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 …
Read MoreTreasure Chest Thursday – Pennies From Heaven 0
I never knew my maternal grandmother Jessie Arlene (Stewart) Hoyt as she died before I was born, but I have heard many stories about her and my family research has filled in a lot of the details. Jessie was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia on 20 Jul 1883. As a young woman she came to …
Read MoreA 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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