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If you've been researching your family's history for any significant amount of time, you already know that the government didn't require the reporting of births or deaths until 1885, so finding vital records beyond a few generations ago can be challenging. For these, we rely on church records, family Bibles, cemetery records, and other resources. Tip: Find hundreds of places to learn about Pennsylvania genealogy and history on my Pennsylvania Resources page. Pennsylvania Birth and Death records reported since 1906 are held by the Commonwealth, and indexed on their website, as time restrictions allow. These indices are used to obtain the record number for use in ordering copies, but can also be very useful for general research even if you don't order copies. Try a search to confirm the vital records you have recorded for ancestors and relatives who were born after 1885 in Pennsylvania. Tip: If you need to find out which county a town was in, use my County Search Tool, here. Birth records for individuals born in Pennsylvania from 1906-1915 are currently available, as of January 2021. Click here to view the birth indices. Tip: For instructions on how to order copies of birth records, see here. Death records for individuals who died in Pennsylvania from 1906-1970 are currently available, as of January 2021. Click here to view the death indices. Tip: For instructions on how to order copies of death records, see here. Tip: A great deal of other information is also held at the State Archives. Visit their website at pastatearchives.org. Click here for more Pennsylvania genealogy resources. Check out my genealogy dashboard for thousands of tools and resources! Share this find with your friends and family! #tips #birthcertificate #deaths #pennsylvania #vitalrecords #resources #freewebsites #resources #Pennsylvania

Only a select few people would be interested in this, but I was looking for an obituary from 1908 and couldn't find it with a search engine so I proceeded to search for all the obituaries from 1908 and 1909 printed in the Auburn Democrat Argus, and saved snippets of them for anyone else searching for a death in those years, for someone living in Cayuga or Tompkins County, New York. Birth and marriage announcements are also included. Click here to view the snippets. Click here to see more New York genealogy resources. Click here for all genealogy resources. #auburn #cayuga #obituaries #tips #NewYork #cayugacounty #vitalrecords

Listen to the songs of the Civil War era as they would have been heard around campfires and in parlors around the country. The songs are being skillfully played on a 30-button concertina. What a gift from youtube user angloconc. Enjoy the entire playlist! Looking for your veteran ancestors? Find free Civil War genealogy resources here. #civilwar #music #folksong #song #military

American Folklife refers to the way of life and certain traditions kept by various communities and ethnic groups. They are often passed down from one person to another over multiple generations. Folk dances, folk songs, crafts, foods, games, holidays, and other traditions define a community's folklife. The Library of Congress has published an amazing collection of archives relating to American Folklife. Visit their site and search or browse to find the topic of your interest. For example, search the town or state your family lived in. The local folklife helps add interest to your family history and may help solve puzzles, too. You never know what you will find. Perhaps you will find some familiar traditions and stories! Visit the Library of Congress Folklife Center's website to get started. Feel free to share your finds in the comments below! Click Genealogy Links for more! #American #folklife #tradition

In what appears to be an Americanized version of Swiss Family Robinson, which was originally written by Johann David Wyss and published in 1812, The American Family Robinson; or, The adventures of a family lost in the great desert of the West, was written by David W. Belisle in 1853. Containing many incidents of prairie life and the astonishing sights European Americans encountered on their journey westward. Incidentally, it appears to have nothing to do with the Robinson family, but seems to be a more generic name that could be applied to anyone. To learn about the Robinson family, see the Dickinson page. #robinson #books #history #thewest

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This valuable resource from the Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society contains boatloads of information on the early settlers of Connecticut. Read the 30 volumes for free at Archive.org, using the links below. The links, with the exception of Volume 1, link directly to the book's index so you can see if the surname you are researching is listed. Volume 1 - [Read] Volume 2 - [Read] Volume 3 - [Read] Volume 4 - [Read] Volume 5 - [Read] Volume 6 - [Read] 1897 Volume 7 - [Read] Volume 8 - [Read] Volume 9 - [Read] Volume 10 - [Read] Volume 11 - [Read] Volume 12 - [Read] 1909 Connecticut Men in the Revolution 1775-1783 Volume 13 - [Read] Volume 14 - [Read] Volume 15 - [Read] Volume 16 - [Read] Volume 17 - [Read] Volume 18 - [Read] See also Index of Soldiers Volume 19 - [Read] Volume 20 - [Read] Volume 21 - [Read] Volume 22 - [Read] Volume 23 - [Read] 1930 Volume 24 - [Read] Volume 25 - [Read] Volume 26 - [Read] 1952 Volume 27 - [Read] Volume 28 - [Read] Volume 29 - [Read] Volume 30 - [Read] 1962 See also the List of Family Genealogies in the Library of Connecticut Historical Society: #Connecticut #stowell #Reese #reese

Many American towns are named after the families who originally settled the place and you might be surprised to find these places linked to your ancestors if you dig in to the history of the town. (You can use my County Search Tool to easily see if any counties, towns or cities are named after your family. Then check resources for that place to check for clues). In New Jersey there is an unincorporated place called "Leonardo", located in Middletown Township, Monmouth County. I remember passing through Leonardo a few year ago on a trip to the Twin Lights in the Atlantic Highlands. I had assumed that Leonardo wasn't named after the Leonard family, because of the "o", but a little investigating revealed that Leonardo was, in fact, named after the Leonards. "James and Henry Leonard came from England, in 1642, to Taunton, Mass., and from that time to about 1667 were engaged in constructing iron-works in the eastern colonies. James Grover, one of the Monmouth patentees, settled at Middletown in 1667, and while surveyor of the township, a few years thereafter, discovered traces of bog-ore at or near the Falls of Shrewsbury. He sent for the Leonards to come to New Jersey to construct iron-works, which they did, as mentioned." [History of Monmouth County, by Franklin Ellis, 1885, p. 543]. Comparing the old map in the book with a modern map, we can see that Leonardo is the same location formerly called Leonardville, home of the Leonard family. "The Leonardo section of Middletown was a part of Atlantic Highlands and originally called Leonardville. It was named after Henry and James Leonard, the first ironmasters in the state. Croydon Hall was the home of John J. Leonard." [Source: Chang, Kathy; and Kesten, Karen L. "Birth of a town" Archived 2014-12-15]. Few people credit the Leonards with being the first to successfully establish an ironworks in America, unfortunately. In fact, several years ago I visited the blacksmith at Allaire State Park in Wall Township - a mere 22 miles from Leonardo, and the "blacksmith" knew nothing about James and Henry Leonard who, along with generations of their descendants, supplied the colonies with iron products essential for building homes, businesses, carts and carriages. They made nails, horseshoes, farm equipment, and all kinds of iron tools necessary for building the foundations of this nation. Prior to their arrival, iron implements had to be imported or carried over with the colonists. Previous attempts to establish ironworks in America had failed mostly because of conflicts with the Native Americans, but James and Henry Leonard made peace with the Indians, contributing to their success. See my previous article "Secrets of Metal Making". My paternal Leonard family hails from New York and I've only been able to trace my Leonard line back to my 4th great-grandfather, Russel Leonard, who married Sophronia Burrill, but based on my father's haplogroup, it appears he is of Solomon Leonard's lineage. Solomon Leonard lived in New England during the same period as James and Henry Leonard, as well as John Leonard of Springfield, Massachusetts, but most Leonard researchers have stated that there is no evidence that Solomon was related to John or the brothers, James and Henry. In fact, the haplogroups prove they're not connected, if we are understanding them correctly. Still, descendants of my ancestors, Russel and Sophronia Leonard, may descend from both James Leonard and Solomon Leonard. How? Well, I found that Joshua Burrill - who I suspect was Sophronia's father, reportedly descended from James Leonard. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any documentation to prove that Sophronia was Joshua's daughter. The only evidence I have found so far is that my DNA matches several of Joshua's descendants. I hope to one day prove my connection to these industrious Leonards - the Ironmasters. If you're interested in the Leonards who founded Leonardville, check out these clippings from History of Monmouth County. You can access the entire book free online, but feel free to save or print this Leonard summary. See more: Resources for Middletown Township Resources for Monmouth County Resources for New Jersey My Leonard Family #leonard #newjersey #monmouthcounty #leonardo #leonardville #jamesleonard #henryleonard #ironmasters #colonial #industry

This 1971 documentary gives a history of England from the time of the withdrawal of the Roman troops and the British were left defenseless against the Saxons and Franks who were raiding their shores. Length 22:19. Alternate link. Click here for tons of free genealogy resources #England #england #AngloSaxon #documentary #video #educational #English #history #unitedkingdom

