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Monday, June 8, 2020

The Mayflower Billington Brothers Dubbed First Juvenile Delinquents in America

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Heirlooms Reunited

Six c1955 Press Photographs, possibly Bangor Daily News at, Bangor, Maine - Eisenhower, Police, Winter, Scenery - *President Dwight David Eisenhower; Governor Edmund Sixtus Muskie; Senator Margaret Chase Smith* Six photographs, a bit larger than 8" by 10", that may h...
Christopher Setterlund, In My Footsteps

In Their Footsteps: New England History - Wonderland Amusement Park, Revere, MA - The amusement park has been a staple of American culture for well over a century. Filled with rides, attractions, food, and more, they are perfect fo...
THE CABINET CARD GALLERY

AN ADORABLE LITTLE BOY PUSHES A WHEELBARROW WITH HIS CUTE DOG HITCHING A RIDE - This vintage real photo postcard features an adorable little boy giving his dog a wheelBARROW ride. The boy has a serious expression on his face. The child...
Quixotic Joust

Robert Swan Mueller III -- Part I - I began writing this article early in the Donald Trump administration, shortly after Robert S. Mueller III was appointed to write a report about Russians ...
Boston 1775

A Juror’s Notes on the Boston Massacre Trial - Edward Pierce (1735-1818) was a carpenter, farmer, and deacon in Dorchester. He came from the family that built and expanded the Pierce House, erected aro...
Daytonian in Manhattan

The John J. Byrnes House - 212 West 16th Street - Born in Ireland, Andrew Smith lived in the comfortable brick-faced house at No. 130 West 16th Street in the mid-1840's. Designed in the recent Greek Re...
The Warrior Muse

IWSG: Home Flipping, Taking a Plunge, and Putting Yourself Out There - Well, hello, it's that time again. Time for another installment of the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Created by *Alex J. Cavanaugh*, this group serv...
Cause of Liberty

Why Is the Demand for Popular Vote Wrong? - Democrats have been clamoring to get rid of the Electoral College for some time. The cries increased when Donald Trump won the 2016 presiden...
Nutfield Genealogy

Hunting with a Spear - Weathervane Wednesday - Today's weathervane was spotted on a barn on New Boston Road (Route 136) in Francestown, New Hampshire. It appears to be a hunter with a spear on a ru...
Civil War Notebook

Captain Charles Wright Wills: December 6, 1864 - Eden Ferry, Ogeechee river, December 6, 1864. We lay in camp until 1 p. m. when we suddenly pulled out and made this point, and had works up by dark. Ther...
Abbeville Institute

Mr. Lincoln’s “Lost Speech” - “May 29, 1856 “Abraham Lincoln, of Sangamon, came upon the platform amid deafening applause. He enumerated the pressing reasons of the present movement. He...
Sandwalk

Of mice and Michael - Michael Behe has published a book containing most of his previously published responses to critics. I was anxious to see how he dealt with my criticisms ...
In Times Past

Just Passing Through - Journal Opinion Nov. 25, 2020 YANKEE PEDDLER. Well into the late 19th century, peddlers such as this one in Thomas Waterman Wood's 1872 painting carrie...
The Magpie Mason

‘Azim 7 officers elected’ - Azim Grotto No. 7, the handsome Veiled Prophets in New York City, elected its officers two weeks ago at Kinahan’s, where the following were chosen to...
Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

West Flanders Belgium Indexes - Thanks to Bos Genealogy in English for tweeting about these new records for Belgium genealogy.My husband's great-grandfather Achilles (Archie) DeMeuleneare...
Bookman's Log

How Desperate Are We? - [image: How Desperate Are We?] Well, our Norman Rockwell-style family Christmas tree farm had a great run – 8 years of selling *Gourmet Trees©* to our frie...
Thomas Gardner of Salem, MA

Rachel, again - This post will pull together some posts from the past, beginning real early. We were asked if Thomas has a sister, Rachel. Had not hear that, at the time...
Black Raven Genealogy

Ancient Irish DNA (or lack of) - 'Do you share DNA with any of the four ancient Irish samples on GEDmatch?' asked Margaret O'Brien of Data Mining DNA recently.1 Unlikely, I thought, given t...
My Tapley Tree...and its Branches

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Which Ancestor Am I Most Thankful For? - *From Randy (my newest cousin discovery!!) over at **Genea-Musings:* it's *Saturday Night* - time for more *Genealogy Fun!!!* Your mission, should you...
West in New England

