Peas Porridge Hot, Peas Porridge Cold…
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get […]
Archival Notes May-June 2019
“Needles in Haystacks” was the subject title that was sent to the ACGS website on 29 April 2019. It was forwarded by Heather to Dennis & me. The sender Sally Knox related that while her parents were stationed at Loring AFB in the 1960’s they purchased a vintage roll top desk. Years later, they found […]
This Old Tree, June 2019
This column is about death records. I have sent for and received two death records for members of my family. The two were Tallman Kelley, a 2nd great-uncle, and the other family member was Melvin Kelley. Melvin Kelley died on May 28, 1936. His parents are listed as Lawrence Kelley and Elizabeth Kelley. Tallman Kelley […]
From the NEHGS e-newsletter
The Great Migration Parish Web Mapping App is now online. The 1620-1640 indexes with about 5,700 families or individuals were used. There were last known places for about 1,800 of them. It is hoped this will give more clues for research. It’s mostly English but has other places also. Check it out.
Frances Heales tells me that an English city has a cathedral: Lowland Scots were mainly Protestant and Highland Scots mainly Catholic She has seen pner and pnella after a name in records. The letter N used to be a letter U….puer is boy in Latin and puella is girl. She also answered my questions on […]
“Secretary Hand”
Member Frances Heales mentioned “Secretary Hand.” This led me to the following info: It was a style of European handwriting from the 1500s and 1600s and longer for English, German, Welsh, and Gaelic. This led me to a BYU Script Tutorial on line. There are four main hands or scripts in English documents; Round, Italic, […]
President’s Message, June 2019
Greetings, The month of June is here. It’s time to tramp through the graveyards. Bring a clipboard and paper to record the information on the headstones. Remember to check all sides of the headstones. Taking a camera to take photos is great way to record the information. Remember the bug spray. This is when to, […]
Gleanings from the NEHGS weekly e-newsletter
* Look up Civil War Photo Sleuth. You’ll find an article in Slate and other articles which will explain their use of facial recognition software. One of the photos they examined was from the Maine State Archives. They identified the man as Francis Marion Eveleth who was the assistant surgeon of the 7th Maine Infantry. […]