Neighborhood Baseball 1949

Last week I wrote a post about returning to Beverly, Massachusetts for a Veteran's Day celebration to rededicate Healy Square for my ancestor Joseph Edwin Healey.   The ceremony was published in the 12 November 2011 issue of the Salem News, and seen by many friends and family members in Beverly and nearby towns.  I was pleasantly surprised to hear from my Dad's old friend, Bill Poole, who still lives in Beverly.

When I was growing up on Dearborn Avenue, I lived in the same house my Dad grew up in.  His mother lived in that same house when her family immigrated from Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1915.  Four generations of Wilkinsons lived at #7 Dearborn Avenue.  My Dad had many great memories of the neighborhood, and most of them revolve around playing baseball at Avery Field.  This field is now gone, since there is a housing project there now.  When my Dad was growing up it was a vacant lot at the end of Dearborn Avenue.   Bill Poole lived at #17 Dearborn Avenue.   I remember playing with his daughter Carolyn, who was my age.

middle row

Tom Kelley, Bruce Miller, Dick Woodbury, Bill Lord, Jack Wilkinson, Ted Margolis, 

Bill Poole, Jr., Jordan Baker, Jim Hoar, 

front row

John Sheeny, Bob Marsella

back row

Bill Poole, Sr., ? Egan, Brad Rushworth, Bill Ottley, Frank Driscoll, 

Billy Pinkerton, Bob Burchstead, Hardy Nicola

Bill Poole sent me a nice email when he saw my photo in the Salem News, and he has exchanged a few messages with me over the weekend.  One of them included this photograph dated 5 September 1949 and labeled "the last game played on Avery Field".  It shows the two teams for a Boys vs Men baseball game.  My Dad also remembers playing games against the boys from other neighborhoods, including Prospect Hill, where my godfather lived.  My Dad has passed away, but I still hear about those games from my godfather!

My Dad is the 14 year old boy with sunglasses, Jack Wilkinson, fourth from the left in the middle row.

Bill Poole said in his message that "...it was the last of many fun filled games that brought the neighborhood together...".  I remember the same nostalgic tone my Dad had in his voice when he reminisced about those days.

There is a note on the back of this photo
"Avery Field before a 'Mens-Boys' baseball game, August 1949"

This is the fun part of having a blog!  You never know who will contact you next!

First photograph courtesy of Bill Poole, Beverly, Massachusetts.
Second photograph courtesy of my uncle Richard Wilkinson, Long Beach, California

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Neighborhood Baseball 1949", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 18, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/neighborhood-baseball-1949.html: accessed [access date]). 

Flip-Pal Project #2 -

Post #5

Project  #2   Photo Books

I’ve tried several photo book companies over the past few years, and I’m going to recommend my favorite two companies at the end of this post.  When using your Flip-Pal scanner for a book, you can create a folder full of photos or documents just for your special book project, and also add images you may have downloaded previously.   Here are some fun examples of photo books I’ve created with scanned images.

Scan and download photos, tickets, etc for vacation books
Here is our trip to California last summer!

Vacation Books:  Scan or download all your photos from a vacation 30 years ago, or one you took last month.  If you shared a vacation with cousins or family, publishing an extra book is simple.  If the vacation 20 years ago included children who are now grown up with their own families, it would be fun to gift one to the whole family to “remember when!”

A Mother’s Book:  This could also be a New Mother’s Book, or perhaps a Grandmother’s Book, or even a Godmother’s Book.  In this case, I scanned images of all my mother’s maternal lineages, and also images of her as a young mother, and then her grandchildren.   This book turned out so nice I made a version for my sister and for my mother-in-law, too.  Someday I’ll make one for me!

Every Father's Day we take a photo by the same tree
This book for my husband contained 22 years of photos scanned together

A Father’s Book:  If you read my blog you know that every Father’s Day I photograph my daughter and husband under a tree that was planted on his first Father’s Day.  It’s become a very popular subject for our family.  Perhaps you have a similar tradition?  Do you have photos of an annual Father’s Day cook out?  Ball game? Trip to a family spot such as the beach or favorite park?  It’s easy to fill 20 pages with images, scanned tickets, game programs and text pages filled with written memories.

Some of my Blog Books
Do you recognize the cover photo?

