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Feb. 23, 2012 - The Case of the Missing Family Heirloom: a Copley Pastel of a Boston Bride

7:30 pm (Berwick Academy)
In this lecture, art historian Deborah M. Child will retrace the journey of this dazzling circa 1770 pastel from the auction house salesroom of Sotheby's in New York back to California and finally to the Boston studio of John Singleton Copley.

People, Places and Pantaloons:

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

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A 19th-Century Carpenter's Tool Chest:

The Mathews family legacy

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....

The Placenames of South Berwick

Placenames of South Berwick by the Old Berwick Historical Society

“You won’t find a more historic walkable village in New England than South Berwick. Now you can find everything when you get there with this much-needed, carefully researched guide.”
– J. Dennis Robinson, SeacoastNH.com

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Also sold at South Berwick Pharmacy, the Counting House Museum and Old Berwick Historical Society events.

Join the Old Berwick Historical Society for a stroll along South Berwick’s village streets and country roads...

The Old Fields Archaeology Project

Interested in volunteering? Please write info@oldberwick.org.

The Old Fields research project is focused on the South Berwick, Maine, property of Harvey and Paula Bennett, the 18th century homestead of local luminaries Captain Ichabod Goodwin (1700-1778) and his son, General Ichabod Goodwin (1743-1829).

Launched on the eve of the tricentennial of the founding of the old town of Berwick in 1713 (the area now encompassing today’s Berwick, South Berwick and North Berwick), the Old Fields archaeology dig and related research aim to determine whether this property was also the site of a “garrison” sheltering citizens during this era of warfare.

Our 50th Anniversary Year!