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Wickham family

John Wickham & Bemus Heights

I’m very fortunate to live within 15 minutes of where my 7th GGF and Revolutionary War patriot, John Wickham, was stationed for a time at Fort Montgomery, New York.  I’ve written before about visiting there and the surreal experience of

Jill M. November 12, 2023 family history, genealogy, history, military, Noble County, old records, Orange County, pictures, research, war, Wickham Read more

And then things change…

Life has a funny way of putting you where you *need* to be versus where you necessarily *want* to be.  When we moved to New York from Ohio, my genealogy had not expanded far past the Ohio/Kentucky borders.  It had

Jill M. August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 cemetery, DAR, family history, genealogy, history, newspaper clippings, old records, Orange County, research, secrets, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

Visiting My DAR Patriot

Aside from the lovely church & cemetery at Archers Ridge that I posted a picture of yesterday, I also went further down the road a bit to Devoll Cemetery, also in Noble County, in search of my DAR patriot, John

Jill M. September 27, 2016October 6, 2017 Archer family, cemetery, DAR, genealogy, history, pictures, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

DAR Induction

I was officially inducted on Tuesday night into the Quassaick Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  My excitement is only dampened by the fact my eyes are closed in the picture and it was much, much too hot

Jill M. May 27, 2016October 6, 2017 DAR, history, pictures, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

Got a Loafer in Your Tree?

While researching my great-grandfather Jesse Archer, I found the 1870 Federal Census and got a bit of a giggle at his occupation that was listed as “loafer”.  I mean, I’ve read about several silly occupations on the censuses but I’d

Jill M. April 10, 2016October 6, 2017 Archer family, census, genealogy, history, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more
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I am taking a break from teaching genealogy for now. If that changes, I will post here in upcoming events.

However, you may catch me giving a historic tour at the Washingtonville Cemetery occasionally. Please visit their site for their upcoming events.

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