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Thursday, January 30, 2014

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE BARKER FAMILY

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This is one of a  series of posts in which I'll list what I've already learned about one of my family lines. I'll also include ...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

THE BOOK OF ME WRITTEN BY YOU: HOBBIES

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I'm taking  part in a meme started by Julie Goucher of Anglers Rest . Using prompts from "The Book of Me, Written By You" I...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

SATURDAY NIGHT GENEALOGY FUN: SIX GENERATIONS OF ABBOTTS OF ANDOVER, MA.

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 It's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Night over on Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings blog! It's been awhile since the last time I took...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS #3: THOMAS BOYDEN

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Fellow geneablogger Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Basically, we have to post so...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

BLOGIVERSARY: NOW WE ARE SEVEN

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I started West in New England seven years ago today, but this wasn't my first crack at a geneablog. I like to retell this story on ever...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE AMES FAMILY

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This is the start of a new series of posts in which I'll list what I've already learned about one of my family lines. I'll also ...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS #2: JOHN UPTON:

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Fellow geneablogger Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Basically, we have to post so...
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Wednesday, January 08, 2014

THE VALUE OF AN OX, REVISITED

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In light of how we have been asking ourselves how are ancestors could have survived horrid winter conditions without the technological adva...
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"SOME SAY THE WORLD WILL END IN FIRE, SOME SAY IN ICE"

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Much of the country has been in the grip of record low temperatures thanks to the "Polar Vortex" . We've been expressing ourse...
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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS: EDWARD COLBOURNE

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Fellow geneablogger Amy Johnson Crow of No Story Too Small has issued the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. Basically, we have to post so...
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Monday, January 06, 2014

A FAMILY REUNION OF SORTS 28: BENJAMIN C. DONHAM IN KOREA, 1908 Pt3

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In a previous post in this series I listed some questions I had about my  distant cousin Benjamin Curtis Donham and his family after I foun...
Saturday, January 04, 2014

MY FAVORITE BLOGPOSTS OF 2013

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2013 was another good genealogy year for me. I found a bunch of wills, probates, and land deeds for my colonial New England ancestors over...
Thursday, January 02, 2014

MY 2014 GENEAPLANS

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Well, it's January, the start of a brand new year, and with it comes the traditionl New Year resoultions. So here are my geneaplans for ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

MY 2013 GENEAPLANS: HOW DID I DO?

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Before I post my goals for 2014, let's review my goals for this year and how well I've done measuring up to them. 1. Work more o...
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

A FAMILY REUNION OF SORTS 27: BENJAMIN C. DONHAM IN KOREA, 1908 Pt2

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Earlier this month I shared a post about my distant cousin Benjamin Curtis Donham. I'd discovered that Benjamin had been working in Kor...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

AFTER CHRISTMAS

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When I was a kid the day after Christmas was a wonderful day: I knew I had a week or so off from school and I had some new toys or games to ...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

ADVENT CALENDAR OF CHRISTMAS MEMORIES:CHRISTMAS EVES

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Christmas Eve was sometimes hectic in our family, especially those years when we lived in Dorchester, because Mom and Dad would drive ar...
Monday, December 23, 2013

MY FESTIVUS AIRING OF GENEALOGICAL GRIEVANCES

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Today is the holiday of Festivus, and in keeping with the tradition I have some genealogical grievances I want to air: If my various ancesto...
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

ADVENT CALENDAR OF CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: I WAS THE GRINCH'S HENCHMAN.

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I once worked several years for a New England based toy store chain. At the end of the Christmas Party...
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

BLOG CAROLING 2013: "NOLLAIG SHONA DUFF!"

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It's become a Geneabloggers tradition to join our friend footnoteMaven in the annual Blog Caroling Event , when geneabloggers...
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