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Thursday, July 31, 2008

THE LAST INDIAN RAID

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I've written before about my ancestors' experiences and encounters with the Native American peoples of New England. In researching t...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

ROLL CALL

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Since I've been getting a bit more traffic lately, I thought I'd do a list of the surnames in my family genealogy in case some of my...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

NEVER SAY NEVER

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Well I finally took the plunge and joined MySpace and Facebook. Two cousins and several friends already had been MySpace for years but I...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

THE SISTER FIDELMA MYSTERIES

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I like to read mysteries, especially those based in the Boston area, such as the books by Robert Parker and Dennis Lehane, but I also am an ...
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BEDTIME GENEALOGY 25

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Just a couple of notes whilst waiting for sleepiness: First, congratulations to footnoteMaven on the write-up on her Shades of the Departed...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

THE GENEABLOGGERS' PICNIC

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Hmm. Summer! Warm days and cool nights, and family cookouts and picnics. What food does your family serve at picnics? Are there traditional ...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

HOUSE TOUR

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I'm going on vacation in a few weeks with my sister and I decided I better become more comfortable with using my digital camera. So this...
Friday, July 18, 2008

THE 52nd CARNIVAL OF GENEALOGY IS UP!

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The 52nd Carnival of Genealogy is up and is over at Lisa's 100 Years in America ! It looks like another great selection of genealogy blo...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 9

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If you visit Boston, you should know that certain sections of the city and their inhabitants have nicknames while others don't. For exam...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

WITNESS TO HISTORY

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My three times great grandmother Arvilla Ames West was born on 26 Jan 1810 in Livermore, Oxford County, Maine and died on 25 April 1907 in H...
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A NEW ARRIVAL!

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Yesterday, Monday, July 14th the newest member of our family joined us. Noah Adam weighs 10 lbs 1oz and is 21 inches long. He and his parent...
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

AND HE WASN'T A FORD, EITHER!

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While doing my usual Sunday genealogy browsing breakfast, I ran across this article about some questions about Abraham Lincoln's ancest...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

JONAS PRESCOTT & MARY LOKER

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I mentioned in my previous post about John Prescott that there is a romantic (and probably romanticized) story about his son Jonas Prescott...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

JOHN PRESCOTT

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I was having trouble thinking of free spirits and independent thinkers in my family tree. It's not that there aren't any, it's ...
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SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE NEW ENGLANDER 8

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Okay, so you are visiting New England on a hot summer day and stop at a Brigham's or Friendly's for an ice cream cone and the person...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

MY BARKER LINE

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Before I move on to Jesse and Benjamin Barker, I thought I'd briefly list my Barker Line. I decided to just list my direct ancestors be...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

"HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE BOSTON IRISH"

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I've previously mentioned reading the story of Barney McGinniskin in Peter F. Stevens' Hidden History of the Boston Irish . I skim...
Monday, June 23, 2008

BLOGGING BRUNCH 16

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I'm on vacation this week and slept in today. I do have plans for this week involving some genealogy research but I need a haircut badly...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

FLYBOYS

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I think I may have posted this photo once before. It's from when my Dad was training for the Air Corps during World War II before he was...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

THE FAMILY PETS1-PICTURES

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It finally dawned on me that I forgot to include some pictures with my Carnival of Genealogy post about pets. So here are three. The first i...