PETER WEST OF DUXBURY AND PLYMPTON, MA. - My 7x great grandfather appears to have been a farmer judging by the will and probate file I found at AmericanAncestors.org. I found information about h...
Yesterday’s Papers

A Crowded Life in Comics – - Find the Winning Candidate.– Joseph Keppler Self-Portrait –Rick Marschall. When I was in second grade, my father took me into lower Manhattan on many Satur...
Genealogical Musings

Which DNA Company Should I Test With? - I did a guide for this a few years ago, but it's already kind of out of date, so let's look over the options again, especially since all the holiday sale...
The Accidental Genealogist

- If improving your genealogy and/or writing skills is on your list of goals for the coming year, then check out the Black Friday Bonanza Sale at Research ...
Letters to My Grandparents

Thankful for Intrepid Ancestors - Dear Grandparents, A few days before we will celebrate Thanksgiving, we pause to remember that we owe our lives to intrepid ancestors who were willing t...
OLD PHOTOS FOUND

STACY, Leland Johnson (DeKalb, NY) - LELAND JOHNSON STACY IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Leland Stacy" PHOTO TAKEN: Cunningham Photographic Studio, Ogdensburg NY, circa 1912-1914 PURCHASED: ...
Historic New England

Rhode Island awards “Take It Outside” grant to Casey Farm - Historic New England wins a $30,000 grant to expand outdoor programming at Casey Farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. The funding supports the expansion o...
GenealogyMagazine.com

Yes, That’s a Real Name… - In West Alvington, Devon, England, an infant with the unfortunate name of Admonition Bastard was christened in 1701. However, her surname had nothing to ...
Quilt Crossing

Hearfelt thanks for our guild president - It's a tradition in our quilt guild that the outgoing president is gifted a quilt made by the members of the guild, when she finishes her 2 years of lead...
Massachusetts and More Genealogy Blog

Seth Pope 1689-1744 Dartmouth and Sandwich, Massachusetts - Seth Pope was born 5 April 1689 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, the son of Seth Pope and Deborah Perry (NEHGR 2:69, 1869). Seth the elder wa...
Our New England Heritage

New England Colonists 1600-1700 Greenman/Grenamon-Gyles - *Greenman , Grenaman* David was an early settler of Taunton, Mass. and is later found at Newport, R.I. in 1635. John was at R.I. in 1638. *Grenough* W...
Ancestry Island

New to Me: IKEA Museum's Catalog Collection - I think I remember the 1995 catalog. It's a classic IKEA image (*IKEA Museum. 2020. Svenska IKEA Kataloger | IKEA Museum. [online] Available at: <https:/...
Northeastern North Carolina Stories

- *Every Town Has* A liar. A sponger. A smart Aleck. A blatherskite. Its richest man. Some pretty girls. A girl who giggles. A weather profet. A neighborhood ...
Old Blue Genes

The Hewlets of New London Connecticut - This post will cover collected research on the Hewlet family of Groton and Stonington, Connecticut. This family name has also been written as Hewlett and ...
Betty's Boneyard Genealogy Blog

JAMES JASPER BRUTON - DNA does it again! Another family mystery solved, and more cousins found. *JAMES JASPER BRUTON* was my great uncle, the brother of my grandmother *MINTTIE ...
AT THE RIVERBEND

Johann Hinrich Spoering - Interior of German 18th century home As was discussed in the previous post, our ancestor, Johann Hinrich Spoering, (1759-1811), an oldest son, inherited F...
William & Mary Dyer

Book excerpt from Mary Dyer: For Such a Time as This - If you’re a descendant or admirer of the people mentioned in this chapter, you’re already primed to appreciate the historical research and writing expert...
Adventures with Jesus and Nemo

Jesus and Nemo visit New Zealand - Hello friends, this seems like an appropriate time to write a post about last year's spring break; when we are all staycationing due to being quarantined. ...
James Pylant

Oh, by the way, my wife was hacked to death last night - In 1910, an 81-year-old named Benjamin Franklin Matthews—called Frank—and his 71-year-old wife, Millie, lived on their farm in Cedar, a township in Boone...
AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

Before MLK, There Was Elizabeth Peratrovich - *Seventy-five years ago today, the first anti-discrimination law was signed on American soil.* *It was more than two decades before the Civil Rights Act. B...
Life From The Roots

Two Genealogy Friends: Both Wrote Genealogy Books, Were Born in Lowell, MA and Died the Same Week - Since December 19, 2019, I have known four people who died. This was unusual because two were related to my husband and three were genealogists. Because I ...
Lowell Doughboys and more...

