Posted by in New York Research, Rabbitholes Yes I went down a huge rabbit hole last night and this morning. Especially since Facebook wasn’t working for me. As my last post said I visited St. Michael’s Cemetery in Queens and found this gem of a tombstone and the whole Grandma and Grandpa thing threw me. Especially since they died years before poor…Read more »
Posted by in cemetery, New York Research This afternoon I spent a couple of hours at St. Michaels Cemetery. I was looking for a particular grave for someone in a Genealogy group. I totally find cemeteries to be totally peaceful places. This cemetery though confuses the heck out of me with its layout. It is a mixture of old and new graves.…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, DellaVecchia I absolutely love old newspapers. I spend hours upon hours searching papers for hints and clues about my family. I have told you in the past about my favorite site NYS Historic Newspapers. I have also had great success on other newspaper sites. I am not generally a huge fan of Fulton History. When I was doing research on…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, DellaVecchia Meet my dad, Michael Anthony DellaVecchia. He was born on the 12th Day of October.
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Witherwax I swear I overthink each and every prompt to the point where I am frozen until I can move forward. For this one I finally decided to write about my 2X Great Grandparents, Leslie Beardsley and Sarah Larkin Beardsley. They had quite the opposite of a large family. They only had 2 children Minerva Ruth…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Clinton County, NY, Stewart, Witherwax As you can tell I am behind with the prompts. So much going on and I actually have a bunch of posts I want to do not related to the 52 Ancestors prompts. Hoping to get myself on track this week with a schedule. My bachelor uncle is my Uncle Calvin. Uncle Calvin is my…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Bass, Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, DellaVecchia, Moran, New York Research, Witherwax For me this prompt was tough. I haven’t been to a courthouse or a town hall in ages, that isn’t saying that I haven’t found legal documents anywhere. Right now I have a super long list of things I would like to find at a courthouse and I even have plans to visit the Surrogate’s…Read more »
