Posted by in Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Rabbitholes, Witherwax This week I have been going down a lot of rabbit holes. Currently I am in the beginning stages of my final ProGen Assignment. I have to write a narrative about an ancestral couple and their children. I have decided I seriously do not want to write about my Stewart Lines as there are just…Read more »
Posted by in Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Stewart Joseph Gardiner Stewart was born 4 Oct 1851 in Redford, Clinton Co, NewYork to William Stewart (1811-1872) and Elizabeth Davis Stewart (1826-1897). Joseph Stewart is my 2nd Great-Grandfather. Joseph first appears on the 1860 census in the Town of Black Brook, Clinton Co, NY along with his parents, William (49) and Elizabeth (30), sister Mary…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, New York Research, Norway, Osborne I am still playing catch-up and I am determined to finish all 52 weeks of this project. Though I am thinking for next year I want to do some ancestor profiles here on the blog. I have found this to be a rewarding experience. This prompt was very hard for me. Poor Man. Most of…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, New York Research This was an interesting topic. Wealth comes in many forms. Land, money, knowledge. I will be honest the men in the family do not always speak to my soul. The women though I tend to have a strong affinity to several of them. One of the lines I am often drawn to is my Larkin…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Witherwax I will be totally honest here until the past week or so I really did not use many maps in my research. I have recently fell in love with Locality Guides and part of creating a Locality Guide is to show different sources. Since a lot of my research is in Essex County, NY aka…Read more »
Posted by in Daughters of the American Revolution, New York Research, Rabbitholes, Stewart I have done a deep dive into the world of genetic genealogy and spent a huge amount of the past weekend messaging matches and hoping for responses. Low and behold one of those responses led me down a path tonight. It didn’t take me too long to figure out whee she belonged in my tree…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, New York Research This was a fun one as I hit up the US School Yearbook Collection on Ancestry and the gems it brought up. Sadly there were no pictures of me in my 1989 Senior Year glory or of Gerard in his Senior Year Glory. I did find pictures of my Mom though through High School and…Read more »
