Sea Letters. Letters and Journals of the Captain Andrew Pinkham family of Nantucket and Ohio, 1813-1870.. By Renny A. Stackpole. Published by Maine Authors Publishing. 2013. 161 pages. Mr. Stackpole writes in his introduction, “Sea Letters reflects this writer’s experiences …
Research * My goal this month is to document what I actually know about my Denman immigrant ancestor in preparation for my trip in the Fall. Try to figure out where the information about William’s parents came from and what …
It has been a long time since I looked at or wrote anything about my Salt emigrant ancestor, so I thought it was about time to put it out there again. In the hopes that somebody who reads this might …
Again with the Brick Wall Ancestor: Edward Salt(s) (?–1812) Read more »
The evidence is amassing that Elizabeth M. Hockman/Earhart was not born to John Earhart and Margaret Shotwell. Here is what I have found so far. 1. Elizabeth Hockman, age 4, was enumerated with the John Arehart household in the 1860 …
Root of Bitterness (1) is a fascinating compilation of primary source material about the lives of American women. Most of these short accounts are written or spoken by the women themselves. Together they span the time period from …