The American Genealogist was a magazine published beginning in 1899, containing a variety of valuable genealogical information you might have difficulty finding elsewhere. The American Genealogist was released quarterly to subscribers who probably anxiously awaited each issue and hoped to find some material relevant to their family history, but today we can access many of the issues free online anytime. In my previous blog, I explained that while indexing this collection, I stumbled upon information about several of my ancestors including Beckwiths, Feakes, and Evarts. After indexing volumes 21-30, I can add Underhill, Chilton and Leonard to that list. There are marriage records, baptismal records, wills, complete family histories and so much more in this magazine. It is worth taking the time to at least browse through the list of contents of each issue to see if some obscure information about your ancestors can be found. I've made it easy for you by typing out the contents of each issue. Below is a list of all the issues of The American Genealogist Magazine volumes 21-30. You can find Volumes 1-20 in my previous blog. In my next blog, Part 3, I will summarize and link the remaining volumes. If you find anything about your family or find that any of the links aren't working properly, please let us know in the comments below. Volume 21 >The American Genealogist 1944 - 1945: Vol 21 Index >The American Genealogist 1944 - 1945: Vol 21 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1944-07: Vol 21 Iss 1 The Correct Ancestry of Timothy Foster of Walpole and Dudley, Massachusetts Declarations of Pedigree and Family History and the Hearsay Evidence Rule The Family of Conckelyne, Conklin and Conkling in America Robert Walker of Boston, Massachusetts Wodhull, Odell and Chetwode Jacobus Kolfs (Colver) of New Amsterdam, New Netherland Strickland notes (Cont'd) Joseph Dickinson and Thomas Dickinson Recent books Notes (Simmons-Keen, Center-Todd-Hunt, McMullen, Rethel-Marmion-Camville) >The American Genealogist 1944-10: Vol 21 Iss 2 The forgotten heiress of Sulgrave The Will of James Smith of Barrington The Companions of the Conqueror The family of Thomas Verdon of Brooklyn, New York Correction to the Article Robert Parsons of Easthampton, Long Island Corrections to the Article John Parsons of Easthampton, Long Island and Cape May, West Jersey New London Probate Records before 1710 A study of the identity of Thomas Wood of Rowley, Mass., and his wife, Ann The Family of Conckelyne, Conklin and Conkling in America (Cont'd) The Founders of the Bras/Brass, Brasser, Bresser, Bries and Brazier Families in America Source Material for A Finch Genealogy (Cont'd) Recent Books >The American Genealogist 1945-01: Vol 21 Iss 3 The Birthplace and Parentage of Alexander Hamilton Some Ancestral Lines of President John Quincy Adams The Darcy Ancestry of Mrs. John Sherman Elizabeth and Grace Barron Connecticut Descendants of the Darcy-Sherman-Barron Line Morris Somes of Gloucester, Massachusetts Moses Paine of Braintree, Massachusetts and some of his ancestry in England Notes on Richard Ingraham of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1643 The Parentage of George Gardiner of Newport, Rhode Island Church Records of Auburn New York, 1801-1811 Stray Wills from Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Cont'd) Rev. Nathaniel Brewster and Sir Francis Brewster John Concklyne of Southold and Huntington Jacocks Family - Champion Notes (Bradbury, Center, Landon) Recent Books Three Ruth Loomises and their marriages Woodbury, Connecticut, Church Records, 1702-1713 >The American Genealogist 1945-04: Vol 21 Iss 4 A Hessian Pedigree: Crollius of Marburg The House of Rich Descendants of John Blower of Boston Origin of the Sale (Searles) Family in New England The line of John Concklyne of Southold and Huntington Balzar Leffel (1721-1796) and his family Dickinson Problems Matthew Beckwith and His Family Woodbury, Connecticut, Church Records 1702-1718 The Judson Family of Stratford and Woodbury, Connecticut Notes (Holman) Errata (Loomis and Gould) Index to Genealogical Periodicals Index to Volume 21 Volume 22 >The American Genealogist 1945 - 1946: Vol 22 Index >The American Genealogist 1945 - 1946: Vol 22 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1945-07: Vol 22 Iss 1 The English Ancestry of the Elkinton Family of New Jersey John Goodale of Great Yarmouth Van der Veer The House of Rich Family of Ralph Tristram of Maine The Verdugos - A first family of California Samuel Webb of Saybrook, Connecticut Capt. John Johnson and wife Margery of Roxbury - who were they? Matthew Beckwith and his family (Cont'd) Manville of Woodbury, Connecticut Woodbury, Connecticut, Church Records, 1702-1718 (Concluded) Notes (Morehouse, Willmot) Correction to "Bries Family" article from Vol 21 p151 Children of Benjamin Ingraham and Hannah Tomlinson Ingraham William Ingraham of Boston, Swansea, Saybrook and Groton The Judson family of Stratford and Woodbury, Connecticut (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1945-10: Vol 22 Iss 2 Claes Cornelissen van Schouw(en), Meutelaer and the Wyckoff Ancestry The English Ancestry of the Lake Family of Boston, Massachusetts, and of Sir Edward Lake, Baronet, of England Martin Marquart (ca. 1725-1793) The Sheafe Line Some descendants of Nicholas Rich of Salem, Massachusetts The parentage of Mehitable Blackman, wife successively of Jonathan Peck and Gen. John Mead Culver and Winthrop The Line of John Concklyne of Southold and Huntington Repercussions: Holman Corrections Recent Books The Judson Family of Stratford and Woodbury, Conn. >The American Genealogist 1946-01: Vol 22 Iss 3 The Daytons of South Jersey Outline for a Genealogy of the Family of Humphrey Millard of Reading, Massachusetts Two Generations of Descendants of Thomas King of Hartford, Conn. Probate Digests, their value and dangers Will of William Brown of Rehoboth, Mass. The House of Rich (Cont'd) Family Records: LXXI. Bible Record: Benham of Bristol, Conn. LXXII. Records in Family Bible of Sanford Ransom Hall (1810-18844) - Hall, Sanford, Huggins LXXIII. Peck Bible Record, Orange County, New York LXXIV. Bible Record of Jonathan R. Peck, Flushing, New York The Origin of John and Henry Gray (New Jersey and Connecticut) Thomas Hale, Glover, of Newbury, Mass. Nathaniel and Aaron Fuller of Ashford, Connecticut The Two Nathaniel Bacons The Wife of Peter Mallory of New Haven An Early Miles Standish Miscellanea: XI. Danbury, Connecticut, Land Records 1780-1783 XII. Sharon, Connecticut Probate Records 1758-1775 XIII. Freeman Record, Grafton, New Hampshire 1777 Notes: Seeley, Jenks, Metcalf, Pendleton-Layfield Recent Books Errata: Correction on Sheafe article from Vol 22 p. 85 Richard Adams - Two found in deeds of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Webb Addendum (John Webb of Saybrook, Conn.) >The American Genealogist 1946-04: Vol 22 Iss 4 The War and the Development of Micro-Photography as applied to English Records Some Ancestral Lines of President William Howard Taft Some Untraced Dyers Family of Lawrence and Mary Turner of Newport, Rhode Island John Earl of Northampton, Mass., and Southampton, Long Island Masters of Woodbury, Conn. The line of John Concklyne of Southold and Huntington (Cont'd) The Judson Family of Stratford and Woodbury, Connecticut (Cont'd) The House of Rich (Cont'd) Notes: Brown, Brewster-Gould Index to Genealogical Periodicals (chiefly for 1945) Bulkley-Tanner Records Miscellanea: XIV. Lyme Connecticut Land Records 1697-1715 Shaw of Boston, Ipswich and Fairfield Stray wills from Suffolk County, Massachusetts Probate Records: Christopher Adams of Kittery, Maine John Vyall of Swansea Mary Sisson of Portsmouth, Rhode Island Jonathan Wells of Hartford, Connecticut Index to Volume 22 Volume 23 >The American Genealogist 1946 - 1947: Vol 23 Index >The American Genealogist 1946 - 1947: Vol 23 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1946-07: Vol 23 Iss 1 George Washington's English Ancestors James Butler, Vintner, of Boston: A Critique of Butleriana George Vaughan of Middleborough, Massachusetts The Wife of Thomas Champion of Hempstead, New York The Origin of the Percies and the Percy Arms The Family of Humphrey Millard of Reading, Mass. (Cont'd) The Judson Family of Stratford and Woodbury, Conn. (Concluded) Bries Addenda Notes: The Colorado Genealogist A Lost Subscriber Robert Wace Bennet (Wilhelmus or Willem Bennet of Gowanus) Gozard-Tomisson-Neal land records Stamford, Connecticut land records: Perry, Pettit, and Blachley/Blachly What next: Fred Snare, maker of gun flints ends long line of flint-knappers Benoni Hewlett of Schuyler & Brown Counties, Illinois Turner of Kingston, Rhode Island and New London, Connecticut Recent Books Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop (Alphabetically: Cooke through Egleston) (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1946-10: Vol 23 Iss 2 John Foster of Littleton (Boxborough), Massachusetts Cranson notes Pre-American Ancestries: XIV George Weekes of Dorchester, Massachusetts Maternal Ancestry of Anne (Peck) Mason The Wassons of New York John Welles of Stratford, Connecticut The English Ancestry of John Putnam of Salem, Massachusetts Cooper-Slye and Cooper-Glover Problems Hunt Family Notes The House of Rich (Concluded) The Nathaniel Browne Family Grimsditch, Hunt, Durham Jonathan Haynes of Newbury, Mass. Miscellanea: Killingworth, Connecticut, Land Records Henry Buck Deeds, Wethersfield, Connecticut Items from Hartford County Court Records, 1700-1702 Belding probate records Master Wace Recent books Note on the Underhill Genealogy Notes on the Hutchinson family, Lebabon, Connecticut Vaughan Corrections Erratum Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop (Alphabetically: Egleston through Hinsdale) (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1947-01: Vol 23 Iss 3 John Webb of Northampton Richard Adams of Sudbury, Mass.; Plainfield and Norwich, Conn. The Ancestry of Edward Collins and Bedle-Bowles-Powell Connections in England Early Harris Families of Western Connecticut The Barony of Wahull (Odell) John Foster of Littleton (Boxborough), Massachusetts Walter Dean and Bartholomew Tipping of Taunton, Mass. Outline for a Genealogy of the family of Humphrey Millard of Reading, Mass. (Concluded) Family Records: LXXV. Drake of Orange County, New York LXXVI. An Unidentified Lawrence Bible Record Children of William Harlow of Bridgewater, Mass. Book notices >The American Genealogist 1947-04: Vol 23 Iss 4 Brouwer Beginnings Humphrey Davie, Merchant, of Boston More light on Lawrence of St. James, South Elmham, Co. Suffolk Genealogical Items: John Hubbard Family of Brooklyn, Connecticut The Wassons of Maine Miscellanea: XVIII. Windham, Connecticut, Probate Records Page of Walsham Le Willows, Co. Suffolk Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop (Alphabetically: Hitchcock through Langton) (Cont'd) Nell Alexander of Killingly, Conn. Recent Books Notes: Susannah Jones and Benjamin Gillam Judson Addendum Sackett of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Porter-Early Palgrave Correction Canfield-Tuttle, Norwalk, Conn. The Jepson Family The Family of George Walker Dungan-Clarke of Newport, Rhode Island Index to Genealogical Periodicals Eleanor Couillard, wife of Nicholas Bragg Volume 24 >The American Genealogist 1948: Vol 24 Index >The American Genealogist 1948-01: Vol 24 Iss 1 John Lapham and some of his Descendants John Barnard, the Blacksmith, of Hartford The English Ancestry of William Acye of Rowley, Mass. Brouwer Beginnings (Cont'd) Josiah Noyes of Falmouth, Maine John Hubbard of Brooklyn, Connecticut Frazee-Osborn-Oliver problems, New Jersey Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop (Alphabetically: Lankester through Rutherford) Davis Wasgatt of Monson, Mass. Judson Family Addendum David Winchell of Suffield, Conn. Early Records of Cumberland, Nova Scotia The Identity of Mary (Andrews) Shipman Samuel Westcott of Norwich, Conn. Lawrence of St. James, South Elmham, Suffolk Notes: Morris-Gott-Mansfield David Taylor of Concord Interstate Items (Wills of Stephen Rogers of Albany and Deborah Palmer of Stephentown) Recent Books Miscellanea: XIX. Early Westbrook, Conn. Births and Deaths XX. Lyme, Connecticut, Deaths >The American Genealogist 1948-04: Vol 24 Iss 2 Two Anneke Jans Lawsuits (New York) Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Cont'd) William Wetherill of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Zacheus Bosworth, of Boston, Husbandman Edward Richards of Dedham, Mass. Brouwer Beginnings (Cont'd) Andrew Smith of Hopewell, New Jersey Abigail (Buck) Harlow and Mary (Buck) Cushman Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop (Alphabetically: Russell through Youngs) (Cont'd) Early Births in Granville, Ohio White-Leggatt-Tilley-Howland Repercussions Mary (Griffin) Wilson John Laphem and some of his descendants (Cont'd) Recent books Frazee Erratum Oviatt Marriages in Tring, Hertfordshire Fenn of Milford, Conn. (with charts) >The American Genealogist 1948-07: Vol 24 Iss 3 Census of Newtown, Long Island, Aug 1698 John Earle of Northampton, Mass., and Southampton, Long Island John Morse of Boston Notes on the Schuggs - Reyment Genealogy Brouwer Beginnings (Concluded) John Webb of Saybrook Note on John Webb of Northampton, Mass. Recent Books John Lapham and some of his descendants The Daughters of Barnabas Wood The wife of Obadiah Emmons of Boston Notes: Adams Addenda Early New England - Virginia Intermarriages (Alexander Cole & Behiall Hill and Thomas Hazard & Mary Bowdoin) From Connecticut to Maine: Ezra Dean, Henry Dimock >The American Genealogist 1948-10: Vol 24 Iss 4 The Ancestry of Governor John Webster The Quarrell Family in Wales and the Welsh Border Countries of England (Ancestral to the Eddowes family of Philadelphia, the Kendrick family of Hillsdale, Michigan, and the English governing family of Chamberlain) Connecticut descendants of John Spaulding Bradt or Bratt of Albany and New York, N.Y. John Lapham and Some of His Descendants Recent Books Queries Henry Swain of Charleston, Mass. The English Ancestry of John Putnam of Salem, Mass. Notes: James Butler of Boston Nathaniel Lynde of Saybrook Jacob & Rebecca Tobias Family Bible John Thwing & Martha Drew Will of Stephen Wilcox (Vol 19 p 30) Correction Index to Volume 24 Volume 25 >The American Genealogist 1949: Vol 25 Index >The American Genealogist 1949-01: Vol 25 Iss 1 Legare Notes Origin of the Jacobus Family Samuel French and wife Silence Torrey The Palgrave Descent from the Plantagenets A Fifield Correction John Cooper of Killingly, Conn. Queries The Terrill Family of Connecticut The Parentage of Samuel Morse of Dedham, Mass. Connecticut Triplets (list of deliveries with multiple births from 1699-1774) Recent Books Captain Giles Sage and Corporal Giles Sage of Middletown, Connecticut Notes: Davis Gleanings from Hebron, Conn. Queries: Anna Knowlton, Margaret Freeman, Lois Parmelee, Mary Clough >The American Genealogist 1949-04: Vol 25 Iss 2 - (THE SMITH EDITION) Smith Number John Smith of Mespat, Long Island Bartholomew Smith of Huntington, Long Island William Smith of Jamaica, Long Island John Smith "Ye Smith" of Milford, Connecticut Miscellaneous Smiths of Guildford Connecticut Roger Smith of East Hampton, Long Island Nicholas Smith (Seversmith) of Milford, Connecticut Sergt. John Smith of Milford, Connecticut Walter Smith of Milford, Connecticut Miscellaneous Smiths of Stratford, Connecticut Thomas Smith of Guilford and Killingworth, Connecticut Abraham Smith of Charlestown, Mass. (Killingworth) Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut Smith-Smithsen Note Richard Smith of Lyme, Connecticut Some other Lyme Smiths Reference to certain other Smith Families >The American Genealogist 1949-07: Vol 25 Iss 3 Genealogy and the Right of Privacy The Children of Nathaniel Harlow Ebenezer Hatch and Ebenezer Hatch of Pembroke, Mass. (Mayflower Lines) Deaths in French Prison Camps, 1757-58 The Sons-in-Law of John Mansfield The wife of Samuel Vial The Second Wife of Hudson Leverrett The wife of Jonathan Bullard Some Connections Between the Eddowes Family and Other Families Notes and Errata: Hoomery-Wodell Bradt-Bratt Family of Albany John Earle of Orange County, New York The Wife of John Rogers of Billerica Adgates of Norwich, Connecticut and Philadelphia The "Other" Gilletts Josyntje Verhagen and her descendants Richard Webb of Stamford Recent Books Queries: Tooker-Gerard-Howell Joseph Peck of Cumberland County, New Jersey Hand-Bushnell John Smith of Ashford, Connecticut Gillett items and queries Benjamin Hands of Middletown, Conn. John Case of Glastonbury, Conn Two James Bishops of New Haven, Conn. >The American Genealogist 1949-10: Vol 25 Iss 4 Francois de Bruyn of Bruynensburg, New Utrecht, Long Island and his de Moucheron ancestors The Origin of the Crowninshields The House of Brabant - Ancestry of Philippa of Hainault, Wife of Edward III The Risley Family of Connecticut John Earll of Smith's Clover, Orange County, New York Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Index to Genealogical Periodicals Lee Records and Problems The English Origins of the Connecticut Harrisons Volume 26 >The American Genealogist 1950: Vol 26 Index >The American Genealogist 1950-01: Vol 26 Iss 1 Corrected Genealogy of Ralph Hunt of Newtown, Long Island William Gaylord of Windsor, Connecticut The Concord Odells in English Records Ancestry of the wife of Edmund Rice Ancestry of Obadiah and Mary Brush Baptisms 1710-1715, Hopewell, Maidenhead and Six Mile Run, New Jersey The "Royal" Ancestry of Lawrence Wilkinson Addendum, Legare-Newhall Joshua Tobey of Hudson, New York and his descendants Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, Connecticut Unplaced Stantons Two Private Connecticut Mortuary Lists: I. Bethany, Connecticut 1788-1793 II. Middlebury, Connecticut 1825-1853 The English Washingtons Gillett Addenda Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary Addenda et Corrigenda: Deaths in French Prisons Judson Family of Stratford and Woodbury, Conn. Richard Webb of Stamford; Richard Smith of Wethersfield Terrill Family Brouwer Beginnings Some Untraced Dyers Pearse-Tucker-Tabor William Smith of Jamaica Recent Books Alice and Rebecca Hand, East Hampton, Long Island Of This and That >The American Genealogist 1950-04: Vol 26 Iss 2 A Clue to the English Home of Richard Voare of Dorchester and Windsor Jonathan Parsons of Northampton, Mass., and some of his descendants Revolutionary War Rolls of Connecticut, Units in the National Archives Joseph Gorham of Stratford, Conn. Israel (Mason) Bissell Palmer of Westchester Hannah, the first wife of Thomas Gardner, Jr. of Salem, Mass. The Parents of Thomas Holcombe Queries The Hine family of Milford, Conn. Recent Books Children of John and Abigail (Hait) Ferris Daytons of South Jersey >The American Genealogist 1950-07: Vol 26 Iss 3 John Concklin of Flushing and Rye, New York Rebecca, Wife of Rev. Isaac Cushman Daniel Bates of Hanover, New Jersey and Ohio Alice and Rebecca Hand (A correction) Clues in Essex, England, to Origin of Connecticut Settlers (Warner, Purchas/Purchase, Humphrey, Moore, Palmer, Ward, Quennell/Chennell, Drake, Pratt) Andrews and Pike Who Wants What and Where Miscellanea: XXI. Killingly Land Records XXII. Saybrook Land Records (Norton, Lymon, Jerome) Ruth Peirce's Five Husbands The Wives of Samuel Dyer Anneke Jans Descendants Dickerman Origin in England Spaulding Addenda A Reuben Gillett problem Palmer of Westchester Erratum The Wife of John Bissell of Windsor, Conn. Who was the Empress Theophano? Some Notes upon the House of Brabant Clark of Granville, Mass., and Lisle, New York Miscellaneous Family Records >The American Genealogist 1950-10: Vol 26 Iss 4 Ann (Besse) Hallet, step-mother of Abigail (Hallet) Alden Nathan McQuivey of East Windsor, Conn., and West Springfield, Mass. Heirs of Noah Woolsey, Marlborough, New York Samuel Sanford of Tiverton and Some of his descendants Some Mallory Notes Beckley-Moody-Blydenburgh (A correction) Bridget (Palmer) Barton of Westchester County Mary (Parsons) Harmon Origin of the Bowers, Leeks and Crossthwait/Crossthwaytes of South Jersey Pre-American Ancestries: XV. Thomas Halsey of Southampton, Long Island Mary (Humphrey) Warner (English ancestry) Who wants what and where Recent Books Supplement to the Family of Daniel Bates George Norton of Salem, Mass. (Additions and Corrections) Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary James Ferris of Greenwich, Connecticut Ingraham-Prudden Who was the Empress Theophano? (Cont'd) John Concklin of Rye, New York (Cont'd) Weller Notes A Hinman Correction Volume 27 >The American Genealogist 1951: Vol 27 Index >The American Genealogist 1951-01: Vol 27 Iss 1 The Probably Identity of the Daughter of Roger Chandler of Duxbury, Mass. Pre-American Ancestries XVI. Roger Alling of New Haven, Conn. XVII. John Gilbert of Taunton, Mass., with Rev. Nicholas Street Connection Some Notes on the Howland Family A Wood-White Correction The Porter and Hawkins Families of Boston The Thomas French Bible Records Weller Notes (Concluded) Aaron of Bulgaria and his son Tsar John Vladislaw The Wheelers of Bedfordshire and New England The Hine Family of Milford, Conn. (Concluded) The Hubbard Family of Glastonbury, Conn. The Will of Francis Wilson of Rehoboth, Mass. Erratum: Parsons Recent Books Who wants what and where Genealogists >The American Genealogist 1951-04: Vol 27 Iss 2 Vermont Probate Districts A Feake-Crompton marriage Pre-American Ancestry of the Van Varick and Visboom families The Four Spencer Brothers, their descendants and ancestors A Bowne Problem Who wants what and where Edmund Hobart of Hingham, Mass. Eliphalet Hitt (not Hill) of Boston A Brayton-Peirce Relationship Brainard-Bushnell Israel (Mason) Bissell William Churchill and Edward Churchill Two William Lees of Burlington, New Jersey Age of Girls marriage in colonial New England The Wheeler of Cranfield and New England Peter D. Schuyler of Canajoharie >The American Genealogist 1951-07: Vol 27 Iss 3 The Parents of Jonathan Haynes of Newbury and Haverhill, Mass., and some of their descendants The Voge Papers on the Barton and Law Families Rufus Barton, not Roger, in Manhattan 1642 Barton errata Hezekiah Luther and his two wives Directories in the Library of Congress Was "John Concklin" Jan de Conselyea? Editorial note on Concklin-Conselyea; the spelling of surnames and other digressions Repercussions: I. John Warner of Farmington and John Warner II. Sherwood of Fairfield and Stratford Pre-American Ancestry of the Van Varick and Visboom Families (Concluded Visboom) The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants Additions and Corrections: Rich Family Haynes Family McQuivey Family Mary (Parsons) Harmon Risley and Gale Families Weller Family >The American Genealogist 1951-10: Vol 27 Iss 4 Kilby notes The White Family of Middleboro, Mass. Everard-Bourne A Cole-Blanchard marriage Pennock-Pinnock Note on the Douglas Genealogy Recent books Kingsboro, Fulton County, New York, Church Members 1804 Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Cont'd) Cuerton of Merion, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Hales of Georges Creek, New Castle County, Del. Descendants of Israel Bissell Notes on the Waterbury Family of Stamford, Connecticut Hannah notes, Bethlehem, Connecticut Volume 28 >The American Genealogist 1952: Vol 28 Index >The American Genealogist 1952-01: Vol 28 Iss 1 The Early Sampsons French Relatives of Michael Humphrey Abel Gale Family of Jamaica, Long Island The Origin of the Regniers (House of Brabant) Connecticut Court Reports Willentie Herperts Van Der Linde, Ancestors of the Van Elslant Family Further corrections to the new Holcombe family Kilby notes Recent books Plainfield, Conn., Misc. items (Land records) Gerauld (Jerauld) Family Notes Lum origin in England Who wants what and where The Four Spencer Brothers Chapter III. Mrs. W. C. Clark and Donald L. Jacobus Listing of Genealogists >The American Genealogist 1952-04: Vol 28 Iss 2 Notes on Coventry, Conn., Families The Haskell Family The Dudley-Woodstock Family The Killingly-Thompson Family The Plumly Family of Somersetshire, England, and Bucks Co., Penn. John Gale of Bristol, Bucks Co., Penn. Micah White of Abington and Cummington, Mass. Thomas Kimberly in England Ancestry of the Prentices of Preston, Conn. The Family of Pilgrim Simpkins of Boston Descents from the Grand Princes of Kiev Who wants what and where Sarah Weed Waterbury Ferris Pond Jonathan Parsons Recent books Repudiation of wives indebtedness from the Boston newsletter Connecticut Superior Court Records Edson-Story-Maynard The Four Spencer Brothers Photocopy Records Yourself >The American Genealogist 1952-07: Vol 28 Iss 3 Genealogical Research in Ireland the Wheelers of Bedfordshire and New England New Light on Esdras Reade, Tailor Nathan Gorham of Canterbury, Conn. Middlefield, Mass., Church Records Northfield, Mass. Marriage Records Alleged Royal Ancestry of Allice (Tomes) Welles Lord Thurlow and Mrs. Harvey Recent books and genealogical intelligence John Packer of Groton, Conn., his wives and children Notes and errata (Yelverton-Gale, Descents from Grand Princes of Kiev) The Older Generations of the Van Rensselaer Family On Using Perpetual Calendars Mallory Notes from Vermont Ida Wilmot links Jacobus >The American Genealogist 1952-10: Vol 28 Iss 4 Roger Williams Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island the Wife of Joshua Andrus of Newington, Conn. Nathaniel Williams of Boston Widow Frances Wells and Hugh Wells of Wethersfield, Conn. Genealogical Research in Ireland Notes on Coventry, Conn., families Haskins of Taunton (Samuel, Samuel and their families) Spencer Errata, Addenda and Announcement The Wheelers of Bedfordshire and New England (Misc. English Records) Recent books and genealogical intelligence Volume 29 >The American Genealogist 1953: Vol 29 Index >The American Genealogist 1953-01: Vol 29 Iss 1 Homer-Stevers notes children of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall Bible Records, Peck and Lay.... From a Genealogist's Notebook: I. James Barrett, of Bridgewater, Mass., Southington and Waterbury, Conn. II. Nathaniel D...., of Brentham, Mass. and Hebron, Conn. Notes on Dutch Genealogy. The Van Rensselaer Family Middlesfield, Mass., Church Records Mural Tablets, Elizabeth, New Jersey Potter-Brittain Records Connecticut Court Records Hannah (Tallman) (Cook) Chase Notes on Coventry, Conn., Families English Clues: Matthew Price and Launcelot Granger Who wants what where Errata. Roger Williams and Alice Thomas The Four Spencer Brothers: Chapter V >The American Genealogist 1953-04: Vol 29 Iss 2 Random Notes Concerning Settlers of Dutch Descent The Langworthys of Little Compton, Rhode Island Ancestry of Agnes (Smith) Webster English Origin of Ungle Family of Maryland The Scate-Skeath Family of Boston: Rebecca wife of Ebenezer Allen of Bridgewater William Ludlam of Southampton: Some new information Homer-Stevens Notes, Boston (Concluded) From a Genealogist's Notebook: III. Bailey of Killingworth, Conn. IV. Mary (Keyes) (Chamberlain) (Hollister) Sprague Recent books The Four Spencer Brothers VI. Washington County, New York, Spencers Who wants what and where Fifield Correction Some Brewsters in Orange County, New York Notes on Bishop Family of Guilford >The American Genealogist 1953-07: Vol 29 Iss 3 Notes on the Spens (Spence) Family of Scotland and the Spence (Spencer) family of Woodbridge, New Jersey William Herbert Wood Philip Oswald, of New York, Ancestor of European Noble and Royal Houses Random notes concerning settlers of Dutch Descent (Continued) Ancestry of the White Family of Bolton, Mass. New London Probate Files before 1710 (Concluded) - Wadsworth, Walsworth, Waterus, Wedge, Wheeler, Whittelsy, Wilcoxson, Williams, Winthrop, Wright Francis Dowse of Boston and his ten daughters Recent books The Four Spencer Brothers (Cont'd) Vii. Generations five and six Bethiah (Osborn) (Beebe) Peck's Account >The American Genealogist 1953-10: Vol 29 Iss 4 The Stoughton Families of Dorchester, Mass. Notes and Addenda to "Hale, House and Related Families" I. Robert Day of Hartford II. Nathaniel Ely of Springfield III. Moody (Magland) IV. Pynchon-Brett-Porter V. Rachel (Skinner) and Edmund Allstan Inscriptions, Rensselaer County, New York A Sample Relating to the Family of Peter Wheeler Alice (Freeman) (Tompson) Parke Barber and Tidmarsh of Chester, Penna. More light on the French relatives of Michael Humphry The Family of Samuel Smith of Middle Haddam, Conn. and Euclid, Ohio The Family of George Walker of Philadelphia, PA The Penrose Family of Ballycaine, Co. Wicklow, Ireland Notes on the Origin of Launcelot Granger Recent books Who wants what and where rom a Genealogist's Notebook: V. Patience (Gaylord) Tomlinson Volume 30 >The American Genealogist 1954: Vol 30 Index >The American Genealogist 1954-01: Vol 30 Iss 1 To the Subscribers Edward Ketcham of Stratford, Conn. Tuttle, Pantry, Judson, Hurd Samuel King Family of Plymouth From a Genealogist's Notebook: V. Benjamin Tibbetts of Canterbury, Conn. VII. The Seven Daughters of Simon Bryant Errata and Addenda: Scate-Skeath Norton Smith of Lyme Smith of Jamaica Smith of Milford Smith of Wethersfield Parke Gillett-Dunham Charles Ferry of Springfield, Mass. Winifred Lovering Holman Notes, Danbury, Conn, Branch. David Grannis Bible Records Random Notes Concerning Settlers of Dutch Descent (Concluded) David Lyman of Derby, Conn. The Four Spencer Brothers VIII. Generations Five and Six (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1954-04: Vol 30 Iss 2 Nathaniel Adams of Weymouth and Boston, Mass. The Children of Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster, Mass. Nathaniel Ely of Springfield, Mass. Comstock Hints Tricks in Using Indeed Genealogical Books The Origin in the Netherlands of the De Kay Family Recent books William Hunt of Concord, Mass., and the Supposed Wood Connection Denison Notes Noted Europeans of American Descent Notes: Gaylord Lawrence-Russell Green-Gile Smith of Salisbury, Conn., and Dutchess Co., New York Who wants what and where Middlefield, Mass., Church Records (Cont'd) English Clue, Thomas Stevens of Sudbury and Cyprian Stevens of Lancaster Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary Autographs of Rev. Nathaniel and Sarah Brewster and Richard Woodhull Rebecca, Wife of Angel Husted of Greenwich, Conn. >The American Genealogist 1954-07: Vol 30 Iss 3 The Owen Family of Suffolk, Orange and Westchester Counties, New York Notes on the Dunham Family of Plymouth, Mass. The Salem Gardners: Comments and Clues Aaron Parsons, Jr., of Wilbraham and Springfield, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts, warnings Errata and Addenda: Dunham-Whiston Haskins-Cobb Bries-Skillman-Pettit Addams Hunt Note Andrews-Pike Fifield Note Brouwer Corrections and Additions Salem County, New Jersey, Marriages 1682-1703 Recent books Who wants what and where The Mother of Richard Lyman of Hartford, Connecticut The Parentage of Anthony Hoskins of Windsor, Conn. >The American Genealogist 1954-10: Vol 30 Iss 4 The Family of Frances (Tough) (Smith) Stebbing wife of Edward Stebbing of Hartford, Connecticut The Toughs of Leicestershire, England The Wife of Cyrenus Newcomb Joseph Smith of Lyme, Connecticut The Church and Grant Families of Philadelphia and Vicinity Richard Platt of Ware, Co. Hertford, England, and Milford, Connecticut The Four Spencer Brothers Chapter IX Recent books

