Ann D. WatsonApr 18, 20182 minThe Storm of 1869: Conway, Massachusetts52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 16, "Storms" Disaster struck my great-great-grandparents' town in the fall of 1869, when a storm hit the...
Ann D. WatsonApr 3, 201810 minWatson Homestead, Conway, MassachusettsSummer 1862. The Civil War raged. Lincoln called for more Union army volunteers. Pressure to enlist was tremendous. After meetings were...
Ann D. WatsonMar 11, 20181 minStrong Hairstyle, Strong WomanThis week's theme for our "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" is Strong Woman. I don't know much about my Scottish great-great-grandmother Helen...
Ann D. WatsonFeb 12, 20182 minCassius Clay Auld: Favorite Ancestor Name52 Ancestors Week 6: My favorite name for an ancestor so far is Cassius Clay Auld. Cassius was born in Pennsylvania on the eve of the...
Ann D. WatsonFeb 3, 20181 minIs old age an industry? (52 Ancestors, week 5)I was amused by this 1900 U.S. census record of my 2nd great grandparents Aeneas V. Graham and his wife, Amanda P. Underwood (Graham) in...
Ann D. WatsonJan 29, 20181 minDinner Invite: 52 Ancestors Week 4I would love to have been sitting at this dinner table with my great grandmother Jeannette "Nettie" Clyde Beveridge (Dingman), and 7 of...
Ann D. WatsonJan 20, 20181 minLongevity: 52 Ancestors Week 3Curious to see if there were any patterns to length of life for my ancestral families, I created a chart. The one who lived the longest...
Ann D. WatsonJan 15, 20184 minMy great-grandfather's hotel and saloonBayside Hotel, Keyport, New Jersey, c. 1900 The photograph pictures my great-grandfather's first hotel in Keyport, New Jersey, the...
Ann D. WatsonJan 8, 20182 minWas it the tragic runaway horse death? The penniless mill hand? Or my 90-year-old cousin's familHow I was hooked by genealogy: Was it Mom telling me about her grandmother dying in a tragic 1906 accident involving an early motorcar...
Ann D. WatsonNov 29, 20174 minWedding Wednesday: a secret weddingMy grandparents, Anne Bauer and Norman McLeod Dingman, married secretly in 1916. Anna Fredericka Bauer and Norman McLeod Dingman Anne,...
Ann D. WatsonNov 27, 20171 minHoliday Special: Give the gift of GenealogyThis holiday season, Family Pictures Genealogy is offering holiday gift certificates for genealogy research services at a discounted...
Ann D. WatsonSep 11, 20171 minWilliam's Conway: A Story Map"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...
Ann D. WatsonJun 13, 20173 minTombstone Tuesday: A girl's 1961 diary documents gravestone inscriptionsPutney, Vermont, Summer 1961. I'm 9 years old. My cousin Susan is visiting us at our home on River Road. One day, an exploration takes us...
Ann D. WatsonMay 15, 20172 minMapping Monday: Research trip to North HeroHere'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...
Ann D. WatsonMay 1, 20171 minWilliam Watson, woolen mill workerToday I honor my great-great-grandfather William Watson, who worked in the Burke/Delabarre woolen mill in Conway, Massachusetts, from...
Ann D. WatsonApr 2, 20173 minCumberland Island History and GenealogyI recently visited Cumberland Island, the largest barrier island off the coast of Georgia. I don't pretend to know very much about this...
Ann D. WatsonMar 2, 20171 minGenealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Summer 2017Really looking forward to Harold Henderson's June 2017 GRIP course on writing proof arguments, "From Confusion to Conclusion." See all...
Ann D. WatsonFeb 10, 20171 minGenealogy meets hand bookbindingBeing a hand bookbinder as well as a genealogist, I recently delighted in early Grand Isle County, Vermont court docket books. These...