Blog Book:  Regular readers know that every once and while I put my blog posts into a Blog Book.  This is a popular Christmas item in our family since my blog is full of family stories and photos.  You can publish all your blog posts or perhaps just all those that have to do with a particular branch of the family, or about a town or location for your gift recipient.  If you have a Civil War buff on your gift list, why not put all your Civil War blog posts into a book?   For your gravestone loving friend or family member you could publish all your gravestone photos or blog posts.  This idea can be stretched a million ways.   Blog2Print will automatically "slurp" your blog posts right into a project. 

Genealogy Books:  Most of these companies allow photos or PDF files to be used.  If your genealogy program doesn’t export charts in PDF form, you can use one of the free online conversion websites such as www.zamzar.com or www.doc2pdf.net.    These charts can be imported to books, just like photos, and text can be written or also exported from your genealogy program.  I know that Family Tree Maker exports genealogy reports as text, you can check your favorite program for the same features.

There are many companies on the internet specializing in self published books and photo books.  I’ve found that I prefer www.Blurb.com  and www.Shutterfly.com     Of these two companies, I prefer Blurb because the project is saved on a file at my own hard drive, and I can print whenever I’m ready.  Other companies have you save the project at their own cloud on line, and have deadlines before erasing your project.  I’ve been most happy with the quality of the paper and bindings at Blurb, too.   However, Shutterfly often runs great specials and coupons.  Blurb rarely has discounts.

Step #1 Scan your favorite photos for your project and then
download to your computer.  You can edit the photos (repair spots, turn
them black and white, change ovals to rectangles, etc.) or leave as is.

Step #2 This is the Blurb BookSmart software
You upload your photos to BookSmart and they appear in the left column.
Drag and drop them into the pages on the right.
Add text (or in this case, it downloaded my blog posts)

All the companies have websites or downloadable software that requires you to download the photos chosen for your project.  The blog books require you to enter your blog URL and then select the posts you want included in your book.   Editing then includes moving the photos around in a pleasing way and adding text.  Most of the software is simple to understand, but then again, I’ve only used a few of these companies listed below.

Cost               *****   (very expensive, but some small paperbacks run under $10)
Difficulty        ***       (you need to be somewhat computer savvy)
Wow Factor   *****   (the books look great, especially the larger format size!)

Caution!  Be sure to order early, because printing slows down during holidays and you want your book by Christmas or Chanukah or Three Kings Day!   During slow times your book can go into a queue and be ready in a week.  During holidays such as Christmas or Mother’s Day, the queue can take several weeks from the day you submit your order.   Start your projects soon, and get them into the printing queue!

Special offers:

Blurb is offering 15% off your total order on books ordered by 30 November 2011 with the promo code HOLIDAY at checkout.  www.blurb.com     Books that are text, photo books, cookbooks, etc.

Shutterfly:    check  for coupons at the special offers page http://www.shutterfly.com/special-offers

LifePics :  I learned about this option through the Flip-Pal website.  www.lifepics.com offers printing of your photos and photo books at locations near you.  Choose a location from the website, download your photos and pick up your project later.  I saw that there was a location very near me at my local CVS store, but this location didn’t offer the book option.  There was a second location at Ritz Camera in Derry that does offer books within an hour.  Very cool!

Snapfish:  check for special offers at this link http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/storepage/storePageId=Store_Offers_Page

My Publisher photo books has special offers at http://www.mypublisher.com/specialOffers

Lulu  photo books, calendars, cookbooks, etc. at www.lulu.com

Blog2Print   specializes in black and white books for blogs that are mainly text, starting at $10.95!  They also produce pricier colored books for blogs with photos, with easy to slurp applications for Blogger, TypePad and Wordpress.   www.blog2print.com

Disclaimer- I was chosen by Flip-Pal to participate as a blogger in the Simple Gifts Genealogy Blog Hop event, and I received a Flip-Pal scanner to use and evaluate.   I was not compensated by any of the book publishing companies listed above.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Flip Pal Project #2", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 17, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/flip-pal-project-2.html: accessed [access date]).

Weathervane Wednesday - Seen in Spain

I've been collecting photographs of the many, many weather vanes in the Nutfield area (Derry and Londonderry, New Hampshire).   This week I just had to post a special weather vane I saw in Seville, Spain.   Do you know the famous building where this weather vane may be found?  Scroll down below to see the answer...

Do you know the location of weather vane #17?