My interest in the Allen family starts with my maternal 3rd great-grandmother, Martha Jane Allen, who married John Lloyd Temple. Her parents were Valentine Allen and Margaret McGarvey. Valentine was born in or about 1836 in Montour County, Pennsylvania, and died in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania. He was counted on the 1850 census in Muncy Creek, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the home of Nathaniel Allen who was born abt. 1795. Anyone with information, please comment below or contact me. Later I learned that three branches of my family tree contain the Allen surname - see the Reese page, the Harvey page, and the Daniels page for more. My research of the Allen family led me to the earliest Allens in Pennsylvania, which as far as I can tell, was William Allen. What I have found so far about his family is shown here. This information was found in one source, shown below, which offers additional details for those who are interested. From the source, I am providing a summary of William's descendants here, to help determine if there is a connection. Generation 1 John Allen of Dungannon, Ireland, married a sister of William Craige, also of Dungannon. John had fled from Stirlingshire, Scotland, "to escape the persecution of the Presbyterians by James I, of Scotland". He had at least two children: William Allen. Born about 1670, probably in Dungannon, Ireland. Emigrant to America. Died in 1725. Catherine Allen. Married to surname Cally. Generation 2 William Allen, born about 1670, son of John, married about 1700 to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Susannah Budd. Mary was born in Burlington [New Jersey?], April 7, 1679 and died at Philadelphia on April 20, 1760. William came to America and was a merchant at Philadelphia, where he died August 30, 1725, at the age of 55. He mentioned his sister, Catherine Cally, and uncle, William Craige, both of Dungannon, Ireland, in his will dated July 3, 1725. Only two children were named in his will, although he had others: John Allen. Died soon after his father, without issue. Thomas Allen James Allen William Allen. Born in 1704 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Generation 3 William Allen, son of William and Mary Allen, was born in Philadelphia on August 5, 1704. He was baptized August 17, 1704, in Philadelphia's First Presbyterian Church. He married on Feb. 16, 1733 (O.S.), to Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Andrew Hamilton. She was born in 1709 and died in 1760 at Philadelphia. William was the founder of what is now the third largest city in Pennsylvania - Allentown. He was close friends with Benjamin West, the painter, and William's daughter, Anne, was painted in one of his paintings. "Although a politician often leading a faction greedy for office, Allen was throughout life a man of large public spirit, thinking of the needs of the colony, giving his influence, his time and his pecuniary aid for its advancement." William died on September 6, 1780. "On the 16th of the month his will and codicil were proved in Philadelphia by the oaths of all the witnesses except Nathaniel Allen, who was deceased". William Allen had four sons and two daughters who grew to maturity: Nathaniel Allen. Died before 1780. John Allen. Born about March, 1739. Andrew Allen. Born about June, 1740. James Allen. Born about 1742. Anne Allen, who married in 1766 to John Penn. Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and grandson of William Penn. William Allen. Born about 1751. Died unmarried in London on July 2, 1838. Margaret Allen. She married James DeLancey in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, in 1771. She died in England on October 18, 1827. "On January 5, 1767, William Allen deeded to his son James Allen, land amounting to 3,338 acres (embracing the present City of Allentown and its environs). The witnesses to the deed were Alexander Stuart and Wm. Allen, Jr., and it was acknowledged June 13, 1767, before George Taylor, one of the Justices of the' Peace for Northampton county, and afterwards a signer of the Declaration of Independence. This deed included the town of Northampton, "save and except certain Lotts of Ground situate in the Town of Northampton within the said tract which have heretofore been granted by the said William Allen to divers persons on ground rent forever." These lots were granted by William Allen on June 1, 1765, for a yearly-quit rent of nine shillings sterling. On February 7, 1776, a tract of 61 acres and 66 perches, in Salisbury township, adjoining the above, was also deeded to James by his father. Although many writers credit James Allen with the founding of Allentown, or Northampton, as it was formerly called, his father, Judge William Allen was the founder, to prove which was one of the purposes of this paper. At the time it was laid out, in 1762, James Allen was a youth of twenty, studying law at the Temple in London. In James Allen's Diary, published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, in the first entry, under date of November 6, 1770, he says: "Two days ago I returned from Trout Hall (a name I have just given my house), where I had been with Mr. Lawrence, my brother Billy, and Jemmy Tilghman." September 13, 1771, he says: "Lord Dunmore passed thro' this town on his way to Virginia; I dined and supped with him. This day I set off for Trout Hall with my wife and child and Mrs. Lawrence. They have not been there since I finished my house." Generation 4 John Allen, born March 1739, married in New York, April 6, 1775, to Mary Johnston, daughter of David Johnston of New York. John and Mary had two children: William Allen. Twin born in 1776. Married a Miss Verplanck and lived in Hyde Park, New York. He died in 1850. John Allen. Twin born in 1776. Lived near Red Hook, New York, and died in 1809. Andrew Allen, born June 1740, was appointed Attorney General of the Province from 1768 to about 1775. He married in 1768 to Sarah (a.ka. "Sally") Coxe, daughter of William Coxe of Philadelphia and granddaughter of Chief Justice of New Jersey, Daniel Coxe. Andrew was one of the founders and 1st Lieutenant of First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry in preparation for the Revolution. He died March 7, 1825, in London, at the age of 85. Andrew and "the beautiful Sally Coxe" had the following children: Andrew Allen. He founded the Anchor Club in Philadelphia. He married Maria Coxe of Sydney but died without issue in England in 1850. Ann Allen. Died unmarried. Elizabeth Allen. Died unmarried. Margaret Allen. Married in 1793 at Philadelphia to George Hammond, first British Minister to the United States. She died in 1838. Maria Allen. Died unmarried. John Penn Allen. Born October 25, 1785. Died unmarried. Thomas Dawson Allen. Born October 25, 1785. Married in 1840 to Jane Mortimer, widow of Rev. E. C. Henry. Died without issue. James Allen, born 1742, married in Christ Church, Philadelphia, in 1768. His wife was Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of John Lawrence, Esq.. She was born in 1750. After James died in 1778, she married Senator John Lawrence of New York (1724-1799). James and Elizabeth Allen had four children: Ann Penn Allen, born 1769. She was described as "one of the most splendid beauties this country has produced" and Gilbert Stuart painted her portrait three times. She married James Greenleaf and died in Allentown on September 21, 1851. (Allentown Friedensbote, Sept. 25, 1851). Margaret Elizabeth Allen, born 1772. She married William Tilghman in 1794. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Benjamin Chew. Mary Masters Allen, born 1776. She married Henry W. Livingston of Livingston Manor, New York. James Hamilton Allen, born 1778. He died at the age of ten. "In the words of E. F. DeLancey, it may be said both of Philadelphia and of Allentown, that "the name of Allen, for more than a century the synonym for high ability, political power, great wealth and the first social position, is there no longer known." Source: Roberts, Charles R. (1908). "William Allen, the Founder of Allentown, and His Descendants" (PDF). Proceedings of the Lehigh County Historical Society. Allentown, Pennsylvania: Lehigh County Historical Society (1st): 22–43. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-05-30. [Link] #marthajaneallen #johnlloydtemple #allengenealogy #allen #reese #temple

