Member Blogs

The following article appeared in the Newberry County, S.C. newspaper dated Nov. 13, 1838.:

Today at the historic Bush River Baptist Church was unveiled a marker erected by the D.A.R. at the grave of Mary Cole, "THE HEROINE OF THE REVOLUTION". She was nee Mary Golden, widow of Lochlin Lenard who was killed by the Tories in 1781. She married Rev. John Cole in 1783.

I am a direct decendant of Rev. John Cole. He was minister of the Bush Baptist Church in Newberry County, S.C. from 1783 until his deat

James Wilson was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire on March 15, 1765. His father was a farmer, and James was an apprentice to a blacksmith. He had little formal education. In 1796 he removed to Bradford, Vermont and taught himself cartography. To make up for a lack of education, he bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. At Dartmouth College he saw a pair of English globes, and became interested in producing his own. He began by turning solid blocks of wood, and covering them with maps. H

I was born and raised in the City, so I'm a city-girl at heart, but I will always remember mygrandparents' weekend place we called "The Country House."

When I was small, I remember feeling like it took forever to driveout of the city, chugging along the four-lane highway crowded with carsmoving no faster than 30 miles an hour. After what was an interminabletime to a youngster, we finally reached Pacific, a truly small town,where we would take a different road.

My grandfather, or Grampy as we ca

Dear Member, We are looking for individuals who can participate in evaluating new.familysearch.org before each quarterlyupdate.

We need individuals with different levels of computer skills, family history backgrounds, languages, andnew.familysearch.org experience.

We try to evaluate this system and the new features every few months for about 2 weeks.

Your

An early Halloween Story.....

In the spring of 1819 the residents of Ipswich’s Chebacco Parish (now the town of Essex) saw lantern light in the graveyard at night. Soon they discovered that the graves had been disturbed, and several families discovered that their relative’s graves were empty. Eight graves, going back to 1811, were disturbed.

According to a book by Christopher Benedeto, the winter of 1817-1818 was mild and the weather conditions were perfect for body snatching. Two little boys die

Since 1995, Ira Glass, one of the greatest storytellers of our time, has been the host of the radio show “This American Life,” a weekly hour-long show that is primarily journalistic non-fiction but also features essays, short fiction and occasionally memoirs.

I had the pleasure of seeing Ira live this past weekend at Jones Hall here in Houston. My experience was less like sitting in a large hall and more like sitting in a living room listening to a fascinating storyteller spin a variety of yarns.

I just came across some interesting information regarding my grandfather, Frank Boyd. Frank originated from Waycross, Georgia. What I now know about Frank is his mother's name was Parilee and Peter Boyd was his father.

What is my interesting information? Frank had a wife. Her name was Inidiana and they had a daughter, Annie.

To some this just may be this is great, you found a grain, that little piece that gives our search gratification. What I found was sadness.

I had an Aunt Annie that I never kne