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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Sentimental Sunday - A Very Belated Tribute

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My mother told me about 20 years ago, that Margaret, my 1st cousin once removed, was very involved in our family genealogy.  The letter show...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

ERASTUS CROSS was Murdered

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Erastus CROSS was discussed a bit in Tuesday's blog and images of his two tombstones were shown. From the  St. Albans Daily Messenge...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

My Favorite Historical Society is on a Stamp!

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After posting my blog about the Revolutionary War Red Coat worn by my ancestor  recently, I received an email from a Canadian friend an...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Revolutionary War Red Coat worn by my Ancestor

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This coat was worn by my Loyalist ancestor, is on display at The Missisquoi Museum in Stanbridge, Quebec . Photo courtesy of the Miss...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - Another Reason to Like Find-A-Grave

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My photo (above), ca 2000 taken at Grove St. Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut. The new photo by Rob, with plaque I always ask permissio...

Tombstone Tuesday - Erastus Cross and two cemetery markers

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 Erastus Cross was murdered and his name is on two different cemetery stones. Is that unusual, perhaps not, but to be in two countries, the ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Seeing Nahant, Massachusetts

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A cold January day in Nahant, Massachusetts. Boston is in the distance. Nahant , Essex Co., Massachusetts Nahant Library (...

A Suicide or a Murder? What Do You Think?

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The death certificate of my great grandfather YATES A. ADAMS shows the kind of information I wish I didn't have to read or believe...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

Can't Get to a Conference?

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In the recent National Genealogical Society's (NGS) magazine there is an article which really caught my eye. It was the President's...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Surname Saturday - Westover

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My 5th great-grandfather, Moses WESTOVER was both a Loyalist and a Revolutionary War Patriot.  WESTOVER is one of my favorite surnames becau...