Yankee Peddler Fair

Colonial crafts will be the focus of the Milford Historical Society’s Yankee Peddler Fair. (rain or shine) at society headquarters.

Come to see how early setters made lace, hooked rugs and quilted.

Just for fun, wooden stocks will be set up for you to capture your own photos of friends and family. In Colonial times being put in stocks was a humiliating punishment that the whole town could see. Today, you could post your photos on Facebook!

There will be a booth for Peanuts’ fans: "Genealogical Help 5 cents." City Historian Richard Platt and his wife, Jane, will provide information on tracing your genealogy and help you discover if you are you are a descendant of Milford's Founders. The Platts will have a display of books and charts and answer questions on how to do genealogy. (And they don’t really charge 5 cents!) Their handouts will include pedigree charts, family group sheets, free internet sources, a cousin chart (cousins, how many times removed) and membership information on how to join the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. They will be dressed in 18th century costume reminding everyone that the 375th Anniversary of the founding of Milford that will be celebrated in 2014.

The public is invited to Society’s next meeting on Monday, Nov. 18 to hear a program on "Our History in Stone: The New England Cemetery Dictionary" at the Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Christ, 168 Broad Street. The night will begin with a short business meeting at 7 and the talk will start at 7:15.

For more information call, (203) 877-1851 or visit us on milfordhistoricalsociety.org.