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Ezra Sanford in the Early Censuses
Brown-Sanford Census Sunday By Don Taylor One essential action in researching an ancestor is to find that individual in all of the census records during their lifetime. Ezra Clugston Sanford was a frustration for me. He died on 22 Jun … Continue reading
Posted in Brown, Census Sunday, Sanford
Tagged Bennington, Connecticut, Fairfield, Vermont
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Donna in the News – Two New Venues
Donna Montran Vaudeville By Don Taylor This week, I learned of two new venues, specific dates for a previously known show, and one venue confirmed by another newspaper. I made these new discoveries using Genealogy Bank. A Search for Donna … Continue reading
Posted in California Bathing Girls (1925), Donna Montran, Montran Monday
Tagged Baltimore, Bijou, Connecticut, Garden, Maryland, New Haven, New Jersey, Trenton
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Surname Saturday – Beardsley
Darling Line By Don Taylor Name Origin According to Forebears, the surname “Beardsley” is a derivation of “Bardsley,” which was derived from being from a place, ‘of Bardsley.’ Bardsley is a parish between Ashton and Oldham, near Manchester. The American … Continue reading
Posted in Beardsley, Darling, Surname Saturday, Swayze
Tagged Connecticut, Darbyshire, England, Fairfield, Ilkeston, immigrant ancestor, Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
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Probate Record for Timothy Munsell
Anamnesis Monday Transcripts by Don Taylor Probate records are wonderful when you can find them as they provide so much detail and texture about an individual’s life. I just loved learning that Timothy Munsell‘s family spent a dollar (6 shillings) for … Continue reading
Posted in Amanuensis Monday, Darling
Tagged Connecticut, Lyme, New London, Timothy Munsell
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A Dollar for Spirits? – Timothy Munsell (1745-1798)
Howell-Darling-2017 Research Darling/Munsell Line By Don Taylor I have often wonder how money worked in the post-colonial period. I know originally there were 20 shillings in a pound, but the old pounds and shillings worked in comparison with dollars. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Darling
Tagged Ancestry DNA, Connecticut, DAR, Eleshiba Smith, Lyme, New London, Sally Anne Munsell, Timothy Munsell
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