This weather vane is found a top the Giralda Tower at the Cathedral of Seville.  This tower was not built as a steeple or belfry, but as a minaret for the Muslim mosque which stood here in the 1100s.  In 1218 the mosque was consecrated as a Catholic Cathedral.  Parts of the mosque were incorporated into the Gothic building, and the minaret, orange tree patio with fountains, and arabic arches are still there.  There is a ramp leading all the way to the top of the Giralda, so a man could ride a mule up to the top to call the Muslim worshippers to prayer.  The Giralda Tower is 97 meters high (which I calculated to be about 320 feet).    The word "gira" in Spanish means "turning" and so the tower is named for the weather vane-  La Giralda translates to "the turning one".  

In the main entrance to the cathedral there is a small patio with this copy of the weather vane.  Or is it the original, with a new copy on top of Giralda Tower?  I don't know the answer to this because there was no sign or person to answer questions.  This weather vane is huge, at least 12 to 15 feet tall.   The figure is called Giraldillo ("little Giralda") and represents Faith Victorious.  The large paddle to catch the wind seems to be typical of smaller weather vanes I've seen around Spain.  According to several websites the belfry and weather vane were added in 1528.  

Seville Cathedral at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville_Cathedral

Click here to see the other weather vanes in this series 

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Flip-Pal Project #1

Post #4
Project #1

I packed up my Flip-Pal scanner and hit the road for my mother's house to try my first holiday gift project.  I didn't want the scanner to get bumped or scratched, so I put it into the neoprene zipped case I use for my laptop.  This was much too big for the little Flip-Pal, so I am seriously considering the case sold on the website at www.flip-pal.com.   This would be good place to store extra batteries and the little SD card/ USB adapter.  I already caught the cat playing with it!

My workspace on Mom's dining room table!

At Mom's house I got right to work scanning some of her photo albums for some old family pictures.  It was easy to set up on her dining room table and get going.  I just took the cover off the scanner, turned it upside down and scanned each page.  Later I stitched together some of the bigger photos, and cropped out the background of the album pages.  I saved these all in folders by family name, and Mom helped identify some of the subjects.

Mom and Dad in Washington DC in the 1950s,
converted it to black and white for the project

This first project was created by my artistic daughter.  She has come up with some clever ideas for using old photos.  These are the items you will need for this project

Photopaper for a computer printer
scissors
compass
rubber cement
old china saucers and dishes, any size

The completed project! 

Step 1:  Have fun selecting some old dishes from yard sales, consignment shops or the attic.

Step 2:  Print out the selected digital scans of your favorite photos on photopaper (regular paper doesn't provide nice results).  Use a compass (the kind you used in 6th grade geometry class) to measure the size of the circle you need.   Draw the circle on your photo and cut it out.

Step 3:  Smear rubber cement on the photo and on the plate.  When the glue is tacky, stick the photo onto the plate. The rubber cement is not permanent, so later you can easily remove the photo without harming the porcelain.

Step 4:  Ta-Dah!  You are finished!  Wasn't that easy?

Rating System (out of a possible five stars)

Cost              *       (one star, very low cost even if you need to buy dishes)
Difficulty      *       (one star, very easy- do this with your kids!)
Wow Factor  ***   (three stars,  the final result looks great, but not fantastic)

Disclaimer-  I was chosen by Flip-Pal to participate as a blogger in the Simple Gifts Genealogy Blog Hop event, and I received a Flip-Pal Scanner to use and evaluate.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Indian Pudding Day, November 13th

Indian Pudding is the ultimate Yankee comfort food, made with few ingredients (if it calls for more than eight ingredients you don’t have the original version).   The coming cool, crisp autumn weather makes me crave Indian Pudding.  It’s very sweet, and reminiscent of gingerbread or pumpkin pie because of the molasses.   You must serve it warm with plain vanilla ice cream, which stands as a great foil to the grainy sweetness.  Many people serve this for Thanksgiving, thinking that the Indians brought it to the first feast with the Pilgrims.  I doubt the Indians had molasses, milk and butter, but I'm sure that they introduced cornmeal to the settlers at Plymouth.  Perhaps they had a similar dish using maple as a sweetner.  I noticed that they usually serve this at the re-enacted 17th century dinners at Plimoth Plantation museum at Thanksgiving time.