Is everyone related to Daniel Boone? A common claim I have heard over the years, among those who know their family's history, is that they are related to Daniel Boone. In my early days of genealogy, it came to a point where I was a bit envious of those who could trace their roots back to colonial times and an American icon as famous as Daniel Boone - a symbol of the pioneering American spirit. After nearly two decades of researching the many branches of my family tree, I finally discovered my own connection to Daniel Boone! His father, Squire Boone, Sr., was my 8th great-grandfather, which would make Daniel Boone my 8th great-uncle. Squire was a Quaker and was skilled as a blacksmith and a weaver. My father descends from Squire's son, Jonathan Boone. The most amazing thing about this discovery was finding out that the Boone Homestead in Birdsboro, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania, is preserved as a national landmark to this day and is open to the public for touring. On this site, Squire Boone built a one and a half story log cabin in 1730 and planted the seeds of thousands of descendants firmly rooted in America. Illustration from The Pennsylvania-German Society Vol 5 p90. I plan to visit the Boone Homestead in the Spring (2020). For a genealogy addict like me, there is almost nothing better than visiting your 8th great-grandparents' homestead and finding it relatively unchanged after 290 years. Stay tuned for a blog about my visit! UPDATE: See the video from my visit here! For extra reading, see the Boone Homestead article on Wikipedia. See what else I've learned about about Squire Boone here. Click here for thousands of free genealogy resources! Click here to see more of my Ancestor Trails #danielboone #squireboone #daniels #leonard #pennsylvania #destinations #ancestortrails

The Carlisle Indian School opened in 1879 as America's first federal boarding school for Native American children. It was located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was created for the purpose of helping Native Americans integrate into American culture and society. The government sent Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a Civil War veteran, on a journey to Dakota Territory first, to recruit students from the Oglala Sioux and Brule Sioux tribes. He proposed their children would be educated and taught to read and write in English and standard subjects such as arithmetic, music and physical education. The offer was well received by tribal leaders. While most undoubtedly distrusted the American government, they understood that it was important to be able to communicate with and coexist with "the white man" in order to preserve their tribes. In many ways, their decision was wise and many of the students probably have descendants living in America today who are free and happy because of these programs, but in the process of being Americanized, many of their customs and traditions were left behind. This has been going on since the beginning of time and continues to this day in America and elsewhere. When a land is overcome by foreigners, native culture, customs and even language are often lost. Various heritage groups and organizations work to keep their heritage and traditions alive but at the end of the day we are all Americans assimilating daily to new people, new challenges, and new opportunities. The Carlisle Indian School operated for about 39 years before it closed in 1918, but it was the first of many other similar schools working toward the same goal - unification in America. A fascinating collection of photographs of the students at Carlisle were printed in a book published in 1902. "A Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School", by J. N. Choate, gives us a sneak peek into the alumni - the Sioux, Navajo, Cheyenne, Pueblo, and Apache, the Piegan chiefs visiting, portraits of other chiefs, the resident physician called "Dr. Montezuma", and even an Eskimo group. The Famous Indian Band of 1901 is quite impressive looking and the football team looks all American! Before and after photos demonstrate that within a few short years, Native Americans blended right in with the rest of America. I think it's great that these photos were taken and preserved. What a treasure! Enjoy! See more: Native American Genealogy Resources American Genealogy Resources All Genealogy Resources #nativeamerican #indians #america #photographs

When I started researching the father of my great-grandfather, the only record that had been found was the family on the 1900 census in Warwick, Orange County, New York. Nothing further was known. He wasn't in the home with his wife, Lydia, in 1910. I combed through local newspapers for days until I finally found a tiny announcement in the Warwick Advertiser, June 4, 1909 edition. With this new information, I was full of anticipation expecting it to lead me to the names of his parents. I ordered a copy of his death record from Village of Walden Town Clerk's Office and received it promptly: To my disappointment, in the space for "Father's Name", we learn that the informant didn't know Charles' father's name. "Chas Decker - unknown" is written, leaving us only with the chance that his father's name was also Charles Decker. According to the death certificate, Charles was buried in Walden. I found only two cemeteries in Walden. One is the Wallkill Valley Cemetery. A search on Findagrave for Charles Decker buried there produced four results, none who died in 1909, however. They are: Charles C. Decker (1856-1936) and his wife, Phebe C. Van Sicklin Charles C. Decker (1873-1937) and his wife, Ida May Ells. He was a son of William H. Decker and Deborah Van Sicklen. He had a brother named George W. Decker (1867-1936) Charles E. Decker (1871-1943) and his wives Meta Lorenzen and Minnie Van Houten. He was a son of Williard Decker and had a brother named marian Decker (1872-1937). Charles T. Decker (1918-1974) The other cemetery in Walden is St. Andrew's Cemetery. No Deckers are buried there however, according to Findagrave. As for Charles's birth date, I have yet to pinpoint the true date. His obituary states that he was age 43, which would mean he was born about 1866. On the 1900 census, however, "Jul 1863" is given as his birth month and year. The age given on his death record, however, was 47 years, 1 month, and 13 days (from May 20, 1909). If this is correct, he was born April 7, 1862. (Time Deductor) For more information, see the Decker page. If you know where Charles G. Decker is buried, or who his parents were, please comment below! #decker #mayo #charlesdecker #charlesgilbertdecker #death #records Updated 3/15/2022

