Genealogy
The blog about nothing
With apologies to Seinfeld – the “show about nothing.” Well, a lot of people seemed to like the nothingness of that show, so I will list a few of the “nothing” things that I have done in my first month at my home base in Ft Myers: I got Rusty professionally groomed. He no longer … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 4 – Poland ME to Swanzey NH
170 miles via ME 122, ME 26, US 202 (with a brief detour near Gorham ME and I-393 and I-89 to bypass Concord NH), NH 9 and NH 10. Cumulative tow miles: 556. Truck miles: 338. Cumulative truck miles: 823. The extra truck miles were due to a graveyard tour and a trip to the … Continue reading
Fort Myers Cemetery
I did some more photographing of headstones this winter, much as I did last winter at Lee Memorial Park. Last year I posted about 1,500 photographs to findagrave.com. This time I targeted the Fort Myers Cemetery, a cemetery of a similar size (about 12,000 graves) but much older. An older cemetery has fewer unphotographed graves … Continue reading
Lee Memorial Park
I have several times alluded to the time I spend in cemeteries, usually looking for the graves of ancestors – either Jett’s or mine. But this season, I have taken to walking cemeteries as (1) a way of getting some regular mild exercise and (2) collecting some feel-good endorphins. No ancestors involved as neither of … Continue reading
George and Melissa (Freeman) Richardson
I haven’t done much genealogical research lately, though I have been getting a lot of exercise walking cemeteries. This morning I decided to catch up on some accumulated Ancestry.com “hints.” In doing so I think I solved – at least partially – one of the great mysteries in my ancestry: how George Watson Freeman, a … Continue reading
A slow start, but a start
2020 has started slowly, which is not necessarily a bad thing. We skipped the New Year’s Eve dance and dinner and celebrated quietly at home. The theme of the celebration was “happy to be alive” because being alive at the start of 2020 is something that, for Jett, seemed unlikely back in May. My Genealogy … Continue reading
Genealogical research status at the end of 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, my count of known American ancestors stands at 353, with 211 being immigrant ancestors. Jett’s counts are 556 and 330, respectively. There were no major breakthroughs this year, though I did change my opinion as to the identity of her Egan great-grandparents. A deep look at the Egans that … Continue reading
Stats for Sparky’s American ancestors, 2019
I have made another pass through my family tree in Ancestry.com, making corrections and adding some 25 newly-discovered ancestors. Some of the new ancestors are also Jett’s ancestors, meaning that we are related some 11 generations back. Good thing we didn’t have children. Number of American ancestors: 349 Location of graves, by state: MA – … Continue reading
Stats for Jett’s American ancestors, 2018
Number of American ancestors: 549 Location of graves, by state: MA – 443 ME – 42 NH – 16 NY – 12 CT – 7 VT – 6 NJ – 2 RI – 2 VA – 2 FL – 1 SC – 1 Canada – 1 England – 1 Barbados – 1 unknown – 12 … Continue reading
Introducing the REAL Ooma
Ooma and I were in court on Monday. We had each applied for restraining orders on the other – she accused me of stalking her (ridiculous) and me accusing her of dating violence (not ridiculous – she physically assaulted me twice in November). Both were denied. So how did things get this bad? Let me … Continue reading »