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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 26: JOHN HAWKES 1690-1738 PT1

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My ancestor John Hawkes' father Adam Hawkes had died in 1691, three years before his father's death . Adam had been the oldest chil...
Monday, June 29, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 25: ADAM HAWKES 1664-1691

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Like many colonial New England families, the Hawkes used several given names over and over through the generations. In my line of the famil...
Saturday, June 27, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 24: JOHN HAWKES PT2

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I was able to find the Probate Files for my ancestor John Hawkes over on the American Ancestors website , and George Ernest Bowman had tran...
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Friday, June 26, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 26JUNE 2015

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Here's this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of recently added record collections "This week, we're bringing you o...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 24: JOHN HAWKES PT1

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My 9x great grandfather John Hawkes is one of the important (to me) ancestors on my family tree because his marriage to second wife  Sarah ...
Monday, June 22, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 23: ADAM HAWKES PT2

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I found the images for Adam Hawkes' Probate File on the American Ancestor website. They include the estate inventory : Essex Coun...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

FATHERS DAY

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In honor of Father's Day I'm posting pictures of some of the fathers on my family tree. From the Wests: My Dad, Floyd E West, Jr...
Friday, June 19, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 19JUNE 2015

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Here's this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of new record collections recently added to Findmypast: "This week, we...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

ELISHA HOUGHTON HAD A GUN....AND THEN HE DIDN'T.

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  ((Today is the 240th Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Several of my ancestors took part in the battles, including my 5x great gr...

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 23: ADAM HAWKES PT1

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For Week 23 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, I turn to the family of another of the women who married into the Upton line, Eve H...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

THE WRECK OF THE S. S. DEUTSCHLAND

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The passenger list from the S.S. Deutschland with my 2x great grandparents names on the fourth & fifth lines. This past Saturda...
Friday, June 12, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 12JUNE 2015

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I recently became a member of the Findmypast Ambassador Program which includes a complimentary one year world subscription to Findmypast an...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

WHY GENEALOGISTS NEED SOCIAL MEDIA

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I know there are some genealogists who feel that social media is wasting time better spent in doing research. But having a presence on Face...
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Monday, June 08, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 22: SAMUEL WALTON

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The subject for Week 22 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is my 8x great grandfather Samuel Walton, for whom online information is...
Saturday, June 06, 2015

"WORKING FOR A LIVING" PT3: MOM'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY

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These are my male ancestors on my mother's side as far back as I've been able to trace them so far. While Dad's ancestors in t...
Friday, June 05, 2015

"WORKING FOR A LIVING" PT2: A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT DAD'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY

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Just a few quick thoughts about the occupations of my Dad's male ancestors: -All Dad's family lived in Maine and New Hampshire fro...
Tuesday, June 02, 2015

"WORKING FOR A LIVING" PT1: DAD'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY

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Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge this past Saturday was something I had been thinking of doing already but hadn...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

KINDLE-ING GENEALOGY: THE FAMILYSEARCH TREE APP FOR KINDLE

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I've been checking out the genealogy Apps available for my Kindle Fire HD at the Amazon Store.  As I've mentioned on my previous po...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

THE DEATH OF JOSIAH WALTON: "...THOUGH HE HIMSELF TOLD THEM HE WAS A DEAD MAN..."

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I mentioned in my last post that Reverend William Walton's son Josiah died in a strange way. It happened in 1673 and and was so unusual...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 21: WILLIAM WALTON, PT2

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I found out a bit more about my 9x great grandfather Reverend William Walton on Google ebooks. For instance, this from a history of Hingham...