Delighted to see this post. I am just about to send off the almost final text and images of my…
On Voyages abroad
About two years ago I finally wrote a book about my trip to Europe in 1963 as an 18 year…
On Voyages abroad
A picture of the Lusitania graced a room of our family homestead in Highgate Center. Vermont. It had been the…
On The centennial of the loss of the Lusitania
I enjoyed your post, as I do all Vita Brevis postings, but especially as I am a native of Norwich…
On Researching the Negro Baseball Leagues
Wonderful article, what a treasure fore putting meat on the bones of our ancestors making them living and breathing history!!
On Researching the Negro Baseball Leagues
Very interesting post Elizabeth! 15 years ago David Lambert rediscovered Silas Simmons, still the longest lived professional baseball player, shortly…
On Researching the Negro Baseball Leagues
Nice post, Elizabeth! Great to know that the Society for American Baseball Research offers information and tools that are helpful…
On Researching the Negro Baseball Leagues
Speaking of Jones, your surname, Christoper Jones was the captain of the Mayflower, yet he is not included in the…
On Mayflower myths 2020
No Mayflower ancestor. As I'd tell a verified descendant friend, my earliest English had the good sense to wait a…
On Family ties revealed
I am a descendant of Samuel B Bitgood and I have been searching for his cemetery marker and homestead location…
On Testing the “strength” of a local legend