According to the Dickinson Family Bible, my great-grandfather's mother, Annie Dickinson, died on May 1, 1913. She was only 42 years old, leaving her husband and six of her children behind. She was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey. A few years ago, I visited Fairmount Cemetery to see if I could locate her grave. Unfortunately, I found no headstone or marker for her in the plot where it was supposed to be. There is another marker for her in the family burial plot in Blairstown, but her remains still rest at Fairmount. I did find Annie's entry in Fairmount Cemetery's burial register, however. You can see photos of that visit here. I was curious to know how Annie died so young, suspecting it was childbirth related, but considering my grandmother (Annie's granddaughter) died from cancer at age 24, I wondered if cancer was the cause. Finally, I ordered a copy of her death certificate to find the answer and received the copy, shown here: The cause of death written on her death certificate was "puerperal eclampsia", which is defined as follows: Convulsions and coma that are associated with hypertension, edema, or proteinuria, occurring in a woman immediately following childbirth. (Dictionary.com) How tragic to learn that she died after giving birth to her 9th child, having lost two young ones already. There is no record of the child, so it appears the baby was stillborn. Imagining the pain and grief in the Dickinson family during that time and in the years that followed, my heart goes out to each of them, although they are all long gone. For more information about puerperal eclampsia, watch this video I found on YouTube: Emma's Diary One of Annie's daughters, Emma Dickinson, devoted herself to the care of her widowed father and siblings after Annie died. Emma kept a diary in 1919, when they still lived in Newark, New Jersey. You can read it here. Stay tuned for more family history! See also... More about Annie (Robinson) Dickinson More about the Dickinson family #dickinson #annierobinson

Recently I indexed all the issues of The American Genealogist Magazine I could find - a tedious task, to say the least - but while I was doing it, I came across several articles and abstracts about my own family. One article I found informative, was one called "The probable identity of the daughters of Roger Chandler of Duxbury, Mass.", written by Frederick C. Warner, sharing his research and theories. It was published in 1951 in Volume 27, Issue 1, pages 1-6. The pages are saved here for anyone interested. Feel free to print or save it to have your own copy. As mentioned in my previous blog about Roger Chandler, found here, his daughter Sarah, married Solomon Leonard of Duxbury, who is the progenitor of my Leonard lineage. If you have documented information about Roger Chandler or his family, please contribute to his profile on Wikitree (click here). #jameschilton #mayflower #rogerchandler #solomonleonard #sarahchandler #leonard

An old book with a very long title caught my attention recently while searching for clues about my Burrill family. The book is called "Some descendants of Stephen Lincoln of Wymondham, England, Edward Larkin from England, Thomas Oliver of Bristol, England, Michael Pearce of London, England, Robert Wheaton of Swansea, Wales, George Burrill, of Boston, England, John Porter of Dorset, England, John Ayer of Norwich, England and notes of related families", by William Ensign Lincoln. You can find the book on FamilySearch or HeritageQuest and read it for free (click here for links), or if you're interested in the Burrill family, you'll find the pages in below. I have extracted the section pertaining to the Burrill family (three pages plus the title page), and saved them in a separate PDF document for future reference or for any of his descendants who may not have discovered this resource yet. Feel free to print or save it. Additional information about this family can also be found in one of my previous blogs (click here). At this time, it is unknown which Burrill line my ancestor, Sophronia Burrill, descends from. #burrill #georgeburrill

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of America's most famous poets and educators. He was born in 1807 in Portland, Maine, and attended Bowdoin College there, graduating in 1825. He was then offered a professorship there, under the condition that he travel to Europe to study and learn French, Spanish, and Italian. He spent three years traveling around Europe, from 1826 to 1829, learning French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, without formal instruction. When he returned, he began his work as professor of modern languages at Bowdoin. Soon after his return, he became reacquainted with Mary Storer Potter, a young woman he had known from school days. They were married in 1831 and then in 1834, Harvard College offered him a professorship of modern languages, under the condition that he travel abroad again for another year or so. He and Mary took the trip and he studied Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, and Icelandic. Sadly, Mary died in 1835, shortly after miscarrying their child, while the couple was in the Netherlands. She was only 23 years old and Longfellow had her remains shipped back to Boston for burial as he struggled to endure the pain. He returned home the following year and began his professorship at Harvard. He wrote many poems and had many more fans than critics, but the criticism was harsh, and perhaps why he devoted years of his life to translating works like Dante's Divine Comedy from Italian into English, rather than writing his own original works. Still, he was one of America's very first (if not the first) celebrity. In 1843, he married Fanny Appleton, who bore him six children. He retired from Harvard in 1859, to devote his time to writing. Two years later, in 1861, Fanny died tragically after her dress caught on fire. Longfellow was devastated and never the same again, but he lived on another 21 years, dying in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1882, at the age of 75. Some of his famous poems include Paul Revere's Ride, Evangeline, The Village Blacksmith, Tales of the Wayside Inn, and The Song of Hiawatha. He also wrote The Courtship of Miles Standish. Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow #poetry #poet #longfellow #life #history

This valuable resource, "A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames and Places", by Charles Wareing Bardsley could prove to be very helpful in researching more than one branch of your family history. Flip or scroll through the pages of names, which are sorted alphabetically. Check for multiple surnames from your family tree (including spelling variations), and if your family came from the United Kingdom or Wales, you're sure to find at least one match. Note: Be sure to read the Introduction, which starts with a very helpful list of Abbreviations. These are essential in order to understand the information provided under the surname(s). I also included the list of abbreviations in the image below for quick reference, so you don't have to keep flipping to it in the book. This will help you decipher the valuable clues as you analyze the information. Abbreviations If you find one or more of your family surnames in here, give the page a thumbs up or let us know in the comments! Stay tuned for more valuable resources and tips! #England #england #wales #welsh #biographies #unitedkingdom

