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Daniel Goodwin Durbin’s Tale

I haven’t written very much yet about my husband’s family but this story is pretty interesting for us so I wanted to share.  My husband’s grandmother Barb had heard a very long time that her grandfather had died during World

Jill M. November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Durbin, family history, history, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Uncategorized Read more

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So we did a thing today installing #headstones - w So we did a thing today installing #headstones - well, they mostly did but I “supervised”. My arm is still bum from surgery but I carried stuff! 5 more to go for these #USCT #CivilWar guys! Last year, a few men from @124th_nysv turned over the fallen headstone of Henry #Bruen and today we reset it while also installing a new one for Ansolem #Halsey We’re so thrilled to give these men the proper respect they’re due. Amazing day! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm in the middle of a #genealogy scanning project I'm in the middle of a #genealogy scanning project and I've come across some really cool finds. This one here is from Anthony #Yelverton who has two local claims to fame. In #UlsterCoNY he built the oldest wooden frame house that is still there today. In #OrangeCoNY he inherited the #YelvertonInn in #ChesterNY which is still there today, too. #GeorgeWashington #AlexanderHamilton and #AaronBurr are all known to have been there at the Inn. I'm still trying to puzzle out why one article I read said Anthony's father was a judge in Poughkeepsie as I'm not sure he was but that's still on-going research. What are the odds there are TWO different Anthony Yelverton's alive at the same time post Revolution? Not much. Hezekiah #Howell (who the cow was purchased for) was a #RevolutionaryWar soldier and local farmer. I take care of his grave and that of his wife (and my 1 cousin 9x removed) Julianna #Woodhull - sister to the RW martyr General #NathanielWoodhull
I have been enjoying scanning #genealogy binders f I have been enjoying scanning #genealogy binders for the #Boardfamily here in NY and NJ. The grandmother meticulously #handpainted all the #coatsofarms for each #surname in this collection. Very excited to be privy to some original #RevolutionaryWar era documents in these binders. It’s pure paper treasure!
@shamrocks74 and I attended the sign dedication by @shamrocks74 and I attended the sign dedication by @124th_nysv honoring four members of the 124th NY Volunteers from #OrangeCountyNY that are buried at the Early Cemetery. While there we also did our #NSDAR duties and visited the #RevolutionaryWar grave of Sgt Elihu Spears, who was killed by a falling rock the day after peace was declared at the New Windsor Cantonment.
I so wish I could remember this conversation with I so wish I could remember this conversation with my GGM at my high school #graduation. I think about this picture a lot. She was witty, unconventional - if not wild, living with a man for eons before she ever married him after she survived a very bad first marriage to a man who killed himself in front of her. I just always wonder what she was saying to me here. You have any photos like this that haunt your thoughts? . .. #ashvilleohio #teaysvalleyhs #pickawaycounty #stewartgenealogy #stewartfamily #genealogy #familyhistory
I wonder if the day will come when I don’t cry a I wonder if the day will come when I don’t cry at every episode of #FindingYourRoots My husband says that’s how I should know I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing. I love #genealogy 😭
I keep looking at this #book on my paternal 3GGF’s lap and wonder if that is a #familybible or a prop. It kept me up the past couple of nights! John Michael #Cordle would have been 192 this past week. He was a Union Army Scout during the #CivilWar and had two wives and 25 children between them! Prolific!
It’s completely normal to work on 100 year old # It’s completely normal to work on 100 year old #cemetery ledgers at 5:30 am right?! . .. #findagrave .. #washingtonvilleny .. #washingtonvillecemetery .. #nygenealogy .. #hudsonvalleygenealogy
Taught a #headstonecleaning event today with @sham Taught a #headstonecleaning event today with @shamrocks74 at the #washingtonvillecemetery and one of the attendees did a fantastic job on this mega dirty stone. The orange means the #d2biologicalsolution is working! Can’t wait to see this change to bright white in the next coming weeks.
Yesterday was a big day for me. A year long proje Yesterday was a big day for me. A year long project came to an end and I honored the life and death of my 2nd cousin 8x removed. The #Washingtonville #Cemetery received some much deserved recognition and love from the community. It was a wonderful day!
💐 #Tulips make me smile and today my grin is ea 💐 #Tulips make me smile and today my grin is ear to ear. #ocarboretum
This Saturday is the culmination of a year long pr This Saturday is the culmination of a year long project for me in getting the #washingtonvillecemetery a historic NY roadside sign that commemorates their 1854 founding and as the burial place of Major Nathaniel Strong who was murdered in 1778 by a Tory bandit. My #NSDAR chapter and the SAR will be marking his grave as part of the sign unveiling. Happy it is coming to an end so now I can focus on the #USCT soldiers in the #cemetery. . . . #stronggenealogy . #strongfamily . #revolutionarywar . #nyhistory . #nyintherevolution
My #QuassiackChapter #NSDAR helped get #Revolution My #QuassiackChapter #NSDAR helped get #RevolutionaryWar Patriot Major Nathaniel Strong’s family plot ready for his grave marking ceremony and a NYS historic sign dedication for the Washingtonville Cemetery. Hard work, cold weather but we did it! So proud! 🇺🇸
I am crazy in love with my new custom #NSDAR Patri I am crazy in love with my new custom #NSDAR Patriot flag from @northstarflags - I can’t wait to display it!
Everyone needs a #patriotic #ceramictree, right?! Everyone needs a #patriotic #ceramictree, right?! I sure did! Thank you for grabbing me one @shamrocks74 - you’re the best. #nsdar #dar #patriotictree 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sharing from the National Purple Heart Hall of Hon Sharing from the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor FB page. This day means a lot to me as my father has 4 Purple Hearts from Vietnam. 89 YEARS AGO TODAY: 22 February 1932 The modern #PurpleHeart medal was established on this date, by General Order #3, signed by General Douglas MacArthur. The date was chosen in observance the 200th anniversary of the birth of #GeorgeWashington. The award was inspired by the Badge of Military Merit, created by Washington in the waning days of the Revolution. As was the Badge of Military Merit, the Purple Heart was also originally a merit based award. Wounds received in action were one way a person could qualify for the award. However, since 1942, the medal is awarded to U.S. service members who have been killed or wounded by enemy action. . . 💜 #nationalpurplehearthallofhonor
Supposed to be doing #conspiracytheory homework bu Supposed to be doing #conspiracytheory homework but this #benjaminfranklin filter was too funny to resist! #sohistoricallyaccurate
I found this so humorous last night! From The Eve I found this so humorous last night! From The Evening Mail #newspaper in #London England on Friday, 12 Oct 1792! Sounds like they both were real keepers. (If you're not familiar with the long S character of old, keep in mind that words like laft is actually the word last.) . . . #genealogy #familyhistory #newspapers #newspapersdotcom #londonengland
My 47th day of birth has been filled with #bluevel My 47th day of birth has been filled with #bluevelvetcake, a cat stealing #cupcakes, #paint purchases, #BabyYoda cups, #GeorgeWashington, and #books !! Getting old isn’t so bad. 😜
My son knows me so well! Gave me an early birthda My son knows me so well! Gave me an early birthday gift of #GeorgeWashington and I couldn’t ❤️ him more! #historynerdgift
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