75 Years Remembering the Battle of the Bulge - Seventy five years ago the Battle of the Bulge was fought against Germany from December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 in the Ardennes region. It was the dea...
Compass

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Erica's Adventures in Genealogy

The Four-Generation Picture that Didn't Happen, "Corrected" - When Alice Josephine Richardson Dakin was born, the four-generation photo of the Richardson family (above) was taken. Look above at my header with baby Al...
JDP News

Hug a Medievalist Day 2019 - winners! - Updated 4/12/19 Thank you to everyone who entered my 2019 Hug a Medievalist Day giveaway! Here are the winners: Joy S. won a print copy of my medieval rom...
Recollecting Nemasket

Russell's Cabins, 1950 - During the period between the 1930s and 1950s, before motels became popular, tourists passing through Middleborough were provided accommodation in overnigh...
Wadleigh-Brown-Plymale-Bixby

Murder in Tennessee - In February 1897, in a crowded court room in Clarksville, Tennessee, David Halliburton (a Confederate Civil War veteran) was found *Not Guilty* of commit...
Great Historicals

Live for Me by Colin Falconer - Amazon Link *The Back Cover:* *It should have been boy meets girl. But this is Nazi Germany in 1933, and things like love don’t count for much any more....
Collectible Old Stocks and Bonds

News from the Field - George H. LaBarre Galleries, Inc. - Article 1-1 - News From the Field [image: lincolnheadflaglogoarticles] *We often look back to the beginnings of the stock and bond hobby. Times were quit...
INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life

Seven Sinister Sisters on Genres - *Edith Maxwell/Maddie Day here. The Seven Sinister Sisters are on a blog tour and we're giving away books!* We are seven authors with new books coming out ...
Schow-Bickmore Histories

EZEKIEL GILLHAM (1732-1799) - *found on FamilySearch.org (contributed by bobbysworld 15 February 2018)* *(image started:)* ...seems to come from personal letters written by their great-g...
And This Is Good Old Boston

Boston's (Original) South End - On the 28th of July, 1888, the Boston Globe ran an article titled South End, 60 Years Ago, with the typical subtitles: *Time and People Erase Its Former Be...
My Maine Ancestry

Tombstone Tuesday - Charles H. N. & Loan (Churchill) Rowe - Charles H. N. and Loan Parsons (Churchill) Rowe are my 3rd great-grandparents. They are buried in the Upper Gloucester Cemetery in New Gloucester, Maine. C...
The Northeast House Historian

The Benjamin Caryl House c. 1774 - One of my most favorite activities is discovering old houses that I never knew existed. Unexpectedly coming across an historic house is like getting an ext...
The Gloucester I Love

Gloucester's Golden Age of Fishing - Click Here to View Parts 1 and 2 on YouTube! Gloucester's Golden Age of Fishing: Part 1 Gloucester's Golden Age of Fishing: Part 2
Your Brisbane: Past and Present

Brisbane flood problems - There's been some rather full-on marine construction work happening on the Brisbane River at Bulimba River Park. A few weeks ago a barge toting workmen's h...
Miller-Anderson Histories

Arnold family pictures -
Digging Down East

My 64 ~ Researching My Fourth Great Grandparents : Hugh Cowperthwaite III and Mary "Polly" Newcomb - My fourth great grandfather, Hugh Cowperthwaite, was born in Pittsgrove, in Salem County, New Jersey, in 1776, the second son and the third of 10 childr...
Library History Buff Blog

The Great Falls (MT) Public Library and Alma Smith Jacobs - Researching a recent acquisition to my postal librariana collection I discovered the story of African American librarian Alma Smith Jacobs (1916-1997) o...
The Kith and Kin Chronicles

Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Shetland - Robert Stewart (1553-1593) Robert Stewart, Earl of Caithness and Orkney (1553-93), was a natural son of King James V of Scotland by Euphemia Elphinstone (...
My Other Blog

In Search of David Hollister - One of the joys of family research is discovering lines of ancestors that you had never heard of. In my search there have been a few of these, mostly from ...
American History Now

King's Survey: The Sound of Hope - *in which we hear that truth is something that happens to an idea* OK, gang, I have something I want you to listen to. This is president Franklin D. Roos...
Civil War Days & Those Surnames

