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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Salem, Massachusetts Symposium Commemorates the 325th Anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials

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On June 10th, 1692 my 9th great grandmother, Bridget Bishop, was the first person hanged during the infamous Salem Witch Trials.  Over sever...
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Surname Saturday ~ SIBLEY of Salem, Massachusetts

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I have two SIBLEY ancestors who were probably brother and sister, or at least close kin.  Some writers believe that Richard and Damaris...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Weathervane Wednesday ~ Above a Seafood Restaurant

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Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly.  I started out by publishing only weather vanes from the Londonder...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Captain John Thorndike, died 1760, Beverly, Massachusetts

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This tombstone was photographed at the Abbot Hale Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts. Here lies ye Body of Capt. John Thorndick w...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Honor Roll for the town of Langdon, New Hampshire

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Langdon, New Hampshire This document was contributed by Andrea Cheeney of the Langdon Heritage Commission.  It is a collection of a...
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My Grandmother’s Diary ~ Part 23, October 6 – October 17, 1920

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My grandmother, Gertrude Hitchings, a friend, and a sheep, circa 1920 This is the 23rd blog post with transcriptions of my grandmother...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

An Update on the Reverend Morrison House in Londonderry, New Hampshire

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The Londonderry Historical Society has a Morrison house at their museum complex on Pillsbury Road. That was the one story Samuel Morrison...
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Surname Saturday ~ OLIVER of Salem, Massachusetts

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Thomas OLIVER, my 9 th great grandfather,  age 36, came to New England aboard the ship Mary Ann with his first wife, Mary Leman, two c...
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