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In colonial New England, the grave markers of Reverends and other important people were place like tables, on four posts. I don’t know the meaning of this, perhaps it gave the stone carver the entire stone to engrave a lengthy story or epitaph. This type of stone is sometimes called a ledger. Over time these slate stones have suffered more deterioration than their neighbors’ stones that were place vertically. Perhaps the weight of ice and snow or the stone itself caused them to crack and break,
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Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was an English nobleman. He was the second son of Sir Mathew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, and of Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby.
In 1579 he was personally recommended by Queen Elizabeth to the emperor, Rudolph II, and was Created a Count of The Holy Roman Empire by Imperial Letters Patent of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, on the 14th of De
The New York City Office of the National Archives will be relocating in
the fall of 2011; the exact date is yet to be determined.
Many of the records will be kept off-site.
The National Archives has just announced they will hold two public meetings
on May 4th at 10:30 AM and at 5:30 PM at the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House at One Bowling Green in New York City. Questions about the move should be directed to Nancy Shader, Director of Archival
Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:
Vashti Rebekah Lodge 1905 By-Laws - Constitution and By-Laws of Vashti Rebekah Lodge No. 35, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Orrington, Maine. Instituted February 19, 1902.
The Beneficient Record No. 19, February 1901 - The Beneficient Record, Published by the Home Mission Band. Providence, R. I., February, 1901, No. 19. The Beneficient Congregational Church. Organized 1743. Present Building Dedicated January 1, 1810
America is riveted right now by NBC’s hit show “Who Do You Think You Are?” which, in partnership with Ancestry.com, shares the genealogical history of well known entertainment personalities Spike Lee, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Lisa Kudrow (who is also the Executive Producer), Sarah Jessica Parker & husband Matthew Broderick as well as Emmitt Smith. It airs on Fridays at 8/7 PM. You can find more information about the show including the schedule and full episodes at NBC’s website.
A fascinating biographical sketch on Pioneer Ben Burgin can be found at burginfamily.org:
“Benjamin Burgin, the second child of John & Martha Burgin,was born in Kent County (Shrewsbury Parish) Maryland, November30,1741 and was christened December 25, 1741. . .
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Thomasine Younger was born in 1753 to William Younger and Lucy Foster. Her brothers grew up to be seamen, which is not surprising. Her younger brother, Levi, is my 5x great grandfather. Gloucester was a major fishing seaport in New England, famous for the Gorton’s frozen fish packing plant and the statue of the fisherman’s memorial. The majority of men in town were sailors or fishermen, the lucky few were ship builders, merchants and sea captains, and the paupers of Gloucester lived in Dogtown.
On reflection, I was a little harsh in my comments yesterday. I first began to look for my grandmother's birth certificate in the 1960s when I was in my salad days and green in judgement. I had no reason to doubt what my family told me about her date and place of birth. But even if I did doubt it, where should I look instead? There were dozens of people with the same name registered in the 5 years surrounding her suggested birth date. The crucial piece of evidence was the 1891 census and despite
The Chula Vista Genealogy Society is going to start being available in the evenings at
the main branch library on F St. The time will be 6 to 8 pm., the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of
every month.
We will also be starting a Sunday afternoon one tenatively between 2 and 4 pm. The same weeks as
my notes imply but will post if different here.
Who DO you THINK you ARE? has brought many people looking for answers and we wish to be
available to help those who are wanting to get started.
Genealogy is fun
I wonder how many of us named our children using this convention:
Birth Order |
Named After the |
1st daughter |
Maternal grandmother |
1st son |
Paternal grandfather |
2nd daughter |
Paternal grandmother |
2nd son |
Maternal grandfather |
3rd daughter |
Mother |
3rd son |
Father |
4th daughter |
Eldest maternal aunt |
4th son |
Eldest paternal uncle |
I certainly didn't! So I wonder if my ancestors knew abou
I have decided to blog my way through a family history project. The idea is to add at least one generation to each of my family lines. In some cases, this should be relatively straight forward since there are some female lines that I haven't yet looked into. In other cases, I don't expect any progress - for example, my gg grandfather born in Newry in 1828 and his putative father. I also expect no progress with my illegitimate gg grandmother. Apart from the above Irish line, all my ancestral line
