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THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS: THE OPPOSERS - (( *This week* *is the 329th anniversary of the start of the Salem Witch Trials.I made several lists of relatives involved in the trials and am repost...
THE CABINET CARD GALLERY

THREE ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL : TWO WEARING SHADES - This snapshot photograph features three adorable little girls standing in a field. A pair of the girls are barefoot and two of them are wearing sunglasses ...
Boston 1775

The Boston Massacre’s Political Resonance - The Boston Massacre was a political event, of course. It arose from conflicts between sources of authority—the imperial government and the town governme...
Daytonian in Manhattan

A Contemporary Speakeasy in the Village - 22 Seventh Avenue South - In 1889 William J. Rauch paid $26,500, or about $760,000 in today's money, for the five-story brick apartment house at No. 58 Leroy Street. There was ...
The Warrior Muse

IWSG - Epiphany & Streeeeetching - It's time for the March Insecure Writer's Support Group. Created by *Alex J. Cavanaugh*, the IWSG exists for writers to get support and lend support. An...
Abbeville Institute

The Lord Gives - It was a late night in Boone County, Arkansas when me and my newly married wife attended a party not far from our home in Lead Hill. The ol’ boy that invit...
The Magpie Mason

‘The province in Freemasonry’ - Courtesy Freemasonry TodayBro. Aubrey NewmanThe next speaker coming in the Open Lectures on Freemasonry series will be Bro. Aubrey Newman!Practically ...
Cause of Liberty

What is Ranked-Choice Voting? How Does It Work? - Millions of Americans are concerned about election integrity and believe that changes need to be made in the voting process. One of the idea...
Nutfield Genealogy

Accident Prone? Aaron B. Wilkinson (1827 – 1897) of Portland, Maine - Aaron B. Wilkinson was born about 1827 in Madbury, New Hampshire, the son of Rufus Wilkinson (1800 – 1868) and his wife Catherine Bunker. He is my 2 n...
The Accidental Genealogist

Back for 2021: The Fearless Females Blogging Prompts Series - In March 2010, I launched a series of 31 blogging prompts for celebrating and honoring the "fearless females" in our family trees. Many bloggers particip...
My Tapley Tree...and its Branches

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2021 (Week 8): Power - *Amy Johnson Crow from Generations Cafe is again hosting the blog writing prompt this year called 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2021. I'm going to try to p...
Bookman's Log

Survivor Tree - [image: Survivor Tree] I was doing some painting down in the former Flatrocks Gallery space, and I needed something to put my drippy paint cans on. There w...
Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

Calling all DAMEN Descendants! - Are you a DAMEN descendant? I have good news if you have Jan Cornelise Damen and his wife Sophia (Fytie) Martens in your family tree.My latest book in my N...
Thomas Gardner of Salem, MA

New Spain - TL;DR -- New Spain covered more area than New France. And, it had land that the U.S. wanted later than did any other country. Finally, a look at the situ...
Christopher Setterlund, In My Footsteps

Wear Your Wish Full Interview - In My Footsteps Podcast Episode 11 -
Heirlooms Reunited

1894 to 1898 Booklets Detailing Road Repair Taxes for Townships in Aroostook County, Maine - 1894 to 1898 booklets detailing the road repair taxes due from residents and non residents of townships in Aroostook County, Maine. Click *here* to see ...
Civil War Notebook

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 11, 1864 - Rained all night—a calm, warm rain. Calm and warm to-day, with light fog, but no rain. It is now supposed the clerks (who saved the city) will be kept here...
Yesterday’s Papers

Happy Hooligan – - AT THE ORPHEUM Nov 27, 1913JKA❦
GenealogyMagazine.com

Clint Black and Rosanne Cash on “Finding Your Roots” - Singers Clint Black and Rosanne Cash are guests on “Country Roots,” an episode of Finding Your Roots that airs Tues., February 23 at 8 p.m. [...] The post...
Massachusetts and More Genealogy Blog

Samuel Berry 1691-1741 and Rebecca Gray (ca 1691), of Yarmouth and Harwich, Massachusetts - Samuel Berry was born November 1691 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Bell) Berry. His birth is recorded in Yar...
Black Raven Genealogy

Creating a Virtual Graveyard - Genealogists always want to know where their ancestors are buried. It’s not just to see what they might learn from their gravesites. It’s more than that. I...
Our New England Heritage

New England Colonists 1600-1700 Habberfield-Hammatt, Hammett - *Habberfield* William was a clothier in Boston in 1683 and later in Lynn, Mass. in 1691. *Hack* William was born at Plymouth, England before settling a...
Historic New England

The History of Black History Month: Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s fight for reform - Amanda Gorman, the nation’s youngest-ever inaugural poet, delivered these words on January 20 at the swearing in of the new president and vice president:...
Sandwalk

The 20th anniversary of the human genome sequence: 6. Nature doubles down on ENCODE results - *Nature* has now published a series of articles celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the draft sequences of the human genome [Genome re...
Miller-Anderson Histories

Jonathan Hastings - A record quoted in "The Connecticut Magazine," states his death occurred "13 August 1798. Jonathan Hastings (son of Lieut. Josiah Hastings of Chesterfie...
In Times Past

It's Still In The Mail - Rural Free Delivery helped to eliminate isolation felt by many rural families. It replaced "star routes." It open rural areas to being able to buy fro...
William & Mary Dyer

Anne Hutchinson featured in television documentary - In 2019, six documentary film producers were tasked with researching and filming six hour-long segments on the spread of Christianity across the world...
Genealogical Musings

Augusta's Confederate Monument and My Family History - Sometimes, genealogy and modern politics have some overlap. In Augusta, Georgia, a giant, imposing obelisk stands as a memorial to Confederate soldiers....
Quilt Crossing

The one you don't want to have to write - I have been a bit adrift lately. My lovely mother recently passed away. She was 90 years old, but it came as a shock just the same. Her passing was not C...
OLD PHOTOS FOUND

LAKE, Harry (Bedford IA) - HARRY LAKE IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Harry Lake, Bedford Iowa" PHOTO TAKEN: unknown location and photographer, but likely Bedford Iowa c. 1904 PURC...
Quixotic Joust

Why We Never Stamp Out Organized Crime - This story begins in 1951 when two sons of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt--each son born to a different wife and each wife born to a filthy rich father--acquir...
AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

A New Blog: Shirley's Diary: A Depression-Era Girl's Story - Today I started a new blog. Yes, I can hear what you're thinking! "She hasn't kept up with her original one, and she's starting *another*?!" Life has c...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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