Happy Holidays! There are two new projects that will launch very soon. Both focus on Pryor families in the US. A New Pryor Article The Winter 2023 issue of the Tennessee Genealogical Society’s Ansearchin’ News will include “The J. Prior in Nashville Penitentiary in 1860 Was Jonathan Pryor (born 1820-1830).” …
It was time for a fieldtrip to the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, Connecticut. It contains a fascinating collection of antique American hand tools (and some that worked under oxen, horse and even dog power). It’s fun to see tools that are often mentioned in 18th and 19th century wills. …
What’s a trip to the Maryland State Archives without a side trip to Baltimore. We went to the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground on Fayette Street to see Edgar Allan Poe’s gravesite. It’s a lovely small, and slightly spooky cemetery. Another interesting burial is James McHenry–Fort McHenry is named for …
