academy Restoration - information on restoration progress, donations & volunteering
    Vermont Historical Society - all Vermont History, and links to other local societies
    Addison Railroad Historical Society - the Addison Branch of the Rutland RR
    A fascinating site with a full history of the branch line of the Rutland Railroad that ran through the towns of Whiting, Shoreham, and Orwell, before crossing Lake Champlain to New York. Excellent photo gallery. See a map of the Addison Branch.
    Remembering the Rutland - the Rutland Railroad Historical Society

    Publications About Shoreham

    In Print:
    Shoreham - the Town and Its People - an updating of the Goodhue classic
    A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont - 1992 Supplement
    The Historic Architecture of Addison County - published by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation in 1992.
    Out of Print, but worth finding:
    A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont - MacIntire & Witherell 1984
    History of the Town of Shoreham         - authored by Rev. Josiah F. Goodhue 1861

    Other Stuff

    The Town Charter
    1790 Census Data for Shoreham and Surrounding Towns- Heads of households and size of families.
    A Map of the Town
    Compiled from a USGS topographic map of 1902 with names of residents taken from the Beers Map of 1871

    People to Contact

    For information on the Society or the Museum contact:
    Susan H. MacIntire
    P.O.Box 235
    Shoreham VT 05770-0235
    Phone: (802)897-2600
    e-mail:Sue MacIntire