You may buy canned Indian Pudding by the Bar Harbor brand, carried in Hannaford’s and Shaw’s chains of supermarkets and some general stores around New England.    I saw it on the shelves at LL Bean’s store in Freeport, Maine, and at several touristy general stores, such as Calef's in Barrington, New Hampshire.   You can also order it online at the Bar Harbor website http://barharbor.elsstore.com/  and also at www.amazon.com

Indian Pudding was made famous by the a line in the second stanza of the song Yankee Doodle- “…and there we saw the men and boys as thick as hasty pudding…”   Maybe this is why Indian Pudding used to be served at Harvard’s Hasty Pudding club?  There are a few restaurants that still serve this treat, but the list is shrinking every day since it is considered a bit old fashioned and fuddy-duddy.  Ask for it often and maybe some places will bring it back to their menus!

Here is the recipe so you can try this at home.  I like to make it at home because I'm lactose intolerant and I can use lactose free milk (or almond milk) at home.  I wish restaurants had this option, but it is difficult to find it at any restaurant in New England these days. 


Indian Pudding 

from Fannie Farmer's Cookbook

4 cups of milk

1/2 cup yellow cornmeal

1/3 cup dark brown sugar

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/3 cup molasses

1 tsp salt

4 Tbsp butter

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 275 degrees.  Heat 2 cups of milk until very hot and pour it slowly over the cornmeal, stirring occasionally.  Cook in a double boiler over simmering water for 10 - 15 minutes, until the cornmeal mixture is creamy.  Add the remaining ingredient and mix well.  Spoon into a buttered 1 1/2 quart baking dish.  Pour the remaining 2 cups of milk on top, set into a pan of hot water, and bake for 2 1/2 - 3 hours until set.  The pudding will become firmer as it cools.  Serve with heavy cream or vanilla ice cream.

A more modern version, served at Plimoth Plantation using a slow cooker:
https://newengland.com/today/food/desserts/puddings-custards/plimoth-plantations-slow-cooker-indian-pudding/  

Restaurants that still serve Indian Pudding (sometimes only seasonally)  Call first!

Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Massachusetts   www.wayside.org

Village Restaurant, Essex, Massachusetts   www.village-essex.com

Durgin Park, Anthony’s Pier 4 (closed), and Locke Ober in Boston, Massachusetts

Summer Shack, Cambridge, Massachusetts (at the Boston location, too?)

Verona, Watertown, Massachusetts

Publick House Inn, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Milepost, Duxbury, Massachusetts

Colonial Inn, Concord, Massachusetts

Indian Head Resort, Lincoln, New Hampshire

Bunten Farmhouse Kitchen, Orford, New Hampshire  http://buntenfarm.com/index.shtml

Red Parka Pub, Glen, New Hampshire  http://www.redparkapub.com

Aunt Carrie’s, Point Judith, Rhode Island http://www.auntcarriesri.com/

Maine Diner, Wells, Maine  www.mainediner.com

Blue Benn Diner, Bennington, Vermont

Bryant House, Weston, Vermont
Cole's Farm Restaurant, Gray, Maine

Do you know other restaurants that serve Indian Pudding?  If so, please leave the name and location in the comments. 

Read from another blogger who loves Indian Pudding at this link: http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2009/03/indian-pudding.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Indian Pudding Day, November 13th", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 13, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-pudding-day-november-13th.html: accessed [access date]).  

Surname Saturday - Nason

NASON

My Nason lineage lived along the river
in Berwick, Maine, near Salmon Falls

Our immigrant ancestor Richard Nason first appears in the records when he received 200 acres in Kittery, Maine at Stove Pipe Landing.  His origins in England are unknown.  According to Stackpole's History of South Berwick:
"Richard Nason is mentioned in 1645 in the court records of New Hampshire. He had a grant of 200 acres next south of Thomas Spencer. He is not named among the men of Piscataqua in 1640. The fact that he had so large a grant, equal to that of Thomas Spencer, and his election to the office of selectman in 1654, favor the supposition that he was a man of importance. Perhaps he had been one of Thomas Wiggin's company. He reared a large family, and his surname has spread widely. From the year 1638 to the year 1651 the only persons that appear on records as living at what is now called Great Works were the families of Humphrey Chadbourne, Thomas Spencer and Richard Nason and the two who kept bachelors' hall together, viz., Basil Parker and Peter Weare. There were four houses and decaying mills..." 

