Regarding Princess Louise Alberta Caroline and the Marquess of Lorne (later Duke of Argyll). Lorne was Governor General of Canada…
Ah, my mother-in-law descends from William. Her father was Norcross Needham Hartwell, and our son now has Hartwell as his…
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Nicely presented. An "undiscovered" treasure that even I, growing up due south in Fairfield CT, only visited once. Would that…
I try to include nicknames whenever I'm doing my genealogy. How else would later generations know they needed to check…
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Ah, William Forest Williams, my second cousin, 6 times removed.
I never knew the importance of Lebanon. My knowledge of the Revolutionary War focused on Lexington and Concord near where…
Speaking as a bachelor uncle (until marriage was made available to us) and family archivist, I find it discouraging that…