I’ve recently had several experiences that remind me how useful it can be to use your email to ask discrete questions about a family line you’re following. Phone calls work the same way – but calling England doesn’t occur to …
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This quintessential New England church is the First Congregational Church in Becket Massachusetts. I think that it was built around 1850 as a replacement for the older church that had originally served this village. There is a small plaque on …
The middle of the fourth week in June, after school let out, my sister and I headed to the northeastern corner of Connecticut on a short vacation and genealogy trip. I am the genealogist in our family, but my sister …
In answer to Randy Seaver’s challenge for Saturday Night Fun, here goes: * Three genealogical libraries I frequent 1. Lynnfield public library genealogy room 2. North Reading public library 3. I’m drawing a blank (obviously do too much online and …
One theme of “Annie’s Ghosts” is family secrets. It seems that many families have secrets. Sometimes they don’t come out until generations later. Sometimes they come out when the individual involved dies. Sometimes the person who just couldn’t be told …