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, 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, 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 »
Been a crazy couple of weeks working on a bunch of different things. Researching family trees. Preliminary Report writing and working on organizing a Children of the American Revolution in addition to my duties in the DAR oh and there was a trip to Disney with the family in there. This week was a banner…Read more »