The American Genealogist was a magazine published beginning in 1899, containing a variety of valuable genealogical information, much of which you'd have difficulty finding elsewhere. The American Genealogist was released quarterly to subscribers who probably hoped to find some material relevant to their family history, but today we can access many of the issues free online anytime. I have been working for weeks to locate as many issues as possible and to create a list of the contents of each to make it easier to utilize this resource. While doing this, I stumbled upon information about several branches of my family tree, specifically the Mayos, Beckwiths, Feakes, and Evarts so far. There are marriage records, baptismal records, complete family histories and so much more in this magazine. It is worth taking the time to at least browse through the list of contents of each issue to see if some obscure information about your ancestors can be found. Note: The issue year has nothing to do with the periods of the contained records. Each volume contains records and information spanning hundreds of years. Below is a list of all the issues of The American Genealogist Magazine volumes 1-20 that I could find. In my next blog, Part 2, I will summarize and link volumes 21-30, and the remaining volumes will be indexed and linked in Part 3. See "Contents" for a quick glance at what information each issue contained to save time. For some volumes a Table of Contents is found but not for all, which is why I took the time to type out the contents for you. Some volumes also offer a separate index, but an index for each volume is usually also printed in the 4th issue of each volume, with the exception of Volume 1. If you see something in the Contents that interests you, click the issue number above the Contents to access the material. Each link takes you directly to the book at archive.org or FamilySearch* for free. (FamilySearch requires logging in to their site for access). If you find anything about your family or if you know where to find the rest of volumes 2-5, please let us know in the comments below! Volume 1 >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 1 American Descendants of Rhirid the Wolf Scotch Planters of Ulster Morton Notes Some of the First Planters of West Jersey Moravian Immigration to Pennsylvania, 1742-1763 Notes & Queries >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 2 Moravian Immigration to Pennsylvania American Descendants of Rhririd the Wolf (Cont'd) Morton Notes Scotch Planters of Ulster (Cont'd) Descendants of Godwin Walter The Great Valley Baptist Church of Chester County Notes & Queries >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 3 Abstracts of Wills Recorded at West Chester Some of the First Planters of west Jersey Records of the Lower Merion Baptist Church Descendants of Godwin Walter Tombstone Inscriptions Scotch Planters of Ulster (Cont'd) American Descendants of Rhirid the Wolf >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 4 Shortridge Tombstone Inscriptions Abstracts of Wills Recorded at West Chester (Cont'd) American Descendants of Rhirid the Wolf (Cont'd) Notes & Queries >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 5 Moravian Immigration to Pennsylvania (Cont'd) Census of Northampton Township Foering Genealogy Knorr >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 6 Lohra (or Lora), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Sproat Family in America Abstracts from Parish Register of Llanderfel Descendants of Godwin Walter >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 7 A Pennsylvania Pedigree The Descendants of Wm. Ruffin, of Virginia The Scotch Planters of Ulster, Ireland Notes and Queries >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 8 Early Pennsylvania Landholders Scotch Planters in Ireland Buchanan Notes and Queries >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 9 & 10 The Family of Estell, of East and West Jersey Services of Joseph Fry in the Revolution Buchanan Descendants of Godwin Walter Kite Notes Notes and Queries >The American Genealogist 1900: Vol 1 Iss 11 Descendants of Godwin Walter Certificates of Removal Received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends 1682-1750 Notes & Queries >The American Genealogist 1899: Vol 1 Iss 12 Robert Turner and his descendants Notes on the families of Wager, Wirtz, Houser, Baker and Schriener families Volume 2-5 Not found. Click here to check FamilySearch's site to see if these have been added. Volume 6 >The American Genealogist 1930: Vol 6 (FamilySearch Film #007725613) Note: The pages of this volume are found on images 4-143 of 674 images in this set. There is no correlation between the image number and page number. Families of Ancient New Haven (Alphabetically: Mudge-Rowe) Cont'd in Vol 7 p. 1549 New Haven Census 1704 p. 1531 Town Poor, New Haven p. 1535 Book Reviews Connecticut Genealogy p. 1541 Volume 7 >The American Genealogist 1931: Vol 7 (FamilySearch Film #007725613) Note: The pages of this volume are found on images 147-295 of 674 images in this set. There is no correlation between the image number and page number. Families of Ancient New Haven (Alphabetically: Royce-Tinker) p. 1549 Additions and Corrections Hamden Plains Cemetery, Hamden, Connecticut - Record of Burials p. 1792 Division of New Haven Lands p. 1805 Book Reviews Volume 8 >The American Genealogist 1932: Vol 8 (FamilySearch Film #007725613) Note: The pages of this volume are found on images 299-442 of 674 images in this set. There is no correlation between the image number and page number. Families of Ancient New Haven (Alphabetically: Todd-Young) p. 1817-2043 Additions and Corrections Records of Deaths in New Haven in 1820 p. 2054 Volume 9 >The American Genealogist 1933 - 1933: Vol 9 Index (Archive.org) >The American Genealogist Volume 9 (FamilySearch) Principles of Genealogy and Research Dates and the Calendar English and American Heraldry English Research: Court Rolls, Deeds Enrolled French terms of Nobility Marriage Names Probate Law and Custom Royal Ancestry Tradition and Family History Branford, Connecticut, Church Records 1688-1706 Farmington, Connecticut, Vital Records before 1700 Milford, Connecticut, Vital Records 1654-1718 New London, Connecticut, Episcopalian Petition 1727 New London, Connecticut, Probate Records before 1710 Wethersfield, Connecticut, Vital Records 1635-1665 Woodbury, Connecticut, Church Records 1670-1700 Springfield and Conn. River towns, corrections Onondaga County, New York, Petition 1794 Family Genealogies, Notes, or Bible Records: Andrews, Baker, Barnes, Bryan, Clark, Cross, Deighton, Goodrich, Harlow, Ingersoll, Jett, Kellogg, Linsley, Marble, Merriman, Nichols, Peck, Pierson, Pomeroy, Rogers, Seeley, Sharts, Smith, Weekes, Wickes, Westover, Wickham, Williams English Ancestry of Immigrants: Alexander Bryan, Milford, Connecticut Francis Nichols, Stratford, Connecticut Eltweed Pomeroy, Dorchester, Massachusetts Frances (Deighton) Williams, Taunton, Massachusetts Royal Ancestry: The House of Rurik (Russia) Kings of Ireland Descents from the Cid Ancestry of wives of King Edward I Descent of Frances (Deighton) Williams from King Edward I Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop Queries and Answers Book Reviews and Notes Clippings Editorials Volume 10 >The American Genealogist 1934: Vol 10 Index (FamilySearch Film #008128263) >The American Genealogist 1934: Vol 10 Contents (FamilySearch Film #008128263) Note: The pages of this volume are found on images 165-320 of 1,421 images in this set. There is no correlation between the image number and page number. >The American Genealogist 1934: Vol 10 Name Index (FamilySearch Film #008128263) Volume 11 >The American Genealogist 1934: Vol 11 Index (FamilySearch Film #008128263) >The American Genealogist 1934-1935: Vol 10 Contents (FamilySearch Film #008128263) Note: The pages of this volume are found on images 323-475 of 1,421 images in this set. There is no correlation between the image number and page number. Volume 12 >The American Genealogist 1936: Vol 12 Index (FamilySearch) >The American Genealogist 1936: Vol 12 (FamilySearch Film #007723922) Note: The pages of this volume are found on images 4-170 of 535 images in this set. There is no correlation between the image number and page number. Fraudulent Pedigrees Preparing Genealogical Manuscript for Publication Branford, Connecticut, Vital Records Branford, Connecticut, Town Records (excerpts) Killingworth, Connecticut, Vital Records Lyme, Connecticut, Vital Records (Correction) Middletown, Connecticut, Vital Records Milford, Connecticut, Town and Land Records Monroe, Connecticut, Inscriptions (Upper Stepney) New London, Connecticut, Probate Files before 1710 Wolcott, Connecticut, Inscriptions Monson, Massachusetts, First Congregational Church Records 1762-1774 Suffolk County Probate Index 1686-1692 Fairfield, Vermont, Congregational Church Records 1814-1877 Identification of Immigrants or their wives: Rev. Nathaniel Brewster of Brookhaven, Long Island, NY Charles Gott of Wenham, Mass. Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham, Mass. Thomas Osborn of New Haven, Conn. and East Hampton, Long Island Rev. Zechariah Symmes of Charlestown, Mass. John Throckmorton of Salem, Mass. Capt. Thomas Wheeler of Concord, Mass. and Fairfield, Conn. Family Genealogies, Notes or Bible Records: Adams (Norfolk County, Mass.) Baker (Bible Record) Bishop (New Haven, Conn.) Brewer (Tyringham, Mass.) Brewster (Brookhaven, Long Island) Brown (Cambridge, Mass.) Clark (Hartford, Conn.) Clark (Lebanon, Conn.) Cleveland (Windham, Conn.) Curtis (Stratford, Conn.) Edson (Salem, Mass.) Ford (Bible Record) Godfrey (Bible Record) Gorham (Stamford, Conn.) Gott (Wenham, Mass.) Gustin (Marlow, N.H.) Hall (Tyringham, Mass.) Hanson (Bible Records) Harriman (Bible Record) Harriman (Bible Record) Hobart (Hingham, Mass.) Jones (Stratford, Conn.) Kingman (Weymouth, Mass.) Lake (Mass. and Rhode Island) Mayo (Hardwick, Mass.) Mitchell (Block Island) Norton (Brookhaven, Long Island) Osborn (Conn. and L. I.) Pendleton (Bible Record) Phillips (Weymouth, Mass.) Rawson (Providence, R. I.) Sheldon (S. Kingston, R.I.) Strong (Windsor, Conn.) Symmes (Charlestown, Mass.) Thorp (Stamford, Conn.) Throckmorton (R. I. and N. J.) Tooker (L. I.) Townsend (Lynn, Mass.) Udall (Flushing, L. I.) Van Huysen (New York) Wheeler (Concord, Mass.) Index to Vol. 12 Volume 13 >The American Genealogist 1932 - 1933: Vol 14 Index (FamilySearch) >The American Genealogist 1936 - 1937: Vol 14 Table of Contents (FamilySearch) Note: The pages of this volume are found on images 478-639 of 1,421 images in this set. There is no correlation between the image number and page number. Volume 14 >The American Genealogist 1937 - 1938: Vol 14 Index >The American Genealogist 1937 - 1938: Vol 14 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1937-07: Vol 14 Iss 1 The Father of the Concord Wheelers The Early Ludlam and Related Families of Oyster Bay, New York William De Huntingfield, Surety of the Magna Charta The Second Mrs. Samuel Porter of Hadley Stray Wills at Suffolk County (Mass) Probate Registry New London, Connecticut Probate Records (before 1710) Family Records: Cotton, Middletown, Connecticut, Humeston of Connecticut, Wright of Connecticut, Pardee, Burwell, Jones of Connecticut Wallingford, Connecticut, Vital Records Suffolk County Probate (1686-1692) Superior Court Records (Connecticut) Susannah (Jones) Wilson and Her Immediate Descendants >The American Genealogist 1937-10: Vol 14 Iss 2 The Rules of Heraldry A Problem in Salem Genealogical History (The Prince Family) The Stanton-Washington Ancestry Captain Joseph Fitch Pre-American Ancestries: The Alleged Ancestry of Henry Herrick of Salem Thomas Newton of Milford, Connecticut New London Probate Records (before 1710) The Family of Rev. Nathaniel Brewster: Additional Data and Misc. Items Wallingford, Connecticut Vital Records Notes: The Wife of Elkanah Lincoln Notes: Strickland-Roberts-Furman Searching for Your Ancestors Methods of Tracing Pedigrees American Genealogical Index English Parish Registers Rev. William Thomson of New London, Conn. Stratford (Conn.) Congregational Church Records Parentage of William Preston of New Haven, Conn. Family Records: Tracy of Conn. Squire-Sargent, Ohio Kenyon Clark-McIntosh of Conn. Alexander of Mass. Warren of Mass. and Conn. Matthews of New York >The American Genealogist 1938-01: Vol 14 Iss 3 John Tomson of Little Preston, Northamptonshire, England The Lord Campbell Myth Robert Cue of Salem, Beverly, and Wenham, Mass. Bridget Hutchinson and One Line of Her Descendants Wright Family Records Susanna (Jones) Wilson and Her Immediate Descendants (concluded) Captain Joseph Fitch (concluded) Inhabitants of Columbia Society (Now Prospect), Conn., 1805 New London Probate Records (Porter, Post, Pratt) Stray Wills from Suffolk County (Mass.) Probate Records: Richard Barnes of Newport, R.I. Bartholomew Hunt of Newport, R.I. James Rogers of New London, Conn. Notes: Will of Joseph Fuller of Suffield, Conn. Hannah (Hawley) (Nichols) (Wolcott) (Porter) Wolcott Arthur Smith of Southold ad Setauket, L.I. The Ohio Genealogical Quarterly Index to the Early Settlers of New York State American Genealogical Card Index Warwicks of Virginia Furman Hommes and Sites Matawan 1686-1936 Wills of Suffolk County, L.I. Eaton Families Association Thomas Munson Tercentenary >The American Genealogist 1938-04: Vol 14 Iss 4 The Harlakenden Claim of Royal Descent The Howland Ancestry Additions and Correction to the Bostwick Genealogy Knights' Sons in New England: The Poole Family Turney-Odell Nicholas Snow's Mother The English Origin of Thomas Olcott of Hartford, Conn. Woodhull, Smith and Helme Notes of the Early Weeks Families of Oyster Bay, N.Y. Backus Correction The "Royal Ancestry" of George Gardiner New London Probate Records (Pygan, Raymond) Index to Genealogical Periodicals, 1937 Notes: Turner-Bryant, Scituate, Mass. Cady-Spalding Canterbury, Conn. Samuel Phillips, New England and New York Volume 15 >The American Genealogist 1938 - 1939: Vol 15 Index >The American Genealogist 1938 - 1939: Vol 15 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1938-07: Vol 15 Iss 1 Lawrence Langworthy, Pewterer The English Ancestry of John Putnam of Salem, Massachusetts The Sheppards of Fenwick's Colony The English Ancestry of Thomas Davis The Family of Joseph Thornton, of Newport Pagnell, Co. Bucks, Eng., and of Newtown, Bucks Co., Penn. Fuller Families of Colchester, Wethersfield and Farmington, Conn. The Dyer-Holbrook Error Notes (Seamans; Simonds-Wyman; Rogers; Freeman) William Odell of Concord, Mass., and Fairfield, Conn. Family Records: Salisbury-Pearce Hale Terrell-Turner >The American Genealogist 1938-10: Vol 15 Iss 2 The Will of Christopher Davenport of Coventry, England The Kitchell, Sheafe, and Ruck Connections in England The Fenner, Browne, and Tully Ancestry Amos Curtis Family Allen Curtiss Family Good John Curtis Who Fought on Both Sides in the Revolution The Philadelphia of Our Forefathers Items from South Records New London (Conn.) Probate Records (before 1710) Reynolds, Richards, Richardson Notes: Marshal; Ruggles-Perry; Sprague-Earl Austin Bearse and His Alleged Indian Connections The Early Weeks Families of Oyster Bay, N.Y. Family Records: Pearse-Stark The New England Children of Theophilus, Earl of Lincoln Nicholas Camp of Milford, Conn. >The American Genealogist 1939-01: Vol 15 Iss 3 The Royal Ancestry of the Ludlows Ancestry of Mary Beane, Wife of Daniel Clark of Topsfield, Mass. The Family of Joseph Thornton, of Newport Pagnell, Co. Buckingham, England, and of Newtown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania The Fenner, Browne, and Tully Ancestry A Nash-Sampson-Delano-Howland Problem The Roll of an East Haddam, Conn., Train-Band The German Background of the Rubincam-Revercomb Family of Pennsylvania and Virginia Burlington County (N..J.) Records, 1682-1701 Guildford (Conn.) Vital Records Smith and Jones and Brown >The American Genealogist 1939-04: Vol 15 Iss 4 George Norton of Salem, Mass., and his supposed connection with the Norton family of Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire Jonathan Gillett of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., and Mary Dolbere or Dolbiar, his wife The Descendants of William Fifield The Wife of Edmund Rice John Sayles of Providence The Family of Alice Albright, wife of Zachariah Thornton of Newport Pagnell The English Ancestry of James Draper Index to Genealogical Periodicals, 1938 Volume 16 >The American Genealogist 1939 - 1940: Vol 16 Index >The American Genealogist 1939 - 1940: Vol 16 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1939-07: Vol 16 Iss 1 Reverend Peter Prudden, Pastor and Founder of Milford, Connecticut, and his English ancestry Milford Church Records: Admissions, 1639-1687 Nicholas Smith of Milford, Connecticut, and Huntington, N.Y. Thomas Ford of Dorchester, England, and Dorchester, Mass. Captain Robert Seeley in England Joseph or Jeremiah - The Father of Philip Goodridge, of Lunenburg, Mass. Pre-American Ancestries: Francis Bushnell of Horsham, Sussex, and Guilford, Connecticut John Porter of Windsor Book Reviews: New York's Making Seen Through the Eyes of My Ancestors Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. II The Falaise Roll Errata The Wife of Joseph Baldwin of Milford, Connecticut >The American Genealogist 1939-10: Vol 16 Iss 2 Edward Colcord, Rebel Was Katherine Scott a Daughter of Rev. Francis Marbury of London Notes of Some Immigrants from Ottery St. Mary Devon, England The Thomas Family of London, England (Maternal Ancestry of Lieut. Robert Feake) George Norton of Salem, Massachusetts (cont. from Vol. 15, p. 207) Hannah (Felton) (Endicott) Proctor Marriages in Salem, New Hampshire, by Rev. Abner Bayley Notes: Porter, Prudden >The American Genealogist 1940-01: Vol 16 Iss 3 The Pelhams of England and New England Notes of some immigrants from Ottery St. Mary, Devon Some early marriages at Reading, Massachusetts Stollyon Estate A discussion of the ancestry of some Colonial Stratton John Cheney's first wife Crowfoot and Hilliard Families Thomas Birchard of Norwich, Connecticut and some of his descendants The Descendants of William Fifield (concluded) Additional Prudden Data from English Records Guilford (Conn.) Vital Recorrds (cont'd) Notes: Tully Items from Wallingford, Conn. Church Records Richard Warren's wife >The American Genealogist 1940-04: Vol 16 Iss 4 Deputy-Governor Stephen Goodyear of New Haven Rev. John Bishop of Stamford The Lake and Watts families of Boston Errors in printed Massachusetts Vital Records The Pelhams of England and New England (Herbert Pelham of Michelham, Sussex, the grandfather) Notes of some immigrants from Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England The Crockers of Willington, Connecticut Thomas Birchard of Norwich, Connecticut, and some of his descendants (Cont'd) Marriages in Salem, New Hampshire (concluded) Availability of English Records in War Time Canny Deed Items from Milford, Connecticut - Land Records Baldwin Estates, Litchfield County, Connecticut Items from Saybrook, Connecticut - Land Records Index to Genealogical Periodicals, 1939 Vol 16 index Volume 17 >The American Genealogist 1940 - 1941: Vol 17 Index >The American Genealogist 1940 - 1941: Vol 17 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1940-07: Vol 17 Iss 1 The Phippen Family and the wife of Nathan Gold of Fairfield, Connecticut John Fenner's Wife A Holbrook-Draper Marriage A clue to the identity of the wife of John Stratton of East Hampton, Long Island Concord, Massachusetts Marriages, 1724 Crowfoot and Hilliard families (concluded) Corrections & additions to the connections of Francis Bushnell Wolcott family records from Oldenbarneveld, Oneida County, New York Thomas Birchard of Norwich, Conn. and some of his descendants Hanford items from English records George Palmer, Father-in-law of Nicholas Gardiner Additional Prudden Data Tibbets notes Sewell-Dugdale notes Family records: Scott-Eustis-Richardson, Mass. Long-Merrill, Newbury, Mass. Valentine, Oyster Bay, New York Reynolds, Queensbury, New York >The American Genealogist 1940-10: Vol 17 Iss 2 Local History and Genealogical Reference Section, Library of Congress Use of an alias in English surnames Francis Chickering of Dedham, Massachusetts Clues to the English home of William Gaylord, of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn. Daughters of Thomas Lawrence of Newtown, Long Island Michael Shinnick, his family and descendants John Porter of Windsor, Connecticut, and his parents Prence Freeman of East Hampton, Connecticut John Emery's wife A note on the Osgood family of New Hampshire, Wiltshire, and New England Notes on the Swing Family of Southern New Jersey A descent from John of Gaunt: Ancestry of Edward Carleton Identity of Elizabeth (Raymond) Champlin The mother of Governor Thomas Fitch Family Records: Twitchell of Oxford, Connecticut Ruggles of Roxbury, Massachusetts New London probate files before 1710 Guilford, Connecticut Vital Records (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1941-01: Vol 17 Iss 3 The Munson Family of County Suffolk, England and New Haven, Connecticut Humphrey Gilbert's second wife A great-great grandmother of Mary Dolbere or Dolbiar, wife of Jonathan Gillett of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn. A case of the chairmakers: A problem in the Crockett family Joseph Oglesby with some account of the Oglesby family Westover family Fellows family Dike-Dyke notes Prence Freeman of East Hampton, Connecticut Items from Woodbury, Connecticut - Land Records Case family of Norwich, Connecticut Col. David Waterbury's Orderly Book Philip Randall of Windsor, Conn. Thomas Birchard of Norwich, Conn. and some of his descendants Guilford, Connecticut Vital Records (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1941-04: Vol 17 Iss 4 The parentage of William White of Dartmouth, Mass. Chapman, Kitcherell and Dorchester The Robinson Family (Cont'd) The Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire (Cont'd) Raymond correction, Will of "Joshua" The wife of Mordecai Marks of Derby, Conn. The English ancestry of Nathaniel Wilson The Whitings of Fryeburg, Maine Bible of Nathan Beers and Hannah Nichols Marshfield, Massachusetts deaths Index to Genealogical Periodicals, 1940 Guilford, Connecticut Vital Records (Cont'd) Volume 18 >The American Genealogist 1941 - 1942: Vol 18 Index >The American Genealogist 1941 - 1942: Vol 18 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1941-07: Vol 18 Iss 1 Notes on the Ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin Renold Foster Joseph Beckwith's Wife English origin of Arthur Rexford of New Haven, Conn. Notes of Pitman Documents Worthington Family The Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire (Concluded) The Robinson family (Concluded) John Porter of Windsor, Conn., and his parents: further notes Peter Prudden's parentage proved The Wife of Robert Francis of Wethersfield, Conn., identified Yates County Pioneers' Club >The American Genealogist 1941-10: Vol 18 Iss 2 Northern New England Families from Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England (Cowes, Monk, Jeffrey, Potum, Endell, Pullman, Lux, Milbury, Vittery, Seavey) The Fabulous Pearsalls The Springer Genealogy: A Critical Review Genealogical Research in the Law Library Lieutenant John Christophers, New London, Connecticut Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn. Bartholomew Goodrich of Branford, Conn. Two William Lees of Burlington, New Jersey John Parker of Boston, Mass. Ephraim and Hannah (Sprout) Keen - A problem presented Original Long Island Source Material: Marriages performed by Rev. Zachariah Greene during his ministry 1787-1797, Cutchogue, Long Island New London Probate Records Book Reviews Guilford, Connecticut Vital Records (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1942-01: Vol 18 Iss 3 The Trowbridge Ancestry in England The Pelhams of England and New England (Cont'd) Pre-American Ancestries: Jonas Halstead & John Lum of Hempstead, New York A correction of the new complete peerage concerning the baronial house of Welles The Fabulous Pearsalls (Cont'd) The Gipson or Jepson family of Maine >The American Genealogist 1942-04: Vol 18 Iss 4 Records in the National Archives, Washington, DC of significance for genealogists The identity of Helena "Merces" (Mercer), wife of James Claypoole (1634-1687), of Philadelphia Dr. Richard Palgrave and his family Boleyn, De La Warr, Pelham Connections The Pelhams of England and New England Coats of Lynn, Mass., and Stonington, Conn. The Bradbury family Worthington family Index to Genealogical Periodicals, 1941 Volume 19 >The American Genealogist 1942 - 1943: Vol 19 Index >The American Genealogist 1942 - 1943: Vol 19 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1942-07: Vol 19 Iss 1 English Feudal Genealogy Interpreting Genealogical Records A Descent from Henry III to Judith (Lewis) Gibbins of Saco, Maine Identity of Susannah, wife of Stephen Gano, Jr., of Staten Island A Southbury, Connecticut, Militia Company, 1774 One branch of the Rhode Island Wilcox family Early Probate Records at Norwich, New York Guilford, Connecticut Vital Records (Concluded) The Bradford family Collier notes Onondaga County, New York, 1794 Addenda to the Shinnick family Cass, Case Correction Keen-Turner Inter-Colony Migrations Kenyon, Ray and Sands Source material for A Finch Genealogy >The American Genealogist 1942-10: Vol 19 Iss 2 New Light on Button Gwinnett and his family The family of Deacon Nathaniel Lawrence of Groton Early Ingraham families of New England The descendants of William Fifield Original Long Island Source Material: Middle Island, Long Island Presbyterian Church marriages 1818-1887 (pages are out of order) Family Records: Samuel Dibble family Bible Source material for A Finch Genealogy (Cont'd) The Wife of William Cadman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island >The American Genealogist 1943-01: Vol 19 Iss 3 Additions & Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island The Mother-in-law of the Rev. Peter Prudden with a Pedigree of the Boyse Family The Macwithey Family of Preston, Connecticut A further account of the Oglesby Family A Mayflower Line proved and disproved Latimer, Dimon, Buttolph) Three generations of the Sumner Family A Bowne Problem Michael Shinnick, His Family and His Descendants One Branch of the Rhode Island Wilcox Family Long, Newbury, Mass. Pittman-Dennis, Manchester, Mass. Early Ingraham families of New England Book Reviews Source material for a Finch Genealogy (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1943-04: Vol 19 Iss 4 The Family of Jacob Leager of Hadleigh and Kersey, Co. Suffolk, England, and Boston, Mass. The Pelhams of England and New England The Family of Matthew Smith of Charlestown, Mass., 1637 Parentage of Rev. Joseph Webb of Fairfield, Conn. The Wife of Lieut. James Putnam of Salem Roosevelt origin in Holland Marriages, Ridgebury, Connecticut, Church Records 1769-1785 New London Probate Records before 1710 Additions & Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island The wife of Timothy Jerome The wife of William Cadman of Portsmouth (a correction) Humphrey Turner of Scituate, Massachusetts English clue The wife of Jonathan Lawrence of Woburn, Mass. The Boyse-Prudden Property in England Index to Genealogical Periodicals, 1942 Source Material for a Finch Genealogy Index to Volume 19 Volume 20 >The American Genealogist 1943 - 1944: Vol 20 Index >The American Genealogist 1943 - 1944: Vol 20 Table of Contents >The American Genealogist 1943-07: Vol 20 Iss 1 The Status of Professional Genealogists William Ludlam of Southampton, Long Island The Will of Thomas Yale The Family of George Walker of Philadelphia, PA Thomas Champion of Hempstead, New York The Family of the Earl of Lincoln, Second Paper, The Alleged Harrington Connection The Family of Matthew Smith of Charlestown, Mass., 1637 Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Cont'd) Source Material for A Finch Genealogy (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1943-10: Vol 20 Iss 2 The Pelhams of England and New England The Skepper Family Additions and Corrections to the Jepson Genealogy The Colyer Family of Long Island The Gardes and the Champlins The Center Family John Tuttle of Ipswich, Mass., in Irish Records Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Cont'd) Missing 1800 and 1810 Census records Miscellanea - Old Record Book, New Haven, Connecticut Some baptisms at the English Church at Amsterdam, Holland 1610-1644 Will of Thankful wheeler of Preston, New London, Connecticut Will of Isaac Hill of Killingly, Connecticut Bela Andrews of Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, land sale in Ithaca, New York >The American Genealogist 1944-01: Vol 20 Iss 3 The Family of Rev. John Sherman of Wethersfield, Milford, and Branford, Conn., and Watertown, Mass. The Ellis Barron Family The Founders of the Bras/Brass, Brasser, Bresser, Bries and Brazier Families in America Robert Parsons of East Hampton, Long Island John Parsons, weaver, of East Hampton, Long Island and Cape May, West Jersey The Family of Matthew Smith of Charlestown, Mass., 1637 Thomas Dickinson of Glastonbury, Conn., and the Wife of Stephen Hurlbut of Wethersfield, Conn. Jacobus Kolfs (Colver) of New Amsterdam, New Netherlands Additions and Corrections to the Jepson Genealogy Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Cont'd) Missing 1820 Census Records Source Material for a Finch Genealogy (Cont'd) New London Probate Records before 1710 (Cont'd) >The American Genealogist 1944-04: Vol 20 Iss 4 Isaiah Atkins of Truro, Mass., and Hannah Cook of Philadelphia The MacDowells of Stonington, Connecticut The Wife of George Gardiner of Narragansett Strickland notes The Founders of the Bras/Brass, Brasser, Bresser, Bries and Brazier Families in America Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Cont'd) A Burleigh-Burley-Butler Conjecture William Thorp of New Haven, Connecticut William Ludlam of Southampton, Long Island Source Material for a Finch Genealogy (Cont'd) Wanted (Samuel Newman) Index to Genealogical Periodicals Bulkeley-Darling note The Wife of Robert Marmion Index to Vol 20

