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Category Archives: Personal History
The Quiet Journey That Carried Us
It began, as so many journeys do, with a name. *Patrick.* Not the saint. Not a hero carved in stone. Just a name etched into a Vermont census list, beside the birthplace “Ireland” and the designation “aged 10.” No middle … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Irish in New Hampshire, Personal History
Tagged genealogy, immigrant, Irish, The Great Hunger, Vermont
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2022: On National Women’s History Month
Every year since March 2006 I have written one or more blog articles about women during National Women’s History Month. This year is a little different, as I will write only one story, and provide a recap of hundreds of … Continue reading
Civic Leader, Manufacturing Supervisor, Town Officer: Anson Alfonso Platts of Merrimack New Hampshire(1845-1940)
Anson Alfonso Platts was a man who seems to have escaped most notice in a town histories. He was a modest man, unassuming, but always ready to help however he could on behalf of his family, his town, his workplace, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged Anson, Boston Post Cane, Cynthia, Fessenden & Lowell, Hampshire, Lawrence, manufacturing, Merrimack, new, New Hampshire, NH, Oddfellows, Platts, Reeds Ferry, Rindge, Souhegan Lodge, Wheeler Chapel
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New Hampshire Matrilineality and Mothers Day
This year for Mother’s Day, I thought I’d try something different when it comes to story telling. I was looking at my personal matrilineality–the tracing of kinship through my female line. In some cultures people are identified through their “matriline” … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged Charlestown, DNA, Goodwife, Great Island, Hampshire, haplogroup, Jane, K1a4a1b, new, New Castle, New Hampshire, NH, Portsmouth, Walford, Weymouth, Wilford, witch, witchcraft, Wolford, Woolford
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2020 New Hampshire Tidbits: An Unusual Easter
This week is a special one for most people in New Hampshire. Many are celebrating either Easter or Passover. According to PRRI Research, “The religiously unaffiliated make up nearly three in ten (29 percent) New Hampshire residents, roughly similar to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, Personal History
Tagged Easter, Hampshire, new, New Hampshire, NH, Seder
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