Brue Family Learning Center
The Brue Family Learning Center
A Center for Excellence in Family History Programming
The Brue Family Learning Center is dedicated to introducing family and local history to a national and international audience. Founded by Nord and Suzanne Brue, the Center supports the creation of programming aimed at helping both the novice and experienced genealogist -- and engaging anyone with an interest in researching family history.
Located on Newbury Street in Boston’s Back Bay, New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)—known online as American Ancestors to millions of users—is the nation’s oldest and largest genealogical society. The gift will endow the creation of a new Brue Family Learning Center as part of a campus expansion program to introduce family and local history to wider audiences. It will also fund the creation of unique program content in family history for the organization’s online and special events offerings.
I felt like I had hit a wall in my research and your class showed me the door to continue. Thank you so much! I appreciate it more than words can express.
Founders Suzanne and Nordahl Brue
In 2019, Bruegger’s Bagels co-founder Nordahl Brue and his wife Suzanne Brue gave $1.5 million to American Ancestors/NEHGS to endow a family history learning center to help anyone learn more about their ancestry.
The Brue Family Learning Center produces hundreds of family history programs each year, which reach many thousands of people around the world.
Upcoming Lectures
Lecture
Online
Free
Stories from the Archives: Family Registers
See examples of family registers from the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, find out what you can learn from these heirlooms, and learn about preserving such items in your own collection.
August 11, 2022
The Brue Family Learning Center
Lecture
Online
Free
Around the World in a Handful of Objects
Join Matthias Waschek for a survey of works from the Worcester Art Museum's collection which mine the depths of the human experience.
August 19, 2022
Curt DiCamillo
The Brue Family Learning Center
Lecture
Online
Free
Reading the Gravestones of Early New England
Learn from epitaph expert John Hanson about how to interpret early New England gravestones and what they can tell us about our ancestors' lives.
August 25, 2022
The Brue Family Learning Center
Lecture
Online
Free
Magnificence, Marriage, and Murder: The Story of Scotland's Brodick Castle
Get an exclusive glimpse at the breathtaking views, stunning art collections, and intriguing mysteries of Brodick Castle, located on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
October 21, 2022
Fine Art & Architecture with Curt DiCamillo
Dates of event
October 28, 2021
Basics of New England Research
Whether your ancestors lived in New England in the 17th century or the 21st century, this presentation will give you the basic information to begin—and advance—your research into New England records.
Dates of event
October 18, 2019
No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History
The New York Times columnist visits Boston to talk about with her new book looking at women and aging in America.