genealogy… RootsTech 2014: It May Be the Last 3 Feb 201413 Mar 2014 4am and I wake suddenly from a sound sleep. Fearfully, I look about in an obvious panic. Where is SHE?!? [Silence.]. Silence? What's that? As any parent with young, hyperly-active…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No.5 Jean Burgess ATKINSON WWII [C3R] 29 Jan 201426 Apr 2014 She was my cousin twice times removed. [C2R]
GenChat… Why Do I Do, What I Do, Like That? 14 Jan 2014 I do not know how better to title this, other than what you see above. (I am open to suggestions, if you can think of something "catchy."). As to "Why"…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No.2: Wesley Wilbert ATKINSON [C3R] 14 Jan 201426 Apr 2014 WESLEY WILBERT ATKINSON, born 13AUG1898* to SOLOMON GEORGE ATKINSON (1856-1944) and the former Isabella Catherine SHEARDOWN (1862-1933) in York County, Ontario, was the seventh of nine children (4 boys, 5…
GenChat… What Did You Miss Friday Night? 13 Jan 201418 Jan 2015 Genchat, unfortunately. The first #genchat gathering (Fri JA10 9pm Central) of 2014 was surprisingly attended by more first-timers than regulars! Treeverne Upon the Gene (our virtual meeting place) was…
52Ancestors… #52Ancestors No1: Roy Campbell Atkinson WWI [C3R] 7 Jan 201431 Oct 2016 ROY CAMPBELL ATKINSON, born 16JUN1896 to Richard ATKINSON (1856-1931) and the former Katherine KENNEDY (1862-1918) in Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, was the fourth of six children (3 boys, 3…
genealogy… Back To The Beginning: Rock of Ages 25 Nov 201327 Nov 2017 Rock of Ages: Grave Concerns is my cemetery blog; it is approximately a year older than this one. This post shares the research paper that begot the first eight posts…
genealogy… Like Clockwork: A Canadian Remembrance 4 Nov 20138 Nov 2017 It has happened like clockwork since 1942. Every morning just before 11a.m. in Ottawa, Ontario, at the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, after pinning on his service medals, he marches…
genealogy… An American Revoltionary Patriot Lies Here 1 Nov 2013 An American Revolutionary Patriot Lies Here. Lumberland, Sullivan Co, NEW YORK Anyone familiar with the area?