Posted by in 52ancestors, Clinton County, NY, Uncategorized, Witherwax I am way behind on this project but hope to get moving on it again. This is Week 13. The prompt was the old homestead. My grandparents bought this farm in the early 1960s. It is not the house my Mom was raised in. They owned a farm in Harkness before this. This is the…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, Daughters of the American Revolution, Uncategorized Growing up I thought I had been to almost every cemetery in Plattsburgh and Peru. Nope not even close. In 2016, while awaiting my applications approval from the Daughters of the American Revolution, I joined their Facebook Group and I learned about supplemental applications for other patriots you descend from. One of the tips was…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, DellaVecchia, Witherwax There are families who stay in their homes for generations upon generations, but not mine. Growing up my grandparents had a farm in Peru, NY but they were the first family to live there. My grandfather’s family had a farm that their family was on for over 100 years and then his family decided to…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Clinton County, NY, Stewart What is Misfortune? Misfortune can be defined as bad luck or an unfortunate condition or event. Using this definition I had a couple of people come to mind. My favorite ancestor Dr. Sarah Beardsley who died at 39, tragically young. The more I got to thinking I thought of my Great Grandfather, Charles Edward Stewart.…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Witherwax I wasn’t originally going to use this post as a 52 Ancestors post. Then today I was sitting here going through the Deed books for Clinton and Essex Counties in New York State. To me this is the black hole of genealogy research. When I go through these books I look for family names. I…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Stewart, Witherwax There are so many Strong Women in my family. They tended to not sit on the sidelines but to dive right into the fray. From my Dr. Sarah Larkin Beardsley who went to medical school in 1880 and became a practicing doctor in Jonesville, Michigan before her untimely death in 1886. To Hannah Bartlett Kelly…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Daughters of the American Revolution Another prompt from the 52 Ancestors Challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. This one was pretty fun to do. I love reading old wills. There is something about old will books that speaks to my soul. Going to a court house and finding the original papers. Absolute joy. There is also a joy from finding wills online…Read more »
