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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

THE BATTLE OF LOVELL'S POND BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

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I've previously written about my colonial Massachusetts relatives who were among the "snow-shoe soldiers" that fought the Fren...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GREAT GENEALOGY POETRY CHALLENGE

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It's time to start thinking about the Seventh Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge! As in the past, I'll be posting the links...
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Saturday, September 26, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 34: THE CHILDREN OF WESLEY COBURN

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I've written about Wesley(Westley) Coburn  previously, but before I move onto the families of the Coburn wives, I wanted to list the ch...
Friday, September 25, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTION RELEASES FOR 25 SEPT 2015

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Today's Findmypast Friday records releases focuses on two extensive collections:    This week’s Findmypast Friday marks the release o...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 33: THE ESTATE OF MOSES COBURN 1765-1848

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Here, finally, is the Inventory of 4x great grandfather's estate. I've left the spelling and capitalization exactly as written, exc...
Friday, September 18, 2015

FREE FINDMYPAST WEEKEND SEP 18-21 AND FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTION RELEASES FOR 18SEP 2015

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If you haven't had a chance to explore Findmypast before, here's a chance to do it FREE this weekend: At Findmypast, we are com...
Monday, September 14, 2015

THE WILL OF MOSES COBURN PT2 REVISITED

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Here's the image of Moses Coburn's will and my transcription of it. I Moses Coburn of Newry in the County of Oxford and the S...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

THE WILL OF MOSES COBURN PT1 REVISITED: A MYSTERY DATE

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(In July of 2014 I started a series of posts on the will of my 4x great grandfather Moses Coburn, the second of my Coburn ancestors with th...
Friday, September 11, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTION RELEASES FOR 11 SEPT 2015

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This week's FindmyPast Friday collection additions salute the "Back to School" season: To celebrate the start of the new s...
Tuesday, September 08, 2015

DINAH COBURN "A NEGRESS"

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Genealogy of the descendants of  Edward Colburn/Coburn  p29 I mentioned in an earlier post that Caleb Coburn's guardian Timothy Co...
Sunday, September 06, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 32: CALEB COBURN PT4

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I had discovered two names for Caleb Coburn's wife in the Land Sale documents: Martha and Patty. I believe they are the same woman sinc...
Saturday, September 05, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 4 SEPT 2015

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I was so caught up in researching yesterday I forgot to post this week's Findmypast Friday release notice. It's a bit different thi...

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 32: CALEB COBURN PT3

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Continuing my search for the name of Caleb Coburn's wife in the Middlesex Deed index (grantor) 1800-1835 A-G file at FamilySearch: The...
Friday, September 04, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 32: CALEB COBURN PT2

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One of the brick walls on my family mtree is the identity of Caleb coburn's wife. I can find no record of the marriage in any of the to...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 32: CALEB COBURN PT1

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The three posts about the TChart I did for Caleb Coburn contain all I had known about my 5x great grandfather up until last week. For his i...
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Monday, August 31, 2015

A "T CHART" FOR CALEB COBURN REVISITED PT3

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((Before I do the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks for Caleb Coburn, I thought I'd repost three posts from four years ago I did as part of an ...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

A "T CHART" FOR CALEB COBURN REVISITED PT2

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((Before I do the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks for Caleb Coburn, I thought I'd repost three posts from four years ago I did as part of an e...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

A "T CHART" FOR CALEB COBURN REVISITED PT1

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((Before I do the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks for Caleb Coburn, I thought I'd repost three posts from four years ago I did as part of an e...
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Friday, August 28, 2015

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTIONS RELEASES FOR 28 AUGUST 2015

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 Here's this week's Findmypast Friday announcement of recently added records: This week's  Findmypast Friday  includes a ra...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 31: MOSES COBURN 1702-1742 PT2

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As I said in my last post, Moses Coburn had died without a will, but there was a Probate File. I had some questions I hoped the file would ...