I had a wonderful vacation with a friend. I enjoyed touring around family history posts. And when I returned, as typical of many vacations, I was hit hard with things that needed my attention. So all my wonderful vacation photos, my wonderful notes on family history were set aside while I played catch up. Now…
Scanning Documents
I have the original Allen Gazette, written by my family in 1917. I have planned to retype it into a PDF and load the link here on the blog. But in doing so, I lose the look of the original. But I also need it legible. I spent hours working on this balance, honestly hours….
The Whipple House
I finally got my visit to The Whipple Home in Ipswich, Massachusetts. This is the home of my Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents Elder John and Susannah Whipple.It is a historic colonial house at 53 South Main Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in the seventeenth century, the house…
Dear Grammy, about Plymouth Plantation
I finally got to Plymouth Plantation!!! And I did what I came to do! I stood for a photo in front of the right house with the right Grandparent! I talked to Grampa John and hung out in Grammy Priscilla’s garden. I had Paul with me to play photographer and he did an awesome job….
The Child’s Gem, a book now 169 yrs old
Finally I get to have a day to upload the important things that my family saved to pass down through the generations. This little book, The Child’s Gem is dated 1845. Inside the pages is my Great, Great, Grandmother Caroline Lucinda Parker Page’s signature. She would have been 8 years old when this book was…
The Lincolns
Every once in a while, you head out into research land and crash head on into someone else’s work. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to find a lineage already complete. This is why I share my work. It’s my way of giving back. I have started work on my Grandfathers lineage. First…
Old Burial Hill
I am putting together my summer Family History Tour. Another place I have chosen is Marblehead, Mass. I descend from Rev. William Walton and his daughter Elizabeth. Old Burial Hill is the location of his church. I am excited to check out the location for myself. I looked at photos online and it is so…
John and Mary Allen, related in more then one way
How many ways can someone be related? I am still counting. My Great, Great Grandparents;John and Mary Allen were married. But in my Whitman research, they also each descend from Samuel Allen, the immigrant. Today as I post lineages to Doctors and Ministers, I find then also sharing descent from Dr. Richard Palgrave. I know…
The Marble Game
I recently acquired The Marble game. It has been in my family for generations. As a child,I saw it on rare guarded occasions. I don’t remember ever being allowed to touch it. Maybe I had. But now as an adult, I own it. It is mine to care for and protect and find the right…