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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Comfort Bag Letters from Old West Newbury

From Archives Sea Breeze Magazine Volume 13 Would love to identify names of these children in West Newbury MA. Please post your comments or contact me.

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Abbeville Institute

The War that House Built - It might truly be said that the death, funeral and burial of Thomas Jefferson’s American republic came about at the hands of the nation’s three most promin...
Cause of Liberty

What Will Be the Results of the FBI Raid on Mar-a-Lago? - The news today on every channel and every talk show is the FBI raid on President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Tr...
The Magpie Mason

‘MLMA to talk Quarry Project’ - The Masonic Library and Museum Association will convene in Phoenix for its annual meeting at the end of next month. Today, the host announced a tentati...
Civil War Notebook

Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, May 12, 1865 - New CREEK, May 12, 1865. DEAR MOTHER:— I have returned from Washington, and shall start this afternoon for Chillicothe. I do not leave the army for a few...
THE CABINET CARD GALLERY

MORMON METEOR & AB JENKINS : EARLY INDIANAPOLIS 500 ; CHARLES BELL : TOWER : (1946) - This vintage photograph (lithograph) features a look at racecar driver, AB Jenkins and the Mormon Meteor. In the 1930’s, Ab Jenkins built three successive ...
Daytonian in Manhattan

The 1893 Veltin School - 160 West 74th Street - *photo via landmarkwest.org* Born in Paris, France on January 8, 1856, Louise Veltin was brought to America by her parents at the age of 7. Her fathe...
Nutfield Genealogy

Millie in the Millyard, Manchester, New Hampshire - I've blogged about this beloved state before (you can find the link below) and this artwork is even more beloved today. The original name of the statue...
Library History Buff Blog

Anon E Mouse Library Covers - In July I attended the Minnesota Stamp Expo. A highlight of the show was the philatelic exhibits which included a number of exhibits of first day covers...
Thomas Gardner of Salem, MA

New Missouri - TL;DR -- Who has the longest river? Who cares? But, it's nice that these work horses get some attention beyond those worries like flooding or effects of dr...
Historic New England

Recovering New England’s Voices Scholars Social Takeover - Historic New England’s Recovering New England’s Voices scholars are taking over our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram platforms this August to share some ...
Yesterday’s Papers

Stanley Armstrong – - Stanley Armstrong, Slim Jim, May 5, 1923IN MEMORY OF 'ARMI'Editor & Publisher, August 20, 1949To The Editor: I am going to ask a special favor that you ca...
Sandwalk

Identifying functional DNA (and junk) by purifying selection - Functional DNA is best defined as DNA that is currently under purifying selection. In other words, it can't be deleted without affecting the fitness of t...
Heirlooms Reunited

Photograph, presumably Graduation Photograph of young man IDed as Bill Drisko; by the Flanagan studio - Photograph, presumably a graduation photograph, of a young man identified on the reverse of the jacket as Bill Drisko. The photograph was taken by the Fla...
The Warrior Muse

IWSG - Sent to the Corner - It's August, and time for the Insecure Writer's Support Group! Created by *Alex J. Cavanaugh*, the IWSG serves to give writers a forum to both seek and ...
In Times Past

Cool It! - Front Porch Respit. In 1940, this Vermont woman found relief from household work and the summer's heat. During the summer months, northern New England...
OLD PHOTOS FOUND

SAUNDERS, Minnie (Spokane WA) - INDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Minnie Saunders" PHOTO TAKEN: Gowman Studio, Spokane WA, circa 1910-1920 PHOTO ACQUIRED: Albany Antique Mall, Albany Orego...
Christopher Setterlund, In My Footsteps

Searching for the Lady of the Dunes - I'm really excited to share this sort of trailer video for the Lady of the Dunes documentary and book. I've been wanting to do something to help explain m...
AT THE RIVERBEND

Confusing Cousins - *It seems like a struggle to me to classify cousins into first, second, third, once removed, etc. * *It was always obvious to me that my first cousins w...
William & Mary Dyer

How did Mary Dyer ride away after her prison release? - *© 2022 Christy K Robinson* In the winter or early spring of 1657, Mary Dyer had returned from a four-year stay in England. Based on the timeline of a s...
Genealogical Musings

A Chromosome Painter Comparison - Recently AncestryDNA added yet another feature to their DNA tools, a Chromosome Painter. It shows us which portions of our chromosomes they have identifi...
Bookman's Log

