September
2001 meeting........
THE
MIGHTY COD
A
history of the fishing industry in the settlement
of New England beginning in the 1600’s
and up. Including the Isles of Shoals, a fishing
base off the coast of New Hampshire which
served as a fishing base prior to settler’s
coming inland.
Speaker:
Sylvia Fitts Getchell is perhaps one of New
Hampshire’s premiere authors. Her works
include “The Berrys by the beach; one
of New Hampshire’s First Families”;
“Fitts Families, A Genealogy”; “Marden
Family Genealogy” and “The Tide
Turns on the Lamprey: vignettes in the life
of a river; a history of Newmarket, N.H.”.
She was also a Co-editor of “Piscataqua
Pioneers, Selected Biographies of Early Settlers
in Norther New England.”
A
resident of Newmarket, NH, Sylvia Fitts Getchell
is an active member of numerous historical
societies and we are indeed in for an outstanding
talk by this prominent and knowledgeable researcher.
