family pictures genealogy

"William's Conway, c. 1890" Ann D. Watson 2017 Watercolor crayon and pencil on paper 5 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches Buildings L to R: Burkeville covered bridge, Watson homestead, Burkeville woolen mill, Methodist Church, Town Hall. This week I decided to try making a map that would show my ancestor's domain while being more abstract than "normal" maps. For the general outline I located Conway, Massachusetts on Google Earth and printed out a section which included William Watson's neig

Here's a little map of a genealogical research trip I made to North Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont. Creating maps is fun and can help you with your genealogical research or provide a visual to display on your wall or web site. Route 2 northeast from 89's exit 17 in Colchester took me across Grand Isle, the southernmost Champlain Island, through South Hero village to North Hero Island, a sort of two-part island which is only connected by a narrow band of land at the "Carryin

Today I honor my great-great-grandfather William Watson, who worked in the Burke/Delabarre woolen mill in Conway, Massachusetts, from about 1850 to 1890. #genealogy #ConwayMassachusetts #woolenmill #Vermontgenealogy #Vermontgenealogist #Vermontfamilypictures #Vermontfamilyhistory #genealogistVermont #genealogymap #familyhistorymap

I recently visited Cumberland Island, the largest barrier island off the coast of Georgia. I don't pretend to know very much about this island, but it is rich in history. It was home to Timucuan Indians before the Spanish arrived and was the site of forts the British built to defend against the Spanish. Then it was the location of many plantations that used slave labor. The British freed the slaves during the 1812 War, but slavery resumed there and before the Civil War there

Really looking forward to Harold Henderson's June 2017 GRIP course on writing proof arguments, "From Confusion to Conclusion." See all the details here. I love writing and good writing is essential in genealogy practice. This will be a great class! #genealogy #Vermontgenealogy #Vermontgenealogist #Vermontfamilypictures #Vermontfamilyhistory #genealogistVermont #genealogymap #familyhistorymap

Being a hand bookbinder as well as a genealogist, I recently delighted in early Grand Isle County, Vermont court docket books. These books are hand sewn, and I couldn't help wondering who made them. Unrefined and humble, they are practical containers for the court records. Was book sewing part of the court clerk's skill set? Did anyone and everyone know how to sew a book in the early 19th century? Did the local printer make them? Or were pamphlet books something that a genera