Cataloging as an Extreme Sport - [image: Cataloging as an Extreme Sport] Maritime List 311 – a compilation of rare books and manuscripts – was not a great success, selling about 40%. All ...
Life From The Roots

Hudson, New Hampshire Public Library (Resources for Genealogists) - *George H. and Ella M. Rodgers Memorial Library* *194 Derry Rd., Hudson, NH 03051* *(603)886-6030* *I was quite surprised several years ago to learn that t...
My Tapley Tree...and its Branches

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What Genealogy Activity Have You Spent Time On? - *From Randy (a cousin discovery!!) over at **Genea-Musings:* it's *Saturday Night* - time for more *Genealogy Fun!!!* Your mission, should you decide t...
Betty's Boneyard Genealogy Blog

Happy 4th of July 2022! - Here is a list of my 33 Revolutionary War Ancestors, updated from 2011! Revolutionary War 1776-1783 *Mother's lineage* *JEREMIAH MARTINE* b 1734 Ta...
West in New England

FATHERS DAY 2022 - In honor of Fathers Day I'm posting pictures of some of the fathers on my family tree. From the Wests: Our Dad, Floyd E West, Jr. Great gran...
Massachusetts and More Genealogy Blog

Josiah Swift ca 1675 to 1750s Sandwich, Massachusetts - Josiah Swift was born about 1675 (a rough estimate), in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, the son of William 2 (William 1) and Ruth [—?—] Swift. He i...
Phelps Family Research Team

Looking for the family of a George Phelps whose name was given for Lake Phelps of Jackson Hole, Wyoming - Lake Phelps of Wyoming was named after a trapper, George Phelps, prospector and hunter (see the references below). If anyone has information about his...
Our New England Heritage

Simple Yankee Way of Life - American and international literature is inundated with images of the old New England home and hearth. From Longfellow's depiction of Priscilla Mullin...
Quixotic Joust

The Uvalde Connection to JFK Assassination - Back in 2015 (already seven years ago), I was following up for my own interest what I'd learned about Red Bird Airport in Dallas from Daniel Hopsicker's ...
Ancestry Island

Almost done with ProGen! - All of my genealogical energies lately have been directed to my course work (study work?) for the ProGen Study Group (I'm in ProGen 52!), and I've neglecte...
GenealogyMagazine.com

News anchor, fashion icon, and actress appear on “Finding Your Roots” - Erin Burnett, André Leon Talley, and Amy Carlson are Dr. Henry Louis Gates’s guests on Finding Your Roots, airing Tues., April 19, 2022, at 8 [...] The p...
Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

Obituary William Hanna 1920 - In Dunn Township Ontario William Hanna age 83 interment Riverside CemeterySearch for more information in genealogy records on Ancestry.com, Ancestry.ca ...
Old Blue Genes

Shaws & Plummers of Raymond Maine - I will try to assemble information about these interrelated old families in Raymond & Windham Maine. Barbara Plummer (born 1923) was an 'adopted' daughte...
The Accidental Genealogist

Preserving a Female Ancestor's Photographs with Vivid-Pix Memory Station - Are precious details about the lives of your female ancestors hidden in old family photographs? Most of us have bins or boxes of treasured memories just...
Black Raven Genealogy

1921 Census of England & Wales - Wynne household - There was huge excitement among many genealogists this week with the publication of the 1921 census for England & Wales. I didn't expect to find any direc...
James Pylant

The Murders at Starved Rock: Prosecutor’s Son Reexamines 1960 Crime - David Raccuglia is best known as the founder of American Crew, the leading professional men’s grooming brand in the world. He’s also known for capturing f...
Lowell Doughboys and more...

Major General Ernest N Harmon - Lowell's Own "Hell on Wheels" - Ernest Nason Harmon was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on February 26, 1894 to Ernest Josiah and Junietta (Spaulding) Harmon. The family lived in Pawtucke...
Boston 1775

“My Daughter, which she really is, tho’ but an adopted one” - This story came up (in my head at least) during yesterday’s online presentation from King’s Chapel about how the Revolution affected members of that Angli...
Letters to My Grandparents

Ezra Sill DAR Patriot - Dear Grandparents, For the last five or so years, I have been serving as the Registrar for my Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter (NSDAR). This is...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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. ...
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...
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...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Comfort Bag Letters from Old West Newbury