Category Archives: Genealogy

A Manchester, New Hampshire Small Grocery: Morency’s Market & the Morency Family

Posted on 20 June, 2013 by Janice Brown

Over the past two hundred plus years, these shops have been called by many names: grocer, grocery & provision store, fruit & grocery, grocery company, market, retail store, corner store, convenience store. The corner grocery store has been an essential … Continue reading →

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1823: An Awful Casualty in Hopkinton NH

Posted on 16 May, 2013 by Janice Brown

It was a chance encounter with the Silver family.  If you research genealogy you are familiar with how it happens. I was researching an entirely different family, gleaning tidbits from old newspapers.  And then this story leaped out from the … Continue reading →

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Hoping for that Aha Moment in Genealogy

Posted on 6 May, 2013 by Janice Brown

Genealogy and history are naturally connected.  History is made up of a series of events on a time line.  Events consist of activities of people in a specific location, on a certain date. In order to be engaging, a well-created … Continue reading →

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Manchester New Hampshire Major League Baseball Catcher: Thomas Francis Padden (1908-1973)

Posted on 10 April, 2013 by Janice Brown

A modest base ball field bears his name at Steven’s Pond Park in Manchester, New Hampshire. Reportedly it is the “same field where he learned to play ball.”  At Gill Stadium, a plaque near the entrance bears his name. On … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire: Run-Aways, Desertions & Elopements of the 18th Century

Posted on 7 April, 2013 by Janice Brown

When we think about ‘Run-Aways’ of colonial times, what first comes to mind is often run-away slaves.  In fact the majority of these ‘errant’ individuals, at least in colonial New Hampshire, were either wives, apprentices or indentured servants. Indentured Servants … Continue reading →

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