Little Women
• Dec. 27, 2007 - trip to Boston, family history, etc
I am going to Boston at the end of January, just me and my hubby! We have a weekend (during which he wants to take me to the Newport Mansions in RI, not a huge drive, for westerners, and I want to go up to Maine--we will probably do that Sunday afternoon), and I will have 4 days by myself, while he works!!! :) He was told it would be safe for me to take public transit, so I am trying to figure out what I really want to do there. I suppose whatever it is will entail walking around in the cold! We have cold here, but it's dry, so I'm sure I will notice it.
In the meantime, I've been googling a few family names I know, and I found someone who has been doing research on 1 particular line. Parts of it have been traced back into the 1100's, which I think it pretty cool. There are various tax records stating that someone was taxed for 10 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, and several goats or sheep. The most interesting thing is one little girl, born of English parents, in Holland, in 1621! She was later married, in Massachusetts. This was fascinating for me and my kids, as we are currently studying Colonial times. (These are my husband and kids' ancestors, not mine. We already knew someone ELSE was on the Mayflower.)
Anyways, it's been interesting. Life around here is never boring! |
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