2025 tours and presentations:
Holyoke Canal System – presentation at the Holyoke Public Library in January or February of 2025
Precious Blood Church Fire of 1875 – Wednesday March 5 2025 from 6 to 7 PM – a presentation in the Community Room at the South Hadley Public Library. It will be about the May 27 1875 fire at the Precious Blood Church in Holyoke Massachusetts. 55 of the 70 people that died due to the fire are buried at the Precious Blood Cemetery of South Hadley. I will discuss the fire, the victims, and the burials. I have been able to find the vast majority of the birth and marriage documents of the victims. I have also been able to find the burial records of the 15 people that were not buried in South Hadley.
South Hadley Canal – presentation on Wednesday, April 23 2025 at 6:00 in the Community Room of the South Hadley Public Library – Leo Labonte of South Hadley will be the presenter – https://vimeo.com/130568191
Plainville Cemetery – Saturday April 26 2025 from 11 AM to noontime – meet just outside this Hadley cemetery
South Hadley Canal – Saturday, May 3 2025 from 10 to noontime – meet at the South Hadley Parking Lot across from the St Patrick’s Church and be ready to walk 2 miles – We will start at the South Hadley Riverside Park and walk to the Bicentennial Park.
Precious Blood Church Fire of 1875 – a presentation in Holyoke – It will be about the May 27 1875 fire at the Precious Blood Church in Holyoke Massachusetts. 55 of the 70 people that died due to the fire are buried at the Precious Blood Cemetery of South Hadley. I will discuss the fire, the victims, and the burials. I have been able to find the vast majority of the birth and marriage documents of the victims. I have also been able to find the burial records of the 15 people that were not buried in South Hadley.
Holyoke Canal System Walking Tour – a Saturday in June of 2025 from 10 AM to noontime – meet at the Dwight Street side of Holyoke Heritage State Park – be ready to walk 2.5 miles total along the first and second level canals – 10th annual – Register at EVENTBRITE in May 2025.
A House in Holyoke through Time – A Colonial House (presentation)
A Mill in Holyoke through Time (presentation)
Revolutionary War Veterans in Holyoke
Elmwood Cemetery tour (Holyoke)
Ashleyville Cemetery – Saturday August 9 2025 at 10 AM meet near the front gate of this West Springfield cemetery
Saint Mary’s Church – Saturday September 13 2025 at 11 AM meet near the church of this Westfield campus
Saint Mary’s Cemetery – Saturday October 11 2025 at 11 AM meet near the front gate of this Westfield cemetery
Indian Orchard Canal (Springfield)
The Six Power Canals of the Chicopee River – (presentation in Springfield)
Bay Path Cemetery and Blunt Park (Springfield)
Cherry Lane Cemetery (Springfield)
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church (Springfield)
Burial Grounds of Springfield throughout its History (part 1 of 5)
Burial Grounds of Springfield throughout its History (part 2 of 5)
The Six Power Canals of the Chicopee River – (presentation in Wilbraham)
The Six Navigational Canals of the Connecticut River (presentation in Montague)
Island Pond Cemetery – Ludlow
Fuller Cemetery – Ludlow
The Six Power Canals of the Chicopee River – (presentation in Ludlow)
Ludlow Canal – Ludlow
East Street Cemetery – Chicopee
The Churches of Chicopee (presentation)
Saint Anthony of Padua Church – Chicopee
Burial Grounds of Agawam throughout its History
Old North Burial Ground (Old Burial Ground on Federal Hill in Agawam)
Lake Vale Cemetery – Belchertown
Rural Cemetery – Belchertown
Warner Pine Grove Memorial Cemetery – 100th year anniversary in 2025 – Belchertown
Holy Trinity Cemetery – Hatfield
Calvary Cemetery – Hatfield
Green Lawn Cemetery – East Longmeadow
Longmeadow Cemetery and the First Longmeadow Church of Christ
Burial Grounds of Northampton throughout its History
The Power Canals of Northampton (presentation)
Burial Grounds of Southampton throughout its History
East Street Cemetery in Easthampton
Brookside Cemetery in Easthampton
Main Street Cemetery in Easthampton
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