West in New England

A blog about genealogy and thoughts about the various roots and branches of my family tree as well as the times in which my ancestors lived.Included are the West, White,and McFarland families.WARNING:DO NOT TAKE ALL OF MY FAMILY RECORDS AS GOSPEL. ALWAYS CONFIRM YOUR OWN RESEARCH!

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

THE CARNIVAL OF IRISH HERITAGE AND CULTURE NEEDS YOU!

If you are a geneablogger of Irish descent, or non-Irish descent for that matter, have you ever visited Ireland? Or have you ever just thoug...

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

THE CASE OF SUSANNAH BUSWELL

One of the fun things about researching family history is finding new stories about my ancestors. Lately, with all the information I've ...

Monday, July 27, 2009

A TRIP TO IRELAND

I've had to wrestle a bit mentally with the topic of this edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture, which deals with what...

Sunday, July 26, 2009

GENEALOGY THAT MAKES YOU GO `HUH?'

I was reminded the other night while researching my Coburn/Colburn line of the first time I read something in my genealogy that made me scra...

Friday, July 24, 2009

HILL COUNTRY ARCHIVES

Terry Thornton's Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississipp i has returned in an archival format as Terry Thornton's Hill Country . T...

Thursday, July 23, 2009

PERHAPS THIS IS WHY THE TOWN FINANCES ARE IN TROUBLE?

There's an override vote coming up here in Abington on Saturday and it's caused quite a bit of debate online between supporters and ...

GENEALOGY BROWSING

It's a cloudy day with a hint of rain and I spent some time browsing the Internet for news about genealogy while I enjoyed my coffee. I ...

JOHN ELLINGWOOD'S PETITION, FEB 1700/01

I've written before about my ancestor Ralph Ellingwood Jr. He and his brother John served in the Massachusetts militia during the Indian...

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

LARGE BIRDS BEHAVING BADLY

I was driving to work this morning using a shortcut between Route 139 in Holbrook and Route 37 on the Braintree/Holbrook line when I had my ...

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

GERSHOM FLAGG AT WHEELWRIGHT POND, 6JUL 1690

My 9x great grandfather Gershom Flagg was born in Watertown, Ma. in 1641 but by 1689 he was residing in Woburn, Middlesex, Ma. That year he...

Monday, July 20, 2009

NOTICE:MIND YOUR MANNERS, PLEASE!

I'm going to be at work and away from the Internet for the next eight hours or so. If during that time somebody wishes to comment on the...

Sunday, July 19, 2009

TERRY THORNTON'S BLOGS ARE GONE

My usual Sunday routine is to sleep in. After I'm up I make coffee and waffles and then eat while I browse my blogfeeds. When I worked m...

Saturday, July 18, 2009

RAIN ON THE ROOF

I was going to write a followup to my post about the Terry Thornton situation, but Mother Nature intervened. A thunderstorm rolled in, and I...

Friday, July 17, 2009

THE CASE OF DOROTHY HOYT

My 9x great grandfather John Hoyt. Sr. was one of the first settlers of Salisbury, Essex Co., Mssachusetts and I was researching what if a...

Thursday, July 16, 2009

GENEALOGY NOT SO WISE

Okay, I never joined Genealogy Wise to begin with and didn't see all the posts on this issue, so bear with me, folks. And feel free to c...

SUMMER IN THE CITY

Most of my most vivid memories of summer as a kid are those involving the years we lived in the Dorchester section of Boston. We moved there...

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

SYNCHRONICITY AND STEPHEN GREENLEAF, JR

Ah, synchronicity! I was searching online for any material about my probable ancestor Gershom Flagg's death at the Battle of Wheelwright...

Sunday, July 12, 2009

SATURDAY NIGHT GENEALOGY FUN: TIME TRAVEL

It's Sunday afternoon and it's time for Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over at Genea-Musings . Okay, I'm a tad ...

DESTRUCTION OF A 1500 YEAR OLD INDIAN MOUND TO BUILD A SAMS CLUB IN OXFORD, ALABAMA!

Sometimes you see or hear something that just makes you stop and angrily shake your head. The other day Terry Thornton of Hill Country of M...

Thursday, July 09, 2009

MORE THOUGHTS ON GENEALOGYWISE

Well, the rush is on as genealogists sign up for GenealogyWise. The first thing I noticed when I signed onto Facebook tonight was that there...

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Bill West: I'm a 75 year old retired bookseller with a computer and an interest in genealogy and history. Email:BillWest48(at)gmail(dot)com. (If you are not a robot, you'll know where to put in the @ and the.)

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