Nathaniel Winslow, husband of Elizabeth Williams (daughter of Sobriety Bunker), was age 74 in the 1850 Census, listed as living in household of son Stephen Winslow, along with wife “Betsey” at age 63. Nathaniel died in 1852, and was buried on a small hill in Letter E township (originally called Letter E Plantation), Franklin County, [...]

Recently, many states have helped in the cause of genealogical research by making their vital records available online.  I received an e-mail earlier today about an effort to have Pennsylvania records more accessible:
Here is the link to the website about the grassroots effort to get older Pennsylvania state death certificates available online like they have [...]

In the past few days, I posted two mini-reviews of recent additions to my library. I’ve added a blog category for booknotes, and from time to time will post comments on recent books I’ve read.  For those who’ve known me for years, you’ll see my reading interests are still eclectic–or as good friend Roy McCray [...]

Former San Francisco Mayor and California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown has written an unusually frank memoir of his life in politics, which is a must read for anyone who would attempt to understand California politics in the latter decades of the 20th century. Willie Brown was amazing!
For several years, while working at the Association [...]

We have previously posted photographs of the ABAGers reunion, mini-reunion, and Marci Loss’ retirement party on my photo sharing site at phanfare.com. The hosting company has recently undertaken a major upgrading of its hosting services, and one change is necessary for individuals to view any of the photo albums I’ve shared. From [...]

The Bunker Family Association’s newest project (just completed) is a compact disc on Devon Bunkers. Compiled through the extensive efforts of Bunker Family Association genealogist Bette Bunker Richards, the Devon Bunkers CD includes information on the descendants of James Bunker of Dover, New Hampshire; William Bunker and Ann Forrester of New Castle, Delaware; Benjamin Bunker [...]

My uncle, Glenn Edward Wells, a fourth great-grandchild of Samuel and Sobriety BUNKER Williams, died June 5, 2007 in Bakersfield, Kern Co., California. He was the only son of Frank and Verna WINSLOW Wells, born March 5, 1925 in Traver, Tulare Co., California.
His family moved to Bakersfield when he was just a toddler. He attended [...]

My couple-of-months long experiment with phpBB to create a community application for exchange of information is being abandoned. I had a few legitimate users, about what I expected for this type of software. But the site was quickly being overwhelmed by spammers attempting to join so they could market their various products. I had the [...]

I’ve been spending the last few days installing software and hardware on a new laptop, which runs Windows Vista. I wasn’t too thrilled about the switch, but needed to buy a laptop to do genealogy work while traveling. Ordered one, and, voila, Microsoft has convinced computer manufacturers that, come what may, users will switch to [...]

With all the hype earlier last week about the troubles that the three-week advance in Daylight Saving Time might mean to Microsoft products, etc., we managed to survive the test reasonably well. So far, no issues with the changeover. Many people were expecting their calendars to be disrupted, etc. I simply too the precaution of [...]