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Sunday, December 31, 2017

MY 2018 GENEAPLANS

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Since  I wasn't successful in fulfilling all my 2017 geneaplans, I'm realy going to try harder on some of them next year, especially...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

MY 2017 GENEAPLANS: HOW WELL DID I DO?

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Before I make my "geneaplans" for 2018, let's see what they were for 2017 and how well I did fulfilling them. My comments on h...
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Friday, December 29, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 52: EDMUND INGALLS OF LYNN, MA.

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Edmund Ingalls is both  my 10x great grandfather AND my 8x great grandfather. The first is through his daughter Elizabeth, who married the R...
Monday, December 25, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 51: REV. FRANCIS DANE OF ANDOVER, MA. PT 2

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The following story about my 9x great grandfather Rev. Francis Dane from Sarah Loring Bailey's Historical Sketches of Andover is the onl...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 51: REV. FRANCIS DANE OF ANDOVER, MA. PT1

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There's a lot of information about my 9x great grandfather Rev. Francis Dane, most of it centering around the Salem Witch Trials. I hope...

DEAR GENEA-SANTA 2017

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Dear Genea-Santa, Thank you, thank you, thank you! My John Cuter West brickwall came tumbling down this year thanks to the DNA test, but I...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

BLOG CAROLING 2017: O HOLY NIGHT

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  It's become a Geneablogger tradition to join our friend footnoteMaven in the annual Blog Caroling Event , when geneabloggers po...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR 2017

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Every Christmas Mom would break out the Andy Williams Christmas Album to play on the stereo. There was also a Nat King Cole album and a Mi...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 50: JOHN DANE OF IPSWICH AND ROXBURY, MA. PT2

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As I mentioned in my last post, I found the Probate File for my 10x great grandfather John Dane. The images were over at AmericanAncestors.o...
Monday, December 18, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 50: JOHN DANE OF IPSWICH AND ROXBURY, MA.

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My ancestress Hannah (Dane) Phelps  was descended from my immigrant ancestor(and 10 ggf) John Dane. While his family would play a prominent...
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Sunday, December 17, 2017

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: SIX REASONS WHY I LIKE THE "A CHRISTMAS STORY' MOVIE

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((First published Dec 2011)) It may not snow every Christmas but there is one thing of which we can be certain:  the 24 hour "A Chri...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 15 DECEMBER 2017

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There's over 104,000 new records, mostly from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in this week's Findmypast Friday releases: BRAND NEW RE...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

"WILL, I WILL SHOOT YOUR HORSE..." PT 2

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Just a few thoughts about the case and the people in it: Whenever I find one of these cases the first thing I do is to see if the ages o...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

"WILL, I WILL SHOOT YOUR HORSE..."

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((I'm reposting this from December 2014 because of my recent newer post about Thomas Chandler)) One of my best sources of information ...

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: PARTIES: OBJECTS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR...

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I don’t recall many holiday parties from my earlier childhood. In our family folks were too busy working or shopping at Christmas time. And ...

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 49: THOMAS CHANDLER OF ANDOVER, MA.

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Sakuel Phelps Sr.'s wife,  Sarah Chandler, was the granddaughter of immigrant ancestor William Chandler. Her parents were Thomas Chandle...
Monday, December 11, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 48: ROBERT ADAMS OF NEWBURY, MA.

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Continuing with the ancestors of my 6x great grandmother Hannah (Phelps) Abbott, this post is about my 10x great grandfather Robert Adams. A...
Saturday, December 09, 2017

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 8 DECEMBER 2017

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There are over 95 thousand new records in this week's Findmypast Friday releases: BRAND NEW RECORDS British & Irish Roots Co...

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: A CHRISTMAS CONFESSION

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As you can see, I had a very formal relationship with Santa.No laps for me. A simple solemn pose would do, thank you, for the photo-op. ...
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52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 47: SAMUEL PHELPS JR. OF ANDOVER, MA.

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William Richard Cutter describes my 7x great grandfather Samuel Phelps Jr and his family: (IV) Samuel Phelps, son of Samuel Phelps (3), wa...