Richard Nason appears many times in the early records, usually for minor offenses.  Some are listed below: 

In 1645 he and his wife had a dispute with her father, Richard Baker, who was tried in New Hampshire and fined 5 shillings "for beating Richard Nason that he was black and blue and for throwing a fire shovel at his wife." 
In 1649 Nason served as a juryman. 
In 1653 he was an Ensign, later Selectman, and held other town offices in Kittery. Maine 
In 1655 he was charged at York, Maine with not attending church meetings.
In 1659 was fined £5 and disenfranchised for entertaining Quakers. 
In 1665 he was accused of blasphemy. Philip Chesley of Oyster River was witness against him. The General Court did "not judge him so guilty of that fact as that by our lawe he ought to die," but he had to post a £40 bond for good behavior. 

Richard Nason's will was dated 14 July 1694 and it names his children, wife Abigail, Abigail's children by her first marriage, Nicholas Follett and Sarah Meader, and Abigail's granddaughter by her previous marriage, Sarah, daughter of Mary Witham. 

The Nason Genealogy:

Generation 1:  Richard Nason, died sometime between 15 March 1696 when his will was written and 22 December 1696 when his will was proved; married about 1637 to Sarah Baker, daughter of John Baker and Sarah Wall, born about 1614 and died about 1663 in Kittery, Maine. Nine children.  At about 1664 he married second to Abigail Brewer, widow of Nicholas Follett. 

1. Charles Nason, born about 1639, married Abigail Willoughby

2. John Nason (see below)

3. Baker Nason, born about 1642, married Elizabeth Hatch

4. Jonathan Nason, born about 1645, married Sarah Jenkins

5. Sarah Nason, born aobut 1653, married Henry Child

6. Joseph Nason, born about 1655, married Mary Swain

7. Mary Nason, born about 1655, married Ephraim Trickey

8. Richard Nason, born about 1657, married Shuah Colcord

9. Benjamin Nason, born about 1662, married Martha Canney

Generation 2: John Nason, born about 1640, died 1719 in Dover, New Hampshire; married on 7 October 1697 in Kittery to Bridget Weymouth, daughter of Edward Weymouth and Esther Hodson. Three children.

1. Richard Nason (see below)

2. Hannah Nason, married Nicholas Jellison

3. Joanna Nason

Generation 3: Richard Nason, born about 1704 in South Berwick, Maine; married Mercy Ham, daughter of John Ham and Mary Heard, born 19 July 1708 in Dover, New Hampshire.  Five children:

1. Richard Nason (see below)

2. Nathaniel Nason, married Meribah Tuttle

3. Sarah Nason, 

4. Bridget Nason

5. Moses Nason, married Olive Davis

Generation 4: Richard Nason, born 31 May 1730 in South Berwick, Maine, died 25 May 1790 in South Berwick; married Mary Thompson, daughter of John Thompson and Mary Stacy. Ten children:

1. Bridget Nason, born before 12 September 1756

2. Mercy Nason, (see below) 

3. Amos Nason, born before 3 May 1764, married Hannah Nason, daughter of Moses Nason and Olive Davis- his first cousin

4. Sarah Nason

5. Nabby Nason

6. Betty Nason

7. Sarah Nason

8. Mary Nason, married Richard Shackley

9. Amos Nason, 

10. Moses Nason, married Lucy Tebbitts

Generation 5: Mercy Nason, born about 1764; married on 7 February 1788 in South Berwick to William Wilkinson, son of James Wilkinson and Hannah Mead. Three children:

Generation 6: Aaron Wilkinson m. Mercy F. Wilson

Generation 7: Robert Wilson Wilkinson m. Phebe Cross Munroe

Generation 8: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 9: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

There is an article about Richard Nason in The American Genealogist, Volume 68, pages 106 - 112.  Most of the vital records for the Nasons are available in early Maine records for York County.  There is also an outline on the Nasons in the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Davis, Libbey and Noyes. 

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Healey Square, Beverly, Massachusetts

In June 1862 the USS Mound City, a Union iron clad ship, was damaged in battle in Arkansas near Saint Charles.  Out of 170 men on board, only a handful survived, the rest were scalded to death inside the metal ship or were shot trying to escape.  I had no idea that my 3x Great Grandfather, Joseph Edwin Healey, died in this battle, nor did I even suspect that he was a sailor in the Civil War, since he was 39 years old at the time of his death.  I had never found his death record in Beverly, Massachusetts, nor anywhere in the Massachusetts records, and I suspected that he died at sea somewhere since he was a mariner.  I was surprised to find out that he was a Civil War sailor killed in action.

