Pages

▼
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 30: JOHN MOORE JR OF SUDBURY AND LANCASTER MA. PT5

›
Here's the second half of the document dividing John Moore Jr.'s estate. In this part the committee dealt with the inheritances for...
2 comments:

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 30: JOHN MOORE JR OF SUDBURY AND LANCASTER MA. PT4

›
As I said earlier, the division of John Moore's real estate took place ten years after his death. It's a long document so I decided ...

DAD AND HURRICANE CAROL

›
Today is the 62nd anniversary of Hurricane Carol, a Category 3 hurricane that hit New England on 31 Aug 1954. Of the three hurricanes that ...
1 comment:

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 30: JOHN MOORE JR OF SUDBURY AND LANCASTER MA. PT3

›
The thing  that always surprises me about probate records is how long the process seems to drag out sometimes. John Moore Jr.'s file is...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

MIRIAM WILLARD

›
((I first posted this back in March 2009. Today is the 262nd anniversary of this event.)) Six years after the capture and release of Enos...
1 comment:

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 30: JOHN MOORE JR OF SUDBURY AND LANCASTER MA. PT2

›
I've been working off and on for the past week on John Moore Jr.'s probate file. It's taken me longer than I had expected becaus...
1 comment:
Friday, August 19, 2016

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RECORDS COLLECTION RELEASES FOR 19AUGUST 2016

›
It's Findmypast Friday again, and this week they've added 1,591, 581 records, including: BRAND NEW RECORDS: Ireland, Outrage r...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 30: JOHN MOORE JR OF SUDBURY AND LANCASTER MA.

›
Things get really interesting with my ancestor  John Moore Jr  I'm descended from him through three of his children: On my grandmoth...
1 comment:
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 29: JOHN MOORE OF SUDBURY, MA. PT2

›
I found my ancestor John Moore's probate file in the  Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871 collection over on the Ameri...
Monday, August 15, 2016

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 29: JOHN MOORE OF SUDBURY, MA.

›
My Immigrant ancestor John Moore is one of those cases on my family tree where I am descended from him through both of my Dad's parents....
1 comment:
Saturday, August 13, 2016

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTION RELEASES FOR 12AUGUST 2016

›
 The Findmypast Friday releases this week total 440,107, including  the 1891 Australian Census for New South Wales, and new additions to  ...
Friday, August 12, 2016

THE MOORE DESCENT

›
Back in January, thanks to a tip from fellow genealogist Elizabeth Pyle Handler, I was able to fill in the blanks in the Moore branch of my ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 28: JOHN WISWALL OF DORCHESTER, MA. PT 3

›
My 9x great grandfather John Wiswall moved from Roxbury to Boston in 1660 where he becsme the Ruling Elder of the First Church of Boston. F...
Monday, August 08, 2016

SATURDAY NIGHT GENEALOGY FUN: MALE ANCESTORS' AGE AT DEATH

›
The latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge from Randy Seaver is entitled Male Ancestors Age at Death. Here's the challenge: 1)...
Friday, August 05, 2016

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY COLLECTION RELEASES FOR 5AUGUST 2016

›
7, 047, 338 new records were added this week on Findmypast Friday: BRAND NEW RECORDS: United States, Canadian Border Crossings 6,078,005 ...

SIMON WILLARD'S RIDE

›
(( Originally posted in Jan 2009 as "SIMON WILLARD PT2". Today is the 341th anniversary of Simon's ride.He is my 9x great gra...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 28: JOHN WISWALL OF DORCHESTER, MA. PT 2

›
More about the accomplishments of my ancestor John Wiswall of Dorchester, Ma. Quoting again from David Clapp's book about a neighborhood...
Friday, July 29, 2016

FINDMYPAST ADDS 2.5 HISTORIC CRIMINAL RECORDS

›
Findmypast announced the addition of 2.5 million new records today. I have to say it's the most fascinating press release I've ever...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 28: JOHN WISWALL OF DORCHESTER, MA.

›
Week 28 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks brings me to 9x great grandfather John Wiswall. I found the following in a history of Dorchester, Ma: ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

VARANES LIBBEY(LIBBY) REVISITED PT2

›
(First posted in June 2007.) The story of Varanes Libbey strikes me as being characteristic of that era in the history of New England. H...
2 comments: