Fieldstone Common - Northeast History & Genealogy Radio with Marian Pierre-Louis

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Fieldstone Common is a weekly internet radio show (podcast) for genealogists and history buffs. Host Marian Pierre-Louis will introduce you to authors and historians who bring history alive! Topics focus on history and genealogy in the Northeast United States. Authors, historians, curators, archivists, genealogists and other stewards of history are interviewed about their books or projects.

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FC 99 Monuments Man Deane Keller with Laura Macaluso

Dec 29 2014 58 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Laura Macaulso, curator of “An Artist at War: Deane Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man,” an exhibit at the New Haven Museum in New Haven, Connecticut. This week’s discussion is a little different because we are not speaking about a particular book. Instead we are talking with...

FC 98 Lost Boston with Anthony Sammarco

Sep 18 2014 60 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Anthony Sammarco, the author of the book Lost Boston. Bio – Anthony Sammarco Since 1997, Anthony Sammarco has taught history at the Urban College of Boston, and his course “Boston’s Immigrants” is based on his book of the same name to highlight the city’s diversity. He...

FC 97 An Extraordinary Family with Liz Petry

Sep 04 2014 59 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is author Liz Petry. This week’s discussion is a little different because we are not speaking about a particular book. Instead we are talking with Liz about her inspirational and extraordinary family which include two of the first licensed African American Pharmacists in the state of Connecticut...

FC 95 The British Raid on Essex with Jerry Roberts

Aug 07 2014 55 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Jerry Roberts, the author of the book The British Raid on Essex: The Forgotten Battle of the War of 1812. This book re-introduces a part of the War of 1812 that was erased from American history. Bio – Jerry Roberts Jerry Roberts has been in the...

FC 94 The Massachusetts History Conference

Jun 12 2014 55 mins

This week we are doing something a little different here on Fieldstone Common. We are going on-site to the 2014 Massachusetts History Conference which was themed “Never Done! Interpreting the History of Women at Work in Massachusetts.” We’ll hear from a number of the speakers at the conference including keynote speaker Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. The...

FC 93 At the Point of a Cutlass with Greg Flemming

Jun 05 2014 53 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Gregory N. Flemming, the author of the book At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton. This book tells the fantastic story of a fisherman’s capture by a notorious pirate and his risky and dramatic escape. Bio...

FC 92 Uncommon Law with Paul Gillies

May 29 2014 59 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Paul S. Gillies, the author of the book Uncommon Law, Ancient Roads, and Other Ruminations on Vermont Legal History. This book shows us the importance of understanding how laws came about and their significance in helping us understand history. Bio – Paul S. Gillies Paul Gillies...

FC 91 Tracing Your Irish Ancestors with John Grenham

May 22 2014 60 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is John Grenham, the author of the book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. The Northeast has the highest concentration of Irish ancestry in the United States and with the help of John and his book we are going to get you started digging into your past. Bio –...

FC 90 Fort Halifax with Daniel Tortora

May 15 2014 52 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Daniel J. Tortora, the author of the book Fort Halifax: Winslow’s Historic Outpost. Bio – Daniel J. Tortora Daniel Tortora is an assistant professor of history at Colby College. An expert on early American and Native American history, he speaks extensively on the French and Indian...

FC 89 In Search of Sacco & Vanzetti with Susan Tejada

May 08 2014 66 mins

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Susan Tejada, the author of the book In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti: Double Lives, Troubled Times and the Massachusetts Murder Case that Shook the World. Bio – Susan Tejada Susan Tejada is a former writer and editor at the National Geographic Society, where she was...