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May 24, 2012 - OBHS Annual Meeting
connorgarvey7:00 pm (Counting House)
Celebrate our 50th Anniversary with our new museum exhibit opening and folk-rock singer-songwriter Connor Garvey. With a rhythmic guitar and unique clear voice, Connor's songs challenge us to hope, grow, laugh & see all the beauty in life's metaphors. For OBHS members - new members are welcome.
Old Fields Archaeological Field School

Enrollment Opportunity 

June 25-29, July 2-6, July 9-13, 2012, South Berwick, Maine

 
What better way to spend your summer than digging into the historic past of one of New England's earliest settlements?
 
Come join Dr. Neill De Paoli as he directs excavations in South Berwick, a picturesque town situated in southern Maine on the Salmon Falls River.
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South Berwick Civil War Veterans
Civil War monument, 1900
 
The number of individuals identified so far as having served in the Civil War from South Berwick or Berwick Academy is 356. There have been 145 Berwick Academy students identified, 48 of them South Berwick residents. The list of veterans from South Berwick has 259 names, including the 48 on the B.A. list. These are individuals who were born in, resided in, enlisted from, or were buried in South Berwick.  Maine sent the highest percentage of its population to war of any state.   
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Ask Norma

Ask Norma

Got a question about local history of the Berwicks, the Salmon Falls River area and southwestern Maine? If you write us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , our volunteers will do their best to find answers in the Counting House Museum archives and reference books.

Old Berwick Historical Society volunteer Norma Keim answers some frequently asked questions here....

 

 
New exhibits coming summer 2012
Wedding dress of Anne Woods

People, Places and Pantaloons:  

Style along the Salmon Falls through the lives of four South Berwick and Rollinsford families.

 

And...

A 19th-Century Carpenter's Tool Chest:

The Mathews family legacy 

 

 

Our 50th Anniversary Year!

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1877 SB map

NEW! 

1877 MAPS

Original size, fine art reproduction, 16" x 21" , showing "birds eye view" of South Berwick.  Just $15. Details here...