I enjoyed your post so much. Thank you for remembering Americas first people in such a lovely respectful way.
On Booties from Chief BlackHawk
In the Commonworth of Virginia at that time, their was not any differentiation between "Black" and "native tribal members". With…
On Booties from Chief BlackHawk
Once again, a beautiful post. I am reminded of the many conversations about things Native and Anglo I enjoyed with…
On Booties from Chief BlackHawk
Very interesting Christopher. My ancestry also traces to that area along the NH/North Shore of MA coastline in the 17th…
On Governors of Massachusetts
I was very struck by your observation about doing genealogy: "My personal answer is that the tools of genealogy allow…
On Dead Reckoning: How Genealogy Brings Memory Back to Life
What a fun post! As best I understand the lineages, I am a sixth cousin of James Dean, back to…
On James Dean: Of Winslows and Wishful Thinking
Jeff, Slaughter/Slafter is an old New England name, from Lynn. My ancestor Mary Slafter married Isaac(3) Wellman and moved to…
On James Dean: Of Winslows and Wishful Thinking
Being an umpteenth generation New Englander, I had a hard time with your line "good old Yankee Ohio." Yes, I…
On James Dean: Of Winslows and Wishful Thinking
The New England line that he was associated with was Hussey That indeed moved to the south. It happened, Zachary…
On James Dean: Of Winslows and Wishful Thinking
I enjoyed not only your look into Dean's ancestry but the human interest story of a person who quietly pursued…
On James Dean: Of Winslows and Wishful Thinking