I found when going through the DAR lists of new Revolutionary patriots that have been accepted that they are not 100% men. All men did not fight and the women

While sorting and going through my old periodicals hoping that I might cull out some things, I found I could not. As I went through the magazines from perhaps the

From a Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Bangor Daily News article: There was an interesting article in the State section B on tombstones. It was about past epidemics. It also showed

In England, into the 1820s, executed criminals and suicides were buried at crossroads. No one owned the land so the living weren’t charged fees for the burials. There were other

Check out the British National Archives and county records offices for recusancy (refusal to attend Church of England services) records. Archdeaconry records may contain the same plus other church offenses

English Manorial records can contain documents such as court rolls and rentals. They usually name the lord of the manor and the people who lived there and may contain court

Before 1901, between 1848 and 1864, Griffith’s Valuation was done. It is an approximate census as it’s a property valuation that lists where people lived and the type of housing

Irish civil registrations began in 1864 for births, deaths, and Catholic marriages. Non-Catholic marriages started in 1845. You’ll need to know the parish for birth records prior to 1864.

Maine was a district of Massachusetts from 1647 to 1820. In some Massachusetts documents, it may be referred to as “The eastward,” “Eastern Lands,” or “Eastern Parts.”