If you had ancestors who worked in the coal mines, check out this great find! At the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission's site you can now view Coal Miner Records including employment cards, accident reports, and more. Take a look - click here (Pennsylvania Archives) Image: "The Miner", by George Luks. Get a copy of this print from Amazon. This reminds me of a song I heard a few years ago, which, even though I don't appear to have any coal mining ancestors, struck a chord. "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive", sang by Patty Loveless. I love this bluegrass song! (Not my song, channel or video...just enjoy!) Don't forget to bookmark my Free Genealogy Resources page! Share this page with your family and friends! #links #tips #pennsylvania #art #coalminer #photos #mining #miner

After my grandfather briefly mentioned the name of one of the colleges he attended to become a licensed minister of the Assemblies of God church, I decided to see if I could track down a copy of his yearbook. It was while he attended that college that he met both my grandmother and the young lady who would later become his second wife, after my grandmother died in 1954. I went online and found one copy of a yearbook from Metropolitan Bible Institute (Suffern, New York), and inquired with the seller to see if my grandfather's name was in it. It was! He was a freshman that year. Without hesitation I purchased the book and was ecstatic to find photos I had never seen of my grandfather (Lloyd Reese), my grandmother (Margaret Dickinson), and my step-grandmother (Ann Coco). Televangelist, Morris Cerullo, was also a classmate of theirs. I scanned all the pages and sent the book to my grandfather, who took a trip down memory lane. I then uploaded the copy to archive.org for anyone else interested in viewing it. Take a look! (Click the pages to turn the page) For more on these families, see the Reese page and the Dickinson page. #reese #Reese #dickinson

My great-grandfather, William Henry Dickinson, was from a family that was not particularly religious. Somewhere along his travels, however, early in his life, someone shared the gospel with him and his life was forever changed. The group photo, below, shows William at the cornerstone laying ceremony of DeGroot Methodist Church in Newark, New Jersey, in 1911. DeGroot Methodist Church was built in 1879 on land given by Mrs. Ann DeGroot. A second church was built in 1911. In the photo, the cornerstone is being laid and William Henry Dickinson was present. He was about 12 years old. According to the note, it was around this time William accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour. From high-school he attended Bethel Bible Institute in Newark and succeeded in becoming a Reverend for the Assemblies of God churches. He helped build and also pastored several churches in New York and New Jersey over the course of his life, relocating his family each time. He was not interested in establishing his treasures or real estate on earth. His sights were set on a greater destination and he was dedicated to spreading the gospel so others would know their Creator and Saviour. He, his wife, and children, all served the Lord faithfully their entire lives and many of his descendants are still firmly rooted in the faith. *Photo from collection of William's son, James I. Dickinson. Today, the building is 104 years old and the cornerstone is still in place, shown in the Google Maps image below. Update 2/4/2022: The following record was found in the United Methodist Church Records for DeGroot Methodist Church: Source: Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Church Records. Greater New Jersey United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History, Madison, New Jersey. For more about Rev. William H. Dickinson and his family, see the Dickinson page. #newark #dickinson #williamhenrydickinson

