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Dorsey Corwin McMillen Family of Peebles, Adams, Ohio: Do you know this family?
So this is something new for me. Background, I work at a company that also runs a resale shop. The manager came across some old family photos and I thought I would try to reunite them with a family...
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Slave Owners in the Colony/State of New York: Coming to terms with a slave...
I am currently researching and writing a new book, about my ancestors who lived in the Colony/State of New York during the time of the French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution. The main...
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From Asheville, North Carolina to a Resale Shop in Texas: The travels of a...
In a dusty box of costume jewelry sat a lovely gold class ring with a large red stone. It was in immaculate condition. Someone looked at that ring and saw a worthless object, the shop employee saw a...
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A Summer Kitchen: Colonial Style
It's hot here this bright May morning; yesterday our high was 95° and steamy. Today looks to be the same. My oven grows cobwebs from May to September, no cookies are baked, no homemade bread. We grill...
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History and Genealogy Tour of the Mohawk Valley: Summer 2018
The StockadeThe oldest part of Schenectady, New York is known the Stockade. This designated area was once inside, you guessed it, a stockade. It is made up of half dozen streets that all seem to lead...
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Horton Clark Jennison (1847-1939) son of George Henry Jennison of Swanton,...
Horton Clark JennisonTaking a break from my second novel to post some pictures that were donated to a resale shop. This handsome man is Horton Clark Jennison. He was born on 24 March 1874 in Mason...
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Martha Ann Morris Knuff (1869-1935) From Canada to Los Angeles: Is she your...
This is the second batch of photos that were recently found in a resale shop. This beauty is Martha Ann Morris aged about 16 according to the writing on the back of the photo. She was born in Canada on...
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1718 Scots-Irish Migration: From Londonderry, Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
If you are interested in early colonial American history then you know of the phenomenon called the Puritan Great Migration which began in 1630 and lasted for 15-20 years. But less than one hundred...
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Wikitree Scan-a-Thon January 2019
Calling all hoarders of genealogy docs, old photos, ephemera Wikitree has issued a challenge. Let's get that stuff scanned and uploaded to the cloud and preserve it for future generations. the...
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Mary 'Molly' Brant; Hero and Villain of the American Revolution
Molly Brant and her brother Joseph were important characters in the Mohawk Valley of New York before and during the American Revolution. Today most Americans don't recognize their names, but in Canada...
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Mary Bliss Parsons: Accursed Name, Witch of Springfield, Massachusetts
Weave a Web of WitchcraftIn 1651 Mary and Hugh Parsons of Springfield were sent to Boston to stand trial on charges of Witchcraft, a hanging offense, long before the Salem trials. Mary died in prison...
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Blood In The Valley by Jean M. Roberts
I'm proud to announce the publication of my new (second) novel: BLOOD IN THE VALLEY, available on amazon.com in both Kindle and paperback versions. (If you have Kindle Unlimited it's free!) This book...
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Best Books and Websites on the Historical Mohawk Valley, New York
I recently wrote a book set in the 1700s in the Mohawk Valley. This time period covered both the French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution. The Mohawk Valley is of great historical...
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Family Myths and Legends: They're Not All Cherokee Princesses
I write two genealogy cum family history blogs, this one and a second one that is dedicated to dispelling mythical Native American ancestry. But not all myths involve Indian Princesses. It seems almost...
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Genealogy Treasure in the New York State Archives: Rufus Grider and the...
In these days of Ancestry.com and familysearch.org and a gazillion other websites, we tend to believe that all available sources are available at the click of a mouse, albeit, we might have to pay to...
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Connecticut Witches: Joan and John Carrington of Wethersfield
I recently published a novel based on the life of Hugh and Mary Parsons, accused witches of Springfield, Massachusetts. A few months before Hugh was accused by his wife and neighbors, the Carringtons...
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Scots-Irish Settlers of Cherry Valley, New York
Researching the families of Cherry Valley at the time of the Cherry Valley Massacre (11 November 1778) reveals a tight-knit community with close ties to the 1718 Scots-Irish Migration. Sixty years...
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Reice and Blanche Lewis Bedortha of Springfield in the Colony of Massachusetts
originsReice Bedortha was one of many brave men who left their home in Wales to begin a new life among the Puritans of Massachusetts. [1] He was not alone, his there were a certain Welsh contingent...
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Nicholas Herkimer (1728-1777) : Hero of The Battle of Oriskany
Nicholas Herkimer, son of a Palatinate immigrant and tragic hero of the Battle of Oriskany, is regarded as a noble figure in the pantheon of heroes of the American Revolution. His family had an...
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Colonel Samuel Campbell 1738-1824 Londonderry, NH to Cherry Valley, NY
In a recent blog post I wrote about finding sources in hidden places, the archives. I continue to find more such sources, from indirect angles of inquiry. While researching Samuel Clyde of Cherry...
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