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Eric Sloane Museum Visit

Vanessa Wood – November 5, 2022

Surveyor's ChainVanessa Wood, "Surveyor's Chain," photograph, 2022, Eric Sloane Museum. It was time for a fieldtrip to the Eric Sloane...

Cemeteries

Paying Our Respects at Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave

Vanessa Wood – October 19, 2022

What's a trip to the Maryland State Archives without a side trip to Baltimore. We went to the Westminster Hall...

Military

Joseph Grammer and The Battle of White Plains, New York-July 1781

Vanessa Wood – March 27, 2022

I took a field trip to White Plains, New York to access probate files from the Westchester County Surrogate's Court....

Records and Transcriptions

1788: Enslaved People Brought to Kentucky from Maryland

Vanessa Wood – January 31, 2022

I recently saw a deed that may be of interest to researchers of the Hobbs family or African American families...

Points of Interest

NYC Star Theatre- Where Grandpa Saw Vaudeville

Vanessa Wood – December 31, 2021

Star Theatre Wikimedia Commons (https://en.wikimedia.org), "Star Theatre (formerly Wallack's Theatre), 844 Broadway, New York City in 1900 (demolished).jpg," rev. 6:14,...

Archives and Libraries

The Rat Ate The Archives Or What Keeps Genealogists Up At Night

Vanessa Wood – October 26, 2021

Old records are no match to vermin. Apparently the English government let their records sit in dank basements for years...

Announcements Document Analysis

An Error in the Record: New Article Published in Ansearchin’ News

Vanessa Wood – July 20, 2021

An error in a court house record could be a bit of spilled ink or a misspelled name. What happens...

Cemeteries

The Lily of the Valley

Vanessa Wood – July 20, 2021

On one of my recent cemetery adventures I spotted a symbol I haven't seen on too many markers.Photograph of the...

Points of Interest

Passing: Myra Vanderpool Gormley

Vanessa Wood – June 30, 2021

When I opened up the April 2021 issue of The NYG&B Record (152:160) I saw Myra Vanderpool Gormley has passed...

Announcements Document Analysis

Article Published in Ansearchin’ News: Which John Pryor in 1817?

Vanessa Wood – May 20, 2021

Darn it, why is everyone named John Pryor? It's common to run into a family where they lacked creativity when...

Photographs and Postcards

Los Angeles County Social Workers in 1961

Vanessa Wood – March 20, 2021

County of Los Angeles Bureau of Public Assistance, Belvedere Dist Professional Staff August 17, 1961#lacounty #socialworkers. Photograph in the collection...