Puck was a 19th century American humor magazine, out of New York City. Here is a funny little piece I found, “Diary of Census Enumerator,” from the 9 June 1880 issue, p. 239. Not only is it a good laugh, it also provides some useful reminders for the modern genealogical researcher. For a modern [...]
I was searching for court records related to an ancestor of mine, Thomas Joy, who was a minor figure in a 1646 conspiracy in Massachusetts, related to a petition sometimes called “Child’s Remonstrance.” After jumping from Savage (vol. 2, p. 572) to Winthrop’s Journal (vol. 2, p. 308) I ended up at the Records [...]
