A new reference has just been published that will make a “reasonably exhaustive research” a little less exhausting for New England genealogists, Vital Record Manuscripts at the State Historical Societies in New England. In New England, most of us are familiar with the government held records, found in town halls, court houses and state archives. [...]
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 [...]
