Begin Your Genealogy Research with the National Archives The Avon Free Public Library and Avon Historical Society will co-sponsor a genealogy program, ''Begin Your Genealogy Research with the National Archives'' on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 10:00 am in the Avon Library Community Room. Jean Nudd, archivist at the National Archives and Records ...

The Barkhamsted Historical Society in cooperation with the Colebrook Historical Society is actively seeking volunteers who are interested in working on an archaeological dig. The Revolutionary War era Richard Smith forge is of significant historical value because of its role during the Revolutionary War. The forge, built in ...

The Barkhamsted Historical Society has recently updated it's website. The site includes all of its original content as well as new content and features. http://barkhamstedhistory.org/

Route 44 : How It's Changed Exhibit at the Avon Free Public Library through June Did you know Route 44 was a dirt road connecting Hartford, CT. to Albany NY winding over Avon Mountain through Avon Center.  At the bottom of Avon Mountain, travelers could rest at the Inn and have their horses tended at the blacksmith shop.  Over time, ...

Do you have 2 hours this summer to help the Avon Historical Society?  If so, then we need you!  The Avon Historical Society is in need of volunteer docents (welcome guides) to be available at either the Living Museum on East Main Street or the Pine Grove Schoolhouse on West Avon Road from 2-4pm on Sundays this summer.  Training is ...

The Avon Historical Society Revisits “The Good Old Days” 2 PM, Saturday, March 15  Avon Senior Center The Avon Historical Society will revisit “The Good Old Days” on Saturday, March 15th at 2 PM at the Avon Sr. Center.   Gordon Williams will speak on how Americans, both rural and urban, lived in the Good Old Days of 1890s.  ...

The Barkhamsted Historical Society has mapped some of the historical sites located in Barkhamsted using Goggle Maps. Richard