Old Elm of Newbury

THE OLD ELM OF NEWBURY
Did it ever come in your way to pass
The silvery pond with its fringe of grass,
And threading the lane hard by to see
The veteran Elm of Newbury ‘!
Yon saw how its roots had grasped the ground,
As if it had felt the earth went round,
And fastened them down with determined will
To keep [...]

Dollarhide’s Rules For Genealogy

Bill Dollarhide is a long-time genealogist, founded the Genealogy Bulletin, writes features for Heritage Quest Magazine, and has published numerous books on the subject of genealogy.

Death certificates are rarely filled in by the person who died.
When visiting a funeral home, wear old clothes, no make-up, and look like you have about a week to live [...]

Commemoration of Maj. Charles Frost

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MONDAY THE FIFTH OF JULY, 1S97
in
COMMEMORATION OF HAJOR CHARLES FROST
on the
Two Hundredth Anniversary of his Massacre
by the Indians
Sunday, July Fourth, 1697
by the Elliot Maine Historical Society

Early Kittery

These excerpts make mention of the Frost family and describe life in early Kittery, Maine that the settlers of that area experienced.
At the time of Captain John Smith’s explorations there was a large
Indian population on both banks of the Piscataqua river called New-
ich-e-wan-nacks whose Sachems resided at Quan-pe-gan (now South
Berwick). Prior to the arrival of [...]

Puritain Ancestry

“It is something to boast of one’s Puritan ancestry, but a
privilege to be used in moderation; and one might pluck some
bitter-sweet fruit off the family tree, possibly, in a candid reading
of Stark’s Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the
American Revolution. The possessor of the humble patronymic
may possibly have cause to feel grateful.”
Herbert Milton [...]

In Search of Charles Frost

These are a compilation of notes from research that I have found on the internet from documented sources regarding the life and times of Maj. Charles Frost and his family.
Charles was a toddler, 19 months of age, when he sailed from England with his father Nicholas Frost, mother Bertha Cadwalla Frost and 8 month old [...]