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Batteries and Burials
Posted on 29 May 2012 | No CommentsI haven’t written about it before, but it happened again this week. My camera batteries have short lives in cemeteries. I frequent cemeteries both for my genealogy research, taking photos... -
Handcarving Gravestones
Posted on 11 January 2012 | No CommentsAfter spending hundreds of hours in New England cemeteries finding the tombstones of my ancestors, I’m frequently amazed at how many of them I can remember in detail. Observing which... -
Logie Family Tombstones in Burnt Church, Canada
Posted on 26 December 2011 | No CommentsOne of my Logie cousins, George Kingston, sent the below list of family tombstone transcriptions prior to his passing. The tombstones are found in the First Church Presbyterian Cemetery in... -
Ancestors in Stewartstown, New Hampshire
Posted on 4 November 2011 | 1 CommentOne branch of my ancestors lived in Stewartstown, New Hampshire for generations. When I first found the name in my genealogy research, I wondered where it was located. A life-long... -
Buried at the Parish Church
Posted on 12 September 2011 | No CommentsHow many times have we walked through a scene like this looking for the tombstones of our ancestors? Acid rain is denuding the inscriptions from the stones at an alarming... -
Charlotte Christiana Sophia Tirrill Morse Beecher
Posted on 11 May 2011 | No CommentsI first heard the name of my 3rd great grandaunt, Charlotte Christiana Sophia Tirrill when reading notes that were jotted down my my grandaunt, Julia Drew Tower. Julia’s mother, Helen... -
The Weekly Pioneer ~ A Blog of Excellence
Posted on 25 April 2011 | No CommentsYou know that a Monday will be great when you stumble across a blog that brings a smile to your face and a nod of appreciation in your mind when... -
Serendipity or How I use Cards and Letters in Genealogical Research
Posted on 21 April 2011 | 2 CommentsTwenty five years ago, I made a pilgrimage to the gold country in California seeking information about my great grandparents and their descendants. My grandfather left home as a young... -
Alpine City Cemetery ~ Alpine, Utah
Posted on 18 April 2011 | 1 CommentThe Town of Alpine, Utah was established in the fall of 1850 with the settlement of a small pioneer group of Mormons. The first burial in the cemetery occurred in... -
Tombstone Tuesday ~ Mary Mulford Anderson
Posted on 12 April 2011 | No CommentsMy 3rd great grandmother, Mary Mulford Anderson, was born on 21 Aug 1792 in Green County, Pennsylvania. She died on 16 Nov 1859 in Jefferson County, Iowa. Living near the...
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