Back in 2002, my sister and I visited Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown, New Jersey, to find the graves of our 2nd great-grandfather, Harry Dickinson, and his family. We drove through the main entrance, parked, and walked the entire cemetery starting in the right front corner and canvasing the whole entire cemetery before finding the Dickinson plot in the opposite corner, near the other entrance (or the exit?). We had almost given up when we found it, but still, it was a memorable visit. Princess Doe While walking the back corner near the creek, we came across a grave marked "Princess Doe". I've since read several articles about the story as investigators try to solve the mystery of who she was and how she ended up murdered in the gully behind the cemetery back in 1982. Her identity is still unknown to this day. The police and locals chipped in to place a headstone on her grave. It reads: "Princess Doe, Missing from Home, Dead among strangers, Remembered by all, Born? - Found July 15, 1982". This documentary I found on YouTube will tell you the story, if you're interested: (Alternate Link) Later, we visited Blairstown Diner for lunch and the waitress explained that some scenes in the film "Friday the 13th" were filmed in Blairstown. You can find out which ones here (external link). The Bear Somewhere along the way, while walking up and down the rows between the graves, searching for ones engraved with "Dickinson", I looked up and saw a bear - a real live bear standing just as tall as me, a few rows away and looking straight at me. The headline "Woman mauled by bear at cemetery" flashed across my mind as I tried to figure out how to handle my first encounter with a bear. I immediately ran for my car which was parked not too far away. Luckily, the bear ran the other way, hopped the fence, and ran off through a field. The photos are bad, but I did manage to catch a couple snapshots of him running off: Finding the Dickinson family's burial plot After a couple hours of searching, we found the Dickinson family's plot. If we had entered through the other entrance, we would have found it right away, so if you're planning to visit the Dickinson's burial plot at Cedar Ridge Cemetery, I have two tips: First beware of the bears!! Second, don't enter through the main entrance. Instead, use the entrance to the left of the main entrance (if you're facing the gate at the main entrance). You will see the Dickinson plot on your left immediately upon entering through this entrance. The Dickinson family's burial plot My 2nd great-grandfather, Harry Dickinson, who died in 1935 is buried here. A stone for his wife, Annie, who died in 1913 when the family lived in Newark, New Jersey, was laid in the family plot in her memory but she remains buried in Newark. The stones, shown below, read as follows: "Mother, Annie Robinson, at rest Fairmount Cem, Newark, N.J. 1870-1913". "Father, Harry Dickinson, 1863-1935" Their daughters, Emma Dickinson, Rose Dickinson, and Ruth (Dickinson) Lindsey are buried nearby, along with their son John Dickinson. Ruth's husband and her granddaughter, Lorrie, are also in the plot. With the exception of my great-grandfather, William Henry Dickinson (front left), and his sister, Elizabeth, (third in back), everyone in this photo is buried at Cedar Ridge Cemetery. William and his wife are buried at West Hill Cemetery in Sherburne, New York. (Click here for photos) and Elizabeth is buried in Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield, New Jersey. (Findagrave). Click here to learn more about the Dickinson family. Click here for thousands of free genealogy resources. #harrydickinson #williamhenrydickinson #johndickinson #emmadickinson #ruthdickinson #rosedickinson #elizabethdickinson

Annie (Robinson) Dickinson died at the age of 42 in May of 1913 and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, just a few blocks from where her husband and children lived at the time. No stone has been found for her there. This map illustrates how close the cemetery was to their home on South 7th Street. This gigantic map hangs on the wall in the office. The cemetery's entrance is on the right. The section where Annie is buried is marked at the bottom. Annie's burial is shown in the cemetery's burial records as follows. I was told this was all the information they have: Notice, her daughter, Lucy, is the sixth entry below hers. Lucy died at the age of seven, just three years after her mother's death. Her name is incorrectly written "Dickerson" in the burial register, with the burial date Aug. 13, 1916. In the Family Bible, Lucy's death is recorded on the "Deaths" page as "Lucy Ellen Dickinson Aug. 12, 1916." Locating Annie's burial place proved to be difficult and despite walking the entire area, no stone bearing her name was found. Some stones have been swallowed up by the earth , however, so it is possible there is a stone there. This is believed to be the section where Annie was laid to rest: More photos of Fairmount Cemetery are shown here: Another stone bearing Annie's name was placed by the side of her husband's grave, Harry Dickinson, at Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown, New Jersey. He died in 1935. See more on the Dickinson page. #robinson #dickinson #cemetery #newark #fairmount #blairstown #annierobinson #FairmountCemetery #Newark #NewJersey #newjersey #video #anniedickinson

The AGBI or American Genealogical-Biographical Index is an essential genealogy resource, providing an index of bibliographies for thousands of people. Here you'll learn how to access the full index free online. First, if you have a subscription to Ancestry, you can search the index on their site here. You can, however, access the first 48 volumes freely on FamilySearch (free account required). Start by finding the volume containing the surname you are researching in the list of volumes below. For example: To see what I can find about the Leonards, I choose Volume 22 from the list below. In the window that appears, select "View all pages". Then, I use the arrow keys in the bottom right corner to navigate through the pages. (You can also enter a page number there to save time). The names are listed alphabetically. I find the Leonard names begin on page 292 and continue to page 306. I am seeking information about Charles, Russell, or Joshua Leonard, so I snip the entries for their names. You could just print the page or just jot down the info. In order to decipher the results you will need to refer to the Key Title Index to find the full bibliography and title of the resource. For example, from the first Russell Leonard in the index above, what does "CantonMs ViR:195" mean? To find out, I check the Key Title Index and see it refers to "Vital Records of Canton, Ms. Edited by F. Endicott. Canton, Ms, 1896. (317p.) "Tefft Des: 108" refers to "Partial records of the descendants of John Tefft of Portsmouth, RI and John Tifft of Nassau, NY, by M.E.M. Tifft. NY. 1896. (150p)". Information about one Russell Leonard will be found on page 108 of that book. Next I found the book on archive.org and see on p. 108 the following: You can find links to many of them from my Genealogy Dashboard. For more places to find books, check out my "Historical Books" page. American Genealogical-Biographical Index Click here for the Key Title Index. You can find volumes 1-48 on FamilySearch* by using these links. Note: You must be logged in to view their materials online. Sign up is free and easy. Volume 1 - AARON to ANTHONEY [Link] Volume 2 - ANTHONY to BAROWS [Link] Volume 3 - BARR to BLAITON [Link] Volume 4 - BLAKE to BROWN, C. [Link] Volume 5 - BROWN, D. to CANEEY [Link] Volume 6 - CANFIELD to CLAGG [Link] Volume 7 - CLAGGETT to COOGAN [Link] Volume 8 - COOK to CYRUS [Link] Volume 9 - DAB to DEWARR [Link] Volume 10 - DEWARREN to DYZE [Link] Volume 11 - EABORNE to EZZERS [Link] Volume 12 - FA to FORRISTALL [Link] Volume 13 - FORRISTER to GEIES [Link] Volume 14 - GEIGER to GRAVER [Link] Volume 15 - GRAVES to HALSETT [Link] Volume 16 - HALSEY to HAWKINGS [Link] Volume 17 - HAWKINS to HILLHOUSE [Link] Volume 18 - HILLIARD to HOYSRODT [Link] Volume 19 - HOYT to JEFFREYS [Link] Volume 20 - JEFFRIES to KELSEA [Link] Volume 21 - KELSEY to LANDYS [Link] Volume 22 - LANE to LITTLEDALE [Link] Volume 23 - LITTLEFIELD to MARKELL [Link] Volume 24 - MARKER to McKEEMAN [Link] Volume 25 - McKEEN to MITCHELE [Link] Volume 26 - MITCHELL to MOWREY [Link] Volume 27 - MOWRY to NORTMAN [Link] Volume 28 - NORTON to PARDE [Link] Volume 29 - PARDEE to PENDLESTON [Link] Volume 30 - PENDLETON to PLATS [Link] Volume 31 - PLATT to RALMER [Link] Volume 32 - RALPH to RALSON [Link] Volume 33 - RICKARD to ROWLETT [Link] Volume 34 - ROWLEY to SCHMID [Link] Volume 35 - SCHMIDT to SHERLY [Link] Volume 36 - SHERMAN to SMITH, A. [Link] Volume 37 - SMITH, E. to SPRAGS [Link] Volume 38 - SPRAGUE to STODDARD [Link] Volume 39 - STODDART to TATCHER [Link] Volume 40 - TATE to TINKEY [Link] Volume 41 - TINKHAM to TYLER, D. [Link Volume 42 - TYLER, E. to WALDROM [Link] Volume 43 - WALDRON to WEBRECHT [Link] Volume 44 - WEBSTER to WHEELER, D. [Link] Volume 45 - WHEELER E. to WHITMAN, D. [Link] Volume 46 - WHITMAN, E. to WILLSMAN [Link] Volume 47 - WILLSON to WRIGHMYER [Link] Volume 48 - WRIGHT to ZYGAR [Link] The AGBI currently contains 226 volumes of valuable history. The collection is held by the Godfrey Memorial Library, which offers lookups and research services. You can do a search of the collection with a subscription to Ancestry.com. See more like this under the Free Genealogy Resources and Tools menus at the top of the page. #bibliographies #resources #biographical #america #american

When Newman and Gertrude Harvey "were the founders of the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in Groton of which Mrs. Harvey and their daughter Mrs. Bessie Conklin for many years served as ministers". They lived in the home at 301 South Elmwood Ave, which was adjacent to the church property (perhaps the parsonage), shown here. Click the image to move around. [Alternate link] This photo of their home was contributed by Sandy Jackson, great-granddaughter of Newman and Gertie Harvey, who remembers Newman living here. The address is also confirmed in the Newman's obituary printed in the Groton Journal. This photo of the church, Glad Tidings Assembly, was copied from the album of Harold Reese. Gertrude Harvey's funeral was held here in 1937. This is an enhanced and cropped version. The people have not been identified, but I was told the gentleman on the right, wearing the hat and suit, was Newman Harvey and that the house on the right was where he lived. It does not appear to be the same building as seen in the image above, but the house is still there. It's obvious the church building is much larger today. Click here to see more about the Harvey family! UPDATE! 1/31/2022 See live footage of Newman at home here! #Harvey #harvey #gladtidingsasembly #gladtidings #church #group #newmanharvey #gertrudeshirley

If you're searching for old photos of your ancestors and someone in the family is in the possession of old reels of film, don't put off getting them transferred to digital! My grandfather had reels of film that sat in storage for decades until one of my aunts recently took them to get them converted to digital and all I can think is why didn't we do this sooner? Yes, it can be expensive, but if it's too much for your budget, it might be worthwhile to start saving! Take up a collection among the family, if necessary. Since copies can be freely shared, those who are interested shouldn't mind contributing if that's what it takes to bring these old treasures back to life. One treasure found among the reels of my grandfather's films was a segment of an old man walking from his house to his shed. Even though he died before I was born, I knew right away it must be Newman Harvey, my grandfather's maternal grandfather. Still, I confirmed it with both my grandfather and his sister. Sure enough, it was Grandpa Harvey! Prior to seeing these films, we had only seen Grandpa Harvey in a painted portrait (shown here) and in a group photo where we can see his form but not his face. Now, from the film, we can not only see him in living color, alive and walking, but we can save numerous stills giving us more photos of him. While putting together this video for his descendants to enjoy, I realized it was recorded at his home, the same place Newman died just four years after this film was recorded. He lived next door to the church he and his wife founded, Groton Assembly of God - formerly called Glad Tidings Assembly. His home was probably the church parsonage, although he wasn't the church's pastor. His funeral was held at the same church. Click play to watch! Special thanks to Aunt Linda for reviving these old films and making this video possible! Click here to learn more about Newman Harvey. Click here to learn more about the Harvey family. #newmanharvey #newmanaharvey #harvey #groton #reese #newyork #video #vintagefilms Share this treasure with other descendants!

This is another obituary that was published, announcing the death of Newman Harvey. It offers a little more personal information about Newman's life, transcribed as follows: Newman A. Harvey, 87, of 301 Elmwood Ave., and a long time area resident died Sunday morning (Sept. 29) at his home after a short illness. Mr. Harvey was born Aug. 25th, 1876 at Harford Mills, N.Y., the son of Clark and Betsey Brown Harvey. Mr. Harvey was also employed by the Smith-Corona Co. in Groton for about 10 years. Mr. Harvey and his wife, the former Gertie Shirley, were the founders of the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in Groton, which Mrs. Harvey and their daughter Mrs. Bessie Conklin for many years served as ministers. He is survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Bessie Conklin of Freeville, and Mrs. William (Mary) Gaul of Freeville, and Mrs. Henry (Ruth) Hennip of Groton; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Harvey was employed the greater part of his life as an engineer with Milk Products and with other manufacturing companies of the area. Funeral services were held on Wed. at 2 p.m. at the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church, the Rev. A.G. Harris, Pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. - Groton Journal, Thurs., Oct. 3, 1963. Click here for more on Newman Harvey. See the Harvey page for more about this family. #harvey #Harvey #newmanharvey

Newman and Gertrude (Shirley) Harvey were my 2nd great-grandparents. Their daughter, Mary, was my beloved maternal great-grandmother. I remember the hallway in my great-grandma's home being lined with large portraits of ancestors, which I considered a little spooky as a child, but in retrospect, I wish I had just taken photos of them! No one seems to know where those portraits are now. Perhaps they were distributed to various family members, like the one I inherited from my mother, shown here. In this damaged, yet cherished portrait, we have one of the few surviving images of Gertrude and Newman. Descendants of Newman & Gertrude Harvey can buy copies of this portrait framed on FineArtAmerica.com. See more: More about Gertrude Shirley More about Newman Harvey More about the Harvey and Shirley Families Free Genealogy Resources #newmanharvey #gertrudeshirley #portrait #harvey #shirley