Category Archives: Surname

Wordless Wednesday: Charles Peter Anderson and daughter Mary Louise Anderson, c. 1920

Posted on November 17, 2010 by glamberson
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Talented Tuesday: “Fiddler Charlie” Andrews

Posted on November 9, 2010 by glamberson

My family prides itself as being very musical. Nearly everyone plays at least one musical instrument, and most of us play more. This tradition goes back a long way, and I can tell you my 3rd Great Grandfather, Benjamin Elam, … Continue reading →

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To America! Santiago de Cuba Steamship from Copenhagen to New York arriving Aug. 1869

Posted on November 5, 2010 by glamberson

Thanks for the National Library of Sweden’s Online Digitized Swedish newspapers collection, which is fully text searchable, I found a newspaper advertisement of the exact voyage my ancestors took to America! This from the Gotlands tidning (Gotland Journal) published July … Continue reading →

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Surname Saturday: Henderson of Massachusetts, possibly arrived 1718 with Boyd from N. Ireland

Posted on October 30, 2010 by glamberson

One of the great things about genealogy is that you can leave a part of your research alone for years then come back to it and start discovering new things as if it were completely new territory. A family that … Continue reading →

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