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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Tabitha Longfellow Lewis Willey for Tombstone Tuesday

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  Sacred To the Memory of Tabitha L. wife of  Dea. Stephen Willey, DIED Sept. 23, 1847 AEt. 40.  Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

A Rooster at a Farm for Weathervane Wednesday

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 Today's weathervane was photographed at the Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.  The Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshi...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

A Sailboat on an Island for Weathervane Wednesday

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 Today's weathervane was photographed on Peaks Island, Maine. This sailboat weathervane was seen atop a private home on Peaks Island, Ma...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

A Whale of a Weathervane for Weathervane Wednesday

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 Today's weathervane was photographed at Peaks Island, Maine. When we visited Peaks Island, Maine last summer we rented a golf cart to t...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Happy New Year from Salem, Massachusetts 1848

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  From the Salem Observer , Salem, Massachusetts, January 1, 1848 "THE NEW YEAR We have once more, as the stereotyped phrase goes, ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Tombstone Tuesday Ancestral Magnets?

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This Christmas Santa brought me these unusual magnets made from tombstone art of a member of my family tree. Mary Munroe (daughter of John B...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

A Christmas Wedding in 1890

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  From the Beverly Citizen newspaper 27 December 1890  On a recent snowy day my 3rd cousin, on my maternal side, a Hitchings descendant lik...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke! Did you know he was a Mayflower Descendant?

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  Dick Van Dyke 1964 We recently watched the PBS production of American Masters “Starring Dick Van Dyke” which aired on 12 December 2025 to...