On the face of it, my mother’s immediate family was Southern: her father was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and her mother in Baltimore, Maryland. Things quickly get complicated, though, as my grandfather’s mother and my..
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[Author's note: This series, on Mrs. Gray's reading habits, began here.]
I trace my interest in genealogy to my early childhood. We lived surrounded by family – my paternal grandparents and uncle and aunt lived across the Ipswich River from us, and more distant cousins lived in nearby towns in Essex County,..
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It might seem odd, but the 1860 election – pitting Congressman Abraham Lincoln and Senator Hannibal Hamlin against Senator John Cabell Breckenridge and Senator Joseph Lane – did not particularly transfix the nation – at least if one goes by..
Continue reading[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
I wear several hats at NEHGS. In addition to editing Vita Brevis, I am the Society’s Editor-in-Chief, with advisory roles in the Publications, Library, and Website divisions; I write and edit books, including a..
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