Philip, I LOVE this post. The description of the Redwoods is just marvelous. We Californian Mayflower people come from truly…
Enjoyed this post! I, too, have many ancestors who married into the same families. (I guess pickings were slim back…
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Slightly off subject, but one of the best series ever is “Island at War” about the Chsnnel Islands during World…
Clearly the lack of religious freedom for Huguenots was France's lost in the long run to the benefit of a…
Richard, I have Cooke and his wife Hester in my tree too as direct lineal descendants. I believe it is…
My Cook/Cooke Family migrated to Salem around 1632-34. They were in the community for some time but a couple of…
What a great article! Thank you so much! I have a number of French Huguenot ancestors who migrated from the…
Indeed! In my research on Abraham Lincoln's mother, I wrote about the two theories regarding who her parents could be:…
Paul Revere's father, Apollos Rivoire originally, had an uncle on one of the Channel Islands, who helped him leave southern…