This is a photo of Mike Collins, the city engineer for Beverly, Massachusetts.  He first contacted me last summer when he began a project to restore the signs marking the squares in Beverly named for veterans.  Some of the signs were missing, and some were old wooden signs, like the one he is holding above.  He had marked 16 squares around town for restoration, and was researching the men behind the names when he found my blog and website while looking for Joseph Edwin Healey.  We connected via email, and I was able to fill him in on family information and he was able to tell me about Joseph Edwin Healey's military service.

Yours Truly, Mike Collins, Jerry Guilebbe (Beverly's Veteran Services)
and Beverly Mayor, William F. Scanlon, Jr. 

Working online with Mike Collins and Jerry Guilebbe (he works for Veteran's Services in Beverly), I found out about the Battle of Saint Charles and about my ancestor's horrific death.  Mr. Collins redesigned a cast aluminum sign for Healey Square, and this same design will be used for the other signs to be replaced around Beverly.  Friday, November 11, 2011, the sign was re-dedicated in Beverly along with a crowd of onlookers and Veterans.  It was great to finally meet Mr. Collins and Mr. Guilebbe in person, and to see the sign marking Healey Square.

The Beverly Civil War Monument

For my blog post describing how Mike Collins originally contacted me about Joseph Edwin Healey's story please click on this link:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/07/serendipity-week-2-civil-war-hero.html

Click here for a link to the Salem News Story about the Healey Square sign
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x960870815/Beverly-square-story-comes-full-circle

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Veteran's Day Transcription Project

War Memorials on Londonderry Common

Here is a list of genealogy bloggers who have transcribed the honor rolls on Veteran's Memorials.  These transcriptions make the names available for search engines.  This allows descendants, researchers and family members to find their heroes on the internet.  It is a simple, but very rewarding project.  Thank you for participating!

If you would like to add your blog post to this compendium, please contact me at vrojomit@gmail.com

California
Lomita Veterans Memorial, by Denise Spurlock
http://socalgenie.blogspot.com/2011/11/lomita-veterans-memorial.html

Torrance Veterans Memorial, by Denise Spurlock
http://socalgenie.blogspot.com/2012/11/city-of-torrance-veterans-memorial.html

Georgia
Muster Roll of the Toombs Guards, 1861,
from the Bulloch County Deed Book, FK, page 115, by Georgia Tim
http://mygeorgiaroots.blogspot.com/2011/11/muster-roll-of-toombs-guards-19-august.html

Maine
Bridgton World War I monument, by Pam Seavey
http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2012/07/bridgton-me-world-war-i-honor-roll.html

Massachusetts
Boston ~ September 11th Memorial by Barbara Poole
(victims with Massachusetts connections)
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2012/09/massachusetts-remembers-911-with.html

Michigan
Macon Cemetery Soldier's Monument, by Carol Stevens
http://www.reflectionsfromthefence.com/2011/11/remembering-macon-soliders-monument.html

New Hampshire
The Derry World War I Honor Roll
 http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/veterans-of-ww1-derry-new-hampshire.html

The Londonderry World War I Honor Roll
 http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/11/world-war-i-veterans-from-londonderry.html

The Londonderry World War II Honor Roll
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/11/world-war-ii-veterans-from-londonderry.html

The Londonderry World Korean War Honor Roll
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/11/korean-war-veterans-from-londonderry.html

The Londonderry Vietnam War Honor Roll
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/11/vietnam-war-veterans-from-londonderry.html

The Londonderry 99 - A list of Revolutionary War soldiers
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/05/londonderry-99-memorial-day.html

Portsmouth World War I Honor Roll, by Jennifer Shoer
http://www.scrappygenealogist.com/2011/11/soldiers-who-died-in-world-war-i.html

State of New Hampshire War Memorial at University of New Hampshire -
Alumni who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietname, Afganistan and Iraq and other conflicts (alphabetical order): http://www.unhmub.com/memorial/list.htm


New Mexico
The Gwinnett Justice Center Memorial, by Valerie Craft
http://beginwithcraft.blogspot.com/2011/11/gwinnett-fallen-heroes.html

Utah
Camp Kearns, by Banai Feldstein
http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2011/11/11/veterans-day/

Kent, England, United Kingdom (not a blog, but a great project)
http://www.ashfordsfallen.com/

Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom (also, not a blog post)
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/PhotoTs/NRY/MiddlesbroughWM_0.html

Odiham, England, United Kingdom
http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/blog/2011/05/odiham-war-memorial-ww1-transcription/