Through the years of research into my family’s history, there are certain individuals who stand out from the rest; sometimes due to a particularly interesting life story, or simply because a greater amount of records are to be found for them, giving a fuller picture of their life. For both reasons, one such person has …
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Finding Nemo! 0
Look no further, New England has found Nemo! The storm is raging, snow piling up at a tremendous pace. The visibility at times is nearly nil, and I can just make out the glow of lights in the windows of the house across the street . . . not the house itself! Miraculously we still …
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Friend of Friends Friday – Will of Samuel Fisher 0
Keeping myself busy today while riding out the blizzard had me browsing through the collections at FamilySearch.org. I found the will of Samuel Fisher, my 5th great grand uncle, who came from Londonderry, Northern Ireland as an early Scotch-Irish settler of Nutfield (now Derry and Londonderry) New Hampshire. He was born on 29 Jul 1722 …
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Tombstone Tuesday – John Bishop (1709-1785) 2
John Bishop, my 6th great grandfather, was born in 1709 in New London CT, son of Eleazar Bishop and his wife Sarah Dart. He married his first wife, Rebecca Whipple, in New London on 20 May 1731. Following Rebecca’s death on 17 Oct 1751 in New London, CT he married Hannah (Allen) Comstock, daughter of …
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I’m Honored! 2
I was very surprised and happy to be nominated for a Best Blog award! Although my poor, neglected blog doesn’t feel very worthy of the honor, it is a wonderful inspiration to help me work much harder at keeping my blog updated and “presentable”! Sincere thanks to Heather Wilkinson Rojo for nominating me. Her blog …
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Black Sheep Sunday – William C. Burnett 0
William Cargill Burnett, (b. 18 Sep 1863-d. bef. 1924), son of my 2nd great grandparents William Burnett and Susan Hill Kent, had arrived in Lowell MA in the 1880′s from his hometown of Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, Canada. On 13 Dec 1884 he married Margaret M. Murtagh in Lowell with a son, Walter V. Burnett, …
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Tombstone Tuesday – John Archibald 5
Paternal 6th great grandparents, John Archibald and Margaret Wilson were both born in Ireland abt. 1691 and were there married in 1716. In the early 1720′s they arrived in New England, making their way with other Scots-Irish families to settle Londonderry (at that time called Nutfield) Rockingham, New Hampshire. They had several children, of which …
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Sports Center Saturday – Boston Marathon 0
When I was a kid the famed Boston Marathon held a personal touch for me and my family. For several years my 1st cousin (1x removed) Arthur “Frank” Annis ran the marathon, which made Patriot’s Day in Boston a day for the family to gather at my aunt’s house on Newbury Street, where we …
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Book, Written and Printed…Finally! 2
It’s been too long of a time since I’ve updated my site and this blog, but I’m happy to say that its been time well-spent. I had decided on writing a genealogy book for my brother compiling my research thus far of our paternal line (Youmans and Burnett) as a Christmas gift, a project I …
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John Burnett, Son of Margaret Duthie? 3
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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