Halloween, a perfect day for a trip to the Old Village Cemetery in Chester NH! This very old and beautiful cemetery is located in the center of Chester village. I’ve visited here a few times before, searching through the headstones for any Hoyts to be found, and I did find a Mary and Emily Hoyt …
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Gunner, Royal Artillery 0
Last Saturday I finally received William Burnett’s naturalization papers from the National Archives… JOY! All the records relating to William that I’ve found so far give his birthplace as simply “England”. There are dozens of William Burnetts born in England in the same time frame, so not surprisingly I was no closer to learning who …
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A Little About Brick Walls… 0
Specifically, my brick walls. Just in the past few weeks I successfully broke through a brick wall that had plagued me for years (see “Wife of Joseph Collins Hoyt …found?) but there are so many more! Here’s just a few, posted in the hopes that someone may stumble across this who can shed some light …
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…And …Begin! 0
Welcome to the “Hoyt Family – (and related surnames)” blog. I think this will serve well as an update blog but also will make it easier for visitors to my main site ( A Hoyt Family Genealogy ) to post comments and perhaps share some of their family research where it relates to mine. I’ve …
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