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Friday, July 31, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 31JULY 2015

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Here's this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of recently added records: "This week's new  Findmypast Friday  record...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

GENEALOGY ON FACEBOOK

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I've blogged before about the value of social media in genealogy research. I belong to a number of genealogy Groups and Pages on Facebo...
Monday, July 27, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 29: EDWARD COLBOURNE REVISITED

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My very first entry in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge about a year and a half ago was a post about my 8x great grandfather Edward ...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

THE COBURN/COLBURN/COLBOURNE DESCENT

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Before I begin examining the Coburn/Colburn/Colbourne for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge I thought I'd post a relationship char...
Friday, July 24, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 24JULY 2015

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From this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of recently added records "It's the fourth and final Findmypast Friday of Cri...

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 28: JOHN WAKEFIELD

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For Week 28 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, I come to the last post (for now) on my paternal grandmother Cora Barker's ances...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 27: EDMUND LITTLEFIELD

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For this installment of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, I'm going back up the Upton branch of my Barker line to the family of Abigail (Frost)...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

THE CASE AGAINST THOMAS TUXBURY PT5: THE VERDICT

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There  were two accusations against Thomas Tuxbury. The first, and more serious one was the question of his wife in England: if she was sti...
Monday, July 20, 2015

THE CASE AGAINST THOMAS TUXBURY PT4: "...BY RAISING OF STORYS & SCANDALLS..."

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More statements about the charges against Thomas Tuxbury, followed by his rebuttal. Some of the men who vouched for his character are my anc...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

THE CASE AGAINST THOMAS TUXBURY PT3: "...SHE MUST HAVE ONE IN EVERY PORT...":

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Continuing on with the testimony against Thomas Tuxbury, we get more "he said, she said", including something Thomas said that ma...
Friday, July 17, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 17JULY 2015

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Here's this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of recently added records, which continues this month's England & Wales...

THE CASE AGAINST THOMAS TUXBURY PT2: "...TO STOP THE MOUTHS OF PEOPLE..."

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The testimony in the case of Thomas Tuxbury would make a great PBS Masterpiece Theater drama. There's Thomas' unrequited(maybe)love ...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

THE CASE AGAINST THOMAS TUXBURY PT1: "FOWER PTICLERS'

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I'm in a number of New England  genealogy groups on FB. A member in one of them posted a link to a Find A Grave memorial of a common anc...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 26: JOHN HAWKES 1690-1738 PT3

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As I said in the previous post, I realized that I had confused my ancestor John Hawkes with his cousin, another John Hawkes, when I examine...
Friday, July 10, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 10JULY 2015

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Here's this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of recently added records, which continues this month's England & Wales C...

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 26: JOHN HAWKES 1690-1738 PT2

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, my Hawkes family line used the first names Adam and John for several generations.  They were also used i...
Thursday, July 09, 2015

AFTER THE GENEA-GOLDRUSH

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I haven't blogged much so far this month. That's because I was out on a genea-goldrush. Several of the top genealogy websites opened...
Saturday, July 04, 2015

WITH THANKS TO MY ANCESTORS

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I first published this list a few years back, but in honor of the 4th of July I'm publishing it again. We know about Washington and Kn...
Friday, July 03, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 3JULY 2015

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Here's this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of recently added records, which this week are in the England & Wales Crime, ...
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...