All sorts of historic gems emerge when one begins to look. Advertisements for settlers, a diary entry from a soldier of the Acadian Expulsion, a recollection of the voyage from a Hopewell passenger, lists of church members and school students, all by way of enlivening people and times past.
The Want Ads
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Settlers from the North of Ireland Recruiting planters to settle lands in America |
School Days
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The Class of ’85 Schooling was high on the list of settlers’ priorities |
Diary Excerpts
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As I Remember A memoir by Clarence Cook of Gays River A Day in the Life |
Stranger than Fiction
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Mary Russia Cooke An unusual name; an unusual story |
An Alphabet with 27 letters
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The Long S When the English alphabet evolved |
The Royal Mail
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A Journey After My Own Heart Soldier Fitzgerald’s letters home to England 1788 A Draper Postmaster ’87 |
Church Pews
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They Held onto Their Seats Great Village pew owners, mid 1800s Read the full article here» Great Village Pew Holders |
Obituary
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A Long Life Remembered Agnes Ferguson Hamilton arrived on the Hopewell |
Last Orders
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Wills & Estate Papers Legal documents, a wealth of family history |
Science Meets Genealogy
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DNA with Pictures Using genes to solve riddles |