Tag Archives: Family: Webster

I have so many Connecticut ancestors, I don’t know where to start!  The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about colonial Connecticut is that I have at least two family members who served as governor for the Colony of Connecticut. First is my […]

When I started this post, I really didn’t know if I had any connections to New Jersey.  A quick search of my database pulled up a few events that occurred in New Jersey, one being the birth of my third great-grandaunt’s husband, Vanrancelar Cash VLIET. […]

Last weekend, Australian genealogist, Jill Ball, of the blog Geniaus, created a meme related to things we as genealogists accomplished throughout 2012.  The intent is to focus on the POSITIVE…what we did accomplish…and not the things we may have fallen short on.  It’s all about […]

This year I thought I’d ask GeneaSanta for some research help.  There are a few research projects I’d like to make some progress on, but I need some help.  Help could be in any form:  help with a research plan, access to records, cousins with […]

This post first appeared on this blog on July 3, 2010.  It has been slightly modified. In honor of Independence Day, I thought I’d write a post about my ancestors who are Revolutionary War patriots.

Today, 18 June 2012, marks the bicentennial of the War of 1812.  Two hundred years ago America was once again at war with Britain in what some refer to as our “second war of independence.”  In honor of all War of 1812 patriots, I thought […]

Back in 2010, in honor of Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo created a list of writing prompts for each day during the month of March.  I didn’t participate in 2010, so I’m going to take the opportunity to participate this year, since Lisa was kind […]

Ran across the article “Man of Many Words,” by Chris Goodrich of the Brookfield (CT) Patch.  It’s a pretty interesting article about Noah Webster, creator of the dictionary. As you may recall, I am related to Noah, although he is not a direct ancestor.  Instead, […]