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

  In April we were in The Netherlands for a river cruise tour of the tulip fields and gardens.  It was a lovely time of the year to see this...

 This is the second time I have featured this weathervane here on Weathervane Wednesday!   My 6th great grandfather, Michiel Ockers Hogerzei...

 Today is my grandparents' 100th wedding anniversary.  They were married on Valentine's day in 1925 in Hamilton, Massachusetts.   Th...

  Beverly Citizen, Saturday, November 28, 1891, page 2 "Ancient and Curious Stoves Peter Hoogerzeil made application, last week, for hi...

  Boston Globe , Boston, Massachusetts, 14 January 1896, page 7.  BEVERLY MAN'S BRAVE ACT -------------- Albert Hoogerzeil Risks His Own...

 From our house to yours, Happy Easter!   Happy Spring!  Happy Passover!  Felices Pascuas! Happy Vernal Equinox!  And Happy Vaccinations! Th...

My matrilineal line: My Mom, she graduated from Beverly, Hospital School of Nursing My grandmother, Gertrude Matilda Hitching...

Grote Kerk "Great Church" in Dordrecht where Peter Hoogerzeil was baptized Peter Hoogerzeil, my immigrant 3 rd great grandf...

Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, Netherlands Part 3 of 3 My 3 rd great grandfather, Peter Hoogerzeil (1803 – 1889) stated on documents in ...

Nieuwpoort, The Netherlands, 1866 Part 2 of 3 Last week I wrote a blog post about my visit to Krimpen aan de Lek, Netherlands with...