HISTORY, AS CAPTURED each month
IN ARTICLES IN THE YARMOUTH REGISTER

What happens when a ship sinks at sea—and there isn't enough room in the lifeboats for all the passengers and crew? What happens to the survivors when the food runs out?

Did the good, upstanding people of the Cape have anything to do with various illegal activities during Prohibition?

And why did early colonists build so many taverns in such close proximity to places of worship?

These are the kinds of things members of the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth wondered about. So in 1972 they began satisfying their curiosity, researching and writing articles for the Yarmouth Register on virtually every aspect of the life and times of the people who settled and lived here, uncovering interesting facts not often found in most history books.

They haven't quit yet. To date they have researched and published more than 350 articles.

Browsing through our extensive Collection of Register Articles doesn't just open windows into the past, it reveals fascinating details of life in this region, capturing the activities and proclivities—the good and the questionable—of local residents of the day.

This is history told straight, illuminating without embellishment.

(Click on any of the titles below to open the article in PDF format.)

SAMPLE THESE REGISTER ARTICLES OR SEARCH THE FULL COLLECTION BELOW.

• Rumrunning by Haynes Mahoney, Jack Braginton-Smith & Duncan Oliver

• Sidewheeler Arctic Sinking by William Painter

 • Weather: Hurricanes Through History by Duncan Oliver

• Lincoln And The Start Of The Civil War by Duncan Oliver

• The Indians Of Yarmouth by Pat Tafra

• Stagecoach Days by Pat Tafra

• Life at Home in Old New England by Ruth Weissberger

• The Forgotten Milestones by Jack Braginton-Smith & Duncan Oliver

SEARCH THE COLLECTION AND View any of our Register articles from the last eighteen years

Whether you're a researcher or a history buff, you'll find much of interest in our Collection of Register Articles. We hope you enjoy these snippets of history at no charge, but please credit the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth for any content used or shared. Click here to see a complete list organized by category.