The Heritage Huntress

This deed immediately follows the deed presented in last week's post, and was created on the same date of 13 Feb 1797. Again, the heirs ...

Last week I alluded to the number of deeds regarding the Fox family in 1797-1798. Three have been found, all dated 13 Feb 1797, in which one...

This deed could prove quite interesting when I get to the point of analysis, as there are a number of deeds within the Fox family during thi...

I don't really have much to say about this one. Apart from Josiah Wade, who is almost certainly my 4great-grandfather, none of the name...

I love this deed because, although it does not lay out what the relationship between these individuals is, it suggests a familial relations...

Now, wasn't that clever of me? I very carefully arranged this transcription of Elsie's Christmas Book to conclude during the Christm...

On the fourth day of Christmas My true love gave to me Four calling birds Three French hens, Two turtledoves, And a partridge in a pear tree...

To read from the beginning of Elsie’s Christmas book, click here. It’s time for part 3 of Elsie’s Christmas book. This time Elsie discusses ...

Last week I discovered that Aunt Elsie really had written a Christmas book and I transcribed the first two pages. Now it is time to transcr...

I can’t believe it. I can not believe it. After all these years… I have always been a festive person, of the type who not only doesn’t mind,...

This week I am transcribing an article which touches only briefly on my family history. Instead, my interest in the article stems more f...