Asa W. S. Rix. - Pus.*Asa W. S. Rix.* Birth:1841, Marblehead, Massachusetts.. Death: Nov. 26, 1919. Parents: James A, Sally Rix. Married 1872. Merchant. Age 79 years. ...
American Folk Art @ Cooperstown

Found in Collections - A Painted Box - A couple of weeks ago I was touring a group from the Historical Society of Early American Decoration through our collections storage and came across this...
Pauline's Pirates & Privateers

History: A Call for Help - Hale and fair winds to one and all! This is a shout-out to my distant cousins who come from the far flung clan Beluche and to pirates and lover of histo...
BIG OLD HOUSES

Moving On -
Naval Heritage Society Dockyard

The Return of Commodore Biddle - Here it is – PENGUIN DAY. On this day, 200 years ago, the United States Sloop of War HORNET, James Biddle commanding, captured His Majesty’s Brig PENGUIN...
Arkansas in the Civil War

Battle of Jenkins' Ferry 150th Anniversary - Monument at Jenkins' Ferry State ParkToday (April 30, 2014) marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas. The last significant ac...
Christopher T. George's War of 1812 Blog

17th National War of 1812 Symposium, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Saturday, October 5, 2013 - *Rapidly filling up. Only fifty places available, including speakers. Don't miss out!* [image: 17th National War of 1812 Symposium Flyer]
Travels with Nathaniel

Welcome to "Travels With Nathaniel"! - Hi, my name is Nathaniel, you might remember me from such great literary works as "A Scarlet Letter", "The House of the Seven Gables", and "Twice Told Tal...
PRL Open Forum

Is Conscription the Answer? - Our system of justice is based on the theory that we have a fundamental right to be judged by a panel of our peers, versus by the king’s (or state’s) re...
Pine Grove Cemetery of Brunswick, Maine

New Exhibit at PHS - If you are as interested in hair art as I am or just want to check out some beautiful Victorian art made by a prominent Brunswick family, be sure not to mi...
Fantastic Family Findings

Richard Raymond Peerboom - Part 1 - There are often people in your family tree who tell an important story about your family, although they are not related through blood or marriage. One such...
The Great Ancestral Hunt

What's in my DNA? - The results are in! What a fascinating thing, this DNA. On Ancestry.com, it gives a break down of where I am from using both my paternal and maternal DNA b...
Quinn Bradlee's Ancestors

The Greene Family - *1.) John Greene*, surgeon (Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, County Dorset, England; abt. 1590 - Jan 1659; Warwick, Rhode Island) son of Richard Greene and Mary ...
Rainy Mountains

Social Media, iPhones and Journalism - This clip discusses the impact of social media and how it is used in the journalism workplace. "It's old but it's new now that news organizations have begu...
Jacobus Books

"Perhaps one of the most thorough studies of frontier dens of sin ever compiled" - Ross McSwain, book reviewer for the San Angelo Times-Standard, praises James Pylant and Sherri Knight's book, The Oldest Profession in Texas. "The 380-page...
History—Now and Then

Settlements of Friends’ Meetings in New Jersey - by Jerseyman ©2011 I have extracted the following article on New Jersey Friends’ Meetings from the weekly journal, *The Friend. *This publication serially ...
Pulled Through the Knothole of Time

Quickest Microfilm Lookups Ever - ...and Brent Finds his Great Great Grandfather Yesterday my husband and I went to Anderson, Indiana for the funeral of my Great Aunt Rosie. It was a sa...
A Grand Adventure - Looking for Relatives

Day 152 - I am home. I hit the Colorado border about 1pm (MDT) and was at Ray's by 4pm. It was glorious to see the mountains. They are snow covered and lined the who...
Into the Wilderness

Augustinian Tradition - When the wave of religious assertion which we call Puritanism is considered in the broad perspective of Christian history, it appears no longer as a uniq...
A Couple Of Bubbles Off Center

It's 1635 and a glorious May day in Dorset.... - Imagine you're 24, and there's no future in the Somersetshire village where you grew up and where your family has lived for at least a hundred years. You, ...
historyreader

"The Greatest Battle" Adam Nagorski - The scale of Russian death in WWII boggles the mind. Twenty five to thirty million, more or less, died in the Soviet Union--several million more if you inc...
Phelps Family Research Team

New Index to "Phelps Family in America" Available - Well-known to many Phelps family researchers is the two-volume book, *The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors*, by Judge Oliver Seymour Ph...
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The Mayflower Billington Brothers Dubbed First Juvenile Delinquents in America

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