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Saturday, October 31, 2020

"LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE"

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  ((First posted on October, 2011)) When we were small our Mom occasionally would recite this poem and would tickle us when she reache...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

MY WITCH LISTS:THE OPPOSERS

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 ((First posted August 2019)) Here's the list I've made of my ancestors and relatives from Andover, Ma who opposed the witch trials ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

MY WITCH LISTS:THE ACCUSED

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((First posted in August 2019)) Here's the list I've made of my ancestors and relatives from Andover, Ma who were tried for witchcr...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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  ((Oddly enough, both my parents occasionally would quote a line or two from Riley's two most famous poems. This is the one Dad would ...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #10: JOHN: GIDDINGS. OF IPSWICH, MA.

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My 9x great grandfather John Giddings was born in England abd became a leading citizen of both Ipswich and the colony. William Richard Cutte...
Sunday, August 09, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #9:GEORGE GIDDINGS. OF IPSWICH, MA. PT2

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While I wasn't able to find George Giddinga' will, I was able to find some of the details of his estate in the following transcripti...
Sunday, August 02, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #9:GEORGE GIDDINGS. OF IPSWICH, MA.

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Turning now to the families of the Haskell wives, I'll begin with Elizabeth (Giddings) Haskell. She was the grandaughter of my 10x great...
Saturday, August 01, 2020

MY GREAT MIGRATION ANCESTORS

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Okay, so these are the Great Migration ships my ancestors came over in that I know about so far. The Great Migration books were the source ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #8:MARK HASKELL JR. OF IPSWICH, MA.

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Genealogy has its ups and downs. Sometimes you find information that makes you do a mental Happy Dance. Other times, you end up with scarcel...
Wednesday, July 01, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #7:MARK HASKELL SR. OF GLOUCESTER, MA.

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Mark Haskell Sr is my 8x great grandfather and another ancestor for whom I have found very little information so far. From Ulysses G. Hask...
Monday, June 29, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #6:WILLIAM HASKELL SR. OF GLOUCESTER, MA.

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My 5x great grandparents were 3rd cousins, both descendants of my immigrant ancestor William Haskell Sr. of Gloucester, Ma. I found this art...
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Friday, June 26, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #5:JOHN SAFFORD .OF HARVARD, MA.

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John Safford of Harvard, Ma. is another ancestor who I haven't found out  mu 6March about so far. I know he was born to Thomas Safford a...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

FATHERS DAY 2020

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In honor of Fathers Day I'm posting pictures of some of the fathers on my family tree. From the Wests: Our Dad, Floyd E West, Jr. ...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT COMMENTS

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Once again I need to apologize to my readers. I recently realized I hadn't seen any comments on the few blogposts I've made since my...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #4:THOMAS:SAFFORD JR.OF IPSWICH, MA.

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i haven't found much online about Thomas Safford the son of John Safford. He was named after his grandfather the immigrant Thomas Saffor...
Saturday, May 09, 2020

MOTHERS DAY PT2

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In honor of Mother's Day, here are pictures of our Dad's female ancestors. First, on his mother's side: Amos H Barker ...
Friday, May 08, 2020

MOTHERS DAY

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Once again for Mothers Day I'm posting photos of our family's mothers, starting with the maternal line of my family.. For our Mom...
Tuesday, May 05, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #3: JOHN SAFFORD OF IPSWICH, MA.

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John Safford is my 8x great grandfather. Here is what Ellery Bicknell Crane wrote about him. "John Safford, son of Thomas Safford,, w...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

THE SHOT HEARD `ROUND THE WORLD

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Today is the 245th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord which started the American Revolution on 19Apr 1775. These are o...
Friday, February 28, 2020

MY VERY LATE BELATED HAPPY 13TH BLOGIVERSARY POST

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I usually celebrate my blogiversary at the end of January. But this year a medical problem  prevented that. So this is a very belated and br...
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