Founders of Hartford, Connecticut

The monument is located in the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, Connecticut. I took the photo a week ago. My direct ancestors, they are in green, shown below. Quite possibly I have a few more, but without the death dates, I can't be certain. Names in alphabetical order cover all four sides. Does anybody else share any of these names?

In Memory of the First Settlers of Hartford

Jeremy Adams
Matthew Allyn
Francis Andrews
William Andrews
John Arnold
Andrew Bacon
John Barnard
Thomas Barnes
Robert Bartlet
John Baysey
Thomas Beal
Nathaniel Bearding
Mary Betts
John Bidwell
Richard Billing
Thomas Birchwood
William Bloomfield
Peter Blanchford
Thomas Buckley
Thomas Bliss, Sr.
Thomas Bliss, Jr.
William Blumfield
James Bridgeman
John Bronson
Richard Bronson
Thomas Bull
Thomas Bunce
Benjamin Burr
Richard Butler
William Butler
Clement Chaplin
Richard Church
John Clarke
Nicholas Clarke
William Clarke
James Cole
William Cornwell
John Crow
John Cullick
Philip Davis
Fulke Davy
Robert Day
Nicholas Desborough
Joseph Easton
Edward Elmer
Nathaniel Ely
James Ensign
Zachariah Field
Thomas Fisher
John Friend
Samuel Gardiner
Daniel Garret
William Gibbons
Richard Goodman
Ozias Goodwin
William Goodwin
Seth Grant 
George Grave
Bartholomew Greene
Samuel Greenhill
Thomas Gridley
Samuel Hale
Thomas Hale
Stephen Hart
William Hayden
John Haynes
John Higginson
William Hills
William Holton
Thomas Hooker
Edward Hopkins
John Hopkins
Thomas Hosmer
George Hubbard
Thomas Hungerford
William Hyde
Jonathan Ince
Thomas Judd
Nathaniel Kellogg
Ralph Keeler
Edward Lay
William Kelsey
William Lewis, Sr.
Richard Lord
Thomas Lord
Richard Lyman
John Marsh
Matthew Marvin
Reinold Marvin
John Maynard
John Moody
John Morris
Benjamin Munn
Thomas Munson
Joseph Mygatt
Thomas Olcott
James Olmsted
Richard Olmsted
William Pantry
William Parker
Paul Peck
William Phillips
John Pierce
Thomas Porter
Stephen Post
John Pratt
William Pratt
John Purchas (Purchase)
Nathaniel Richards
Richard Risley
Thomas Root
Nathaniel Ruscoe
William Rusco
John Sable
Thomas Scott
Thomas Selden
Richard Seymour
John Skinner
Arthur Smith
Giles Smith
Thomas Spencer
William Spencer
John Stanley
Thomas Stanley
Timothy Stanley
Thomas Stanton
Edward Stebbins
George Steele
John Steele
George Stocking
John Stone
Samuel Stone
John Talcott
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Upson
Robert Wade
William Wadsworth
Henry Wakeley
James Wakeley
Samuel Wakeman
Samuel Wakeman
Nathaniel Ward
Andrew Warner
Richard Watts
Richard Webb
John Webster
Thomas Welles
William Westley
William Westwood
John White
Samuel Whitehead
William Whiting
John Wilcock (Wilcox)
Gregory Wolterton
Thomas Woolford
George Wyllys

Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut -- Wordless Wednesday

Front

Back

Front Porch

Photos taken at the Mark Twain house on June 11, 2011.

HAPPY FLAG DAY

The Flag and the Registry of Deeds for Northern Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Registry of Deeds (Great website.)

Richard P. Howe Jr., Register of Deeds

Bonney, Call, Lilley of Lowell, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

The Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts

Opposite side

ARTHUR PERKINS BONNEY

BORN JULY 9, 1826

DIED MARCH 25, 1896

EMMA AUGUSTA CALL

BORN AUGUST 15, 1828

DIED SEPTEMBER 14, 1892

WIFE OF ARTHUR PERKINS BONNEY

CHARLES SUMNER LILLEY

BORN DECEMBER 13, 1851

DIED APRIL 16, 1921

CLARA BONNEY

BORN JUNE 19, 1855

DIED JULY 19, 1894

WIFE OF CHARLES SUMNER LILLEY

Note: None of these people are related to me.

Colebrook and Dixville Notch, New Hampshire Trip

The Balsams Resort.

Soon after our June 2011 two-day visit, and two meals there, this resort closed. I save the breakfast menu from my first trip ca. 1985, see below. We didn't get a menu like this in 2011. While we strolled around, we saw very few people inside and out (see parking lot below). This was my second trip to this place, and I hope it re-opens soon.

Dixville Notch,

In this room, the first votes are cast for the President of the United States. The below photo shows the results of the 2000 election.

  

 As you can see, there were no people around in these public rooms.

  

  

  A few hours were spent in Quebec.

  Colebrook, New Hampshire 

was lovely, and we enjoyed spending a few nights there.

 The Lupines were in season.

  

Colebrook is on the yellow line, in the middle of the map, Canada to the north, and Dixville Notch is to the right of Colebrook.

The photos below were taken in 1985 when I went with Robert. (Unfortunately, I was using the camcorder, so no photos.)

The Facebook page for The Balsams keeps the public up-to-date with information and photos.

Wordless Wednesday -- This Says It All

Forefathers Burying Ground, Chelmsford, MA 1655

U. S. Map Shows which Ancestries Make up that County

From The Washington Post, April 18, 2014. "The history of European colonization of the Americas is still evident today in most of the United States. This very cool map shows which ancestries make up the largest population in each of the country’s 3,144 counties."

United States and every county.

Another map showing the population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development appeared in the The New York Times and you can click on every county to get the above information.
Census Bureau; socialexplorer.com

Asking For Help -- Skokie, Illinois area

My husband helping me find a grave.

Do You live in the Skokie, Illinois area?

Follow-up:  An employee of the cemetery took photos for me in September 2011.

My grandparents are buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Skokie, Illinois. Many years ago, I wrote the Cemetery for information and received the information below. I sure would love some help if somebody could take photos for me. On March 21st, I submitted a request to FindAGrave...still hoping a volunteer will take a trek to the cemetery. But, if not, maybe a reader can help out.

Clarence Poole
b. 1891, d. 1957
Plot: Mausoleum Annex, Block 4, Lot 2.
Added by Barbara Poole
Mar 21, 2011 Memorial Park Cemetery an...
Skokie Cook County, IL

Marjorie Poole
b. 1891, d. 1953
Plot: Mausoleum Annex, Block 4, Lot 2.
Added by Barbara Poole
Mar 21, 2011 Memorial Park Cemetery an...
Skokie Cook County, IL

Tombstone Tuesday -- SAMUEL PETERS

In Memory of

SAMUEL PETERS

born 1675   died 1736

And of  His Wife

PHEBE FRIE PETERS

born 1680  died 1757

Samuel Peters is my 8th great-granduncle

First Burying Ground, North Andover, Massachusetts

This Is The Face of Genealogy

About 92 years ago, this photo was taken of my mother and her parents.

These are the faces of my genealogy.