I’ve written several posts about my 3rd great-grandfather, John Burnett, the gunner and driver in the 8th & 9th Battalions of the Royal Artillery. Ever since finding the 1841 discharge papers of a John Burnett that I believe is one and the same with my John Burnett, I’ve been working hard in trying to find …
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Boston’s Great Molasses Disaster of 1919 0
Molasses disaster? It doesn’t seem possible that the words “molasses” and “disaster” could coexist in the same sentence! But on January 15, 1919, the city of Boston was rocked by an explosion that would send 2.3 million gallons of thick, sticky molasses coursing through the streets of Boston’s North End in a wave up to …
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Have I Found John Burnett’s Military Records? 4
Back in the spring, when I was researching in earnest before a fairly hectic summer intruded, I was hot on the trail of finding out whatever information I could on my 3rd great grandfather in my paternal line, John Burnett. I wrote a blog post about him back in October 2010 here: http://www.la-famille.mardistudio.com/blog/2010/10/gunner-royal-artillery/ It was …
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Wedding Wednesday – Jean Kidby Murphy 0
We were first cousins but she was much older than me, already a young woman when I was born. I spent a lot of time at her mother’s house (my mother’s oldest sister, Aunt Flossie) when I was growing up. Jean was my idol, from my very earliest memories. She was beautiful, smart and charming. …
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Talented Tuesday – Uncle Faltin’s Violin 0
It’s been very exciting in the course of my family research journey to uncover a few ancestors considered by their contemporaries to be “colorful characters”. Probably the most colorful and intriguing has been my 3rd great-grandfather in my maternal line, Valentine Mink (1778-1832), as vividly described (and undoubtedly written with much embellishment!) in the following …
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Maritime Monday – “Uncle Eddie” Stewart 2
At last I have some time to work with my family research after a few weeks of a very busy schedule! I had kept a little list over the past few weeks with the names of a few family members with mysterious stories attached to them that I wanted to work on as soon as …
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Sentimental Sunday – Edmond et Jeanne 9
This “Sentimental Sunday” post is not of an ancestor but rather a part of my own history, and something that is of great sentimental value to me. It was my first visit to Paris when I first met my future husband. One day during my visit we decided to go to “Les Puces“, a most …
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Sunday’s Obituary – The Untimely Death of Engineer Burnett 2
Again I must thank GeneaBloggers, and not only for the prompts that spur me on with great ideas to keep me writing! I just made a fantastic discovery and all because I had dropped by GeneaBloggers to look through today’s blogging prompts. I read through some great posts written by bloggers in the “Sunday’s Obituary” …
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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Food 0
My favorite food growing up was without a doubt my mother’s corn chowder. It was the perfect dish for cold New England winters; inexpensive (corn chowder is a poor man’s version of New England clam chowder), easy to prepare, and with always enough left over for a couple of nights and maybe a lunch or …
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Bonne Fête de la Chandeleur! 2
My husband was born and raised in France in the small village of Beaumont, so small that it’s rarely found on any map. To give an idea of where it is situated it is just outside the better known city of Poitiers in the region of La Vienne. One of the most fascinating things to …
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