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Thursday, May 29, 2008

HOUGHS NECK

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When I was a kid "going to the beach" meant we were going to visit my grandaunt and granduncle Peggy and Leo McCue at their cottag...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 5

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Scituate is a nearby town on the coast of Massachusetts with some nice scenery and a name that gives newcomers pause. As usual with many nam...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

WHILE YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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When I got the idea to do a series of posts about some of the place names of New England and another series on pronunciations, I found two v...
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SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 4

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One of the town names that newcomers to Massachusetts initially mispronounce is Haverhill, birthplace of my ancestors Amos Hastings and Abig...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 3

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When I was a child, our family often would vacation in Berlin and Milan. No, not the cities in Europe. These are in New Hampshire and as you...
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Friday, May 23, 2008

WITH A NAME LIKE THAT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY SEAT

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Like most everywhere else in the USA, Massachusetts once had many smaller towns or villages that were absorbed into larger towns. I learned ...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 2

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Today's lesson in New Englandese is in honor of Terry and all of the H.O.G.S. bloggers: ham . No, not the kind you eat. This " ham...
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Monday, May 19, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER!

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Along with funny place names, New England has many names with easy looking names that have tricky...for outsiders... pronunciations.It's...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008

WHEN YOU SAY CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG, YOU'VE SAID IT ALL.

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Massachusetts and New England has some interesting geographical names and I thought I'd occasionally write about some of the more unique...
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THE 48th CARNIVAL OF GENEALOGY IS OUT

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Well, the 48th Carnival of genealogy is out and this one had a Mother's Day theme, "Mom, How'd You Get So Smart?". Jasia g...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

THE OBITUARY OF FLOYD EARL WEST SR.

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From the Norway, Me. Advertiser-Democrat February 5, 1970: " Floyd E. West UPTON--- Floyd Earl West, 76, died at his home, Wednesday, ...
Sunday, May 11, 2008

MOM

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My Mom, Anne Marie White, never graduated from high school. The only school I recall her mentioning was the Mary E. Curley School in Jamaica...
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A MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION

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A moving story of how genealogy reunited a 72 year old man with his 90 year old birth mother!

A VERY GOOD YEAR!

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I was digging through some of the dresser drawers tonight hunting for some old report cards I had kicking around for years. I didn't fin...
Saturday, May 10, 2008

BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE ARCHIVES CLOSED FOR REST OF 2008

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The Archdiocese of Boston is closing its Archives to researchers for the rest of 2008 while they are moved to a new location in Braintree , ...
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Friday, May 09, 2008

JONATHAN BARKER'S PENSION FILE4

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In my last post about my 4x great grandfather, Jonathan Barker, I mentioned that after seeing his Revolutionary War Pension file there were ...
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

VATICAN BARS LDS FROM DIOCESES RECORDS

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I routinely Google for news stories involving history or genealogy and today was taken aback by reports that the Vatican has instructed Cath...
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Saturday, May 03, 2008

THE CARNIVAL OF GENEALOGY IS UP!

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Jasia posted the latest CoG earlier tonight and it's a doozy! Over thirty geneabloggers represented, some with more than one post, so th...

IN TOUCH WITH MY INNER THWENG

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I was buying my lunch at the cafe at work today and was in a good...alright, silly...mood when I reached the cashier. Now it's routine ...
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Thursday, May 01, 2008

JONATHAN BARKER'S PENSION FILE3

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For some reason, even though Jonathan Barker's Pension application had been approved and submitted by Judge Albion K. Parris, he didn...