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Saturday, March 31, 2012

"IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW" 5

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Before I conclude this series, I wanted to use GoogleMaps to see if I could get some pictures of the places the McFarland Family lived in t...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

"IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW" 4

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It's been years, decades actually, since the last time I'd been to the McFarland grave at Mt Benedict. I couldn't remember exac...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

"IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW" 3

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I've had a public family tree on Ancestry.com for eight years now.(I just looked up when I started there. I can't believe it's ...
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"IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW" 2

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As I said, I'd discovered names of children I hadn't known about in the family of my maternal great grandparents John and Annie (Ke...
Monday, March 26, 2012

"IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW"

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I didn't have much luck finding records in the new Massachusetts Vital Record database at Ancestry.com. But that did prompt me ...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

MY FIRST GENEALOGY CONFERENCE

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Well, it finally happened! I made it to my first genealogy conference, the 2012 New England Family History Conference! When I saw the annou...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

GENEALOGISTS' TIME CAPSULE CHALLENGE POSTS!

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Back in February I read a story about a 100 year old time capsule being  opened here in Abington and it inspired me to make this challenge:...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

ISAAC DUNHAM AND MORE GOBSMACKERY!

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As I mentioned in the previous post, Isaac Dunham was the first keeper of the Minot Ledge Lighthouse near the site of the St. John. I knew ...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

THE ST.JOHN'S CROSS

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I've written before about the way some work of chance leads me to encounters with places related to my family's history. Last month...
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ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN ABINGTON 2012

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((First published in 2007 and updated for this year)) I mentioned the Abington St. Patrick’s Day Parade last night and that my Mom helped...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

MY GENEALOGY TIME CAPSULE

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Back in February I read about a century old time capsule being opened here in Abington and it gave me an idea for a Genealogists' Time ...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

ENGLAND BEGINNING RESEARCH: THE TIDSWELL FAMILY UK CENSUS RECORDS

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The Genealogists in Second Life group has been taking a course Tuesday nights with "LadyClaire Ashbourne" on England Beginning Re...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

A NEW CLUE IN DEED?

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More and more records are coming online that are of use to genealogists and family historians. The other night cousin Chris Dunham sent me ...
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Thursday, March 01, 2012

GENEALOGY IN A FLASH

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This edition of  the Carnival of Genealogy was inspired by the flash fiction style of writing;  As Jasia put it over on her CreativeGene bl...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

A PICTURE PUZZLE SOLVED & THE VALUE OF SHARING

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Front L-R Leslie Fuller, P.J. West, Phonce West, Louisa + Jonathan West, Winfield West 2nd Mary Chase, Lettie Douglas, Mrs, Hall, Aun...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

MORE ABOUT THE BENEDICTS

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My recent post about cousin Benedict Arnold Barker brought  few responses, one of which provided an answer to the mystery of his name and a...
Monday, February 20, 2012

THE BEST LAID PLANS

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Back at the start of the month I wrote here about taking part in the Family History Writing Challenge and committed to posting 500 words a ...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

SATURDAY NIGHT GENEALOGY FUN;: TWO DEGREES OF SEPARATION

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I'm a bit late for this weeks Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings, but as they say, better late than ...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

THE BENEDICT ARNOLD OF THE FAMILY

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As I mentioned before, Gipssy Barker was not the only person in her family with an unusual name. Her older brother was named Benedict Arnol...
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Thursday, February 09, 2012

THE GENEALOGIST'S TIME CAPSULE CHALLENGE

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Recently a time capsule left by the residents of Abington in 1912 was opened at a meeting of the Historical